Australian International Film Festival
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The Australian International Film Festival, or AIFF, was a Melbourne
festival held in 2006.
An earlier festival with this name was renamed to Canberra International Film Festival
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on 21-30 October under the direction of Tim. K. Ali and Cameron R. Male.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
festival held in 2006.
An earlier festival with this name was renamed to Canberra International Film Festival
Canberra International Film Festival
The Canberra International Film Festival began in 1996. All the films shown have been Canberra premieres, and many of them have also been Australian premieres.- History :...
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Awards
- Golden Spotlight Award, the Best Feature Film and Best Short Film
- Silver Spotlight Award, winner in other core categories
October 2006
In 2006 it was held at HoytsHoyts
The Hoyts Group is an Australian company consisting of Hoyts Exhibition, Hoyts Distribution and Val Morgan.Hoyts Exhibition manages 450 screens across 40 Australian and 10 New Zealand cinema complexes; making it Australia's second largest cinema chain. Val Morgan, the cinema advertising arm of the...
Melbourne Central
Hoddle Grid
The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets in the centre of the central business district of Melbourne. Named after its designer, Robert Hoddle, the Grid was laid out in 1837, and later extended...
on 21-30 October under the direction of Tim. K. Ali and Cameron R. Male.
- Best Feature Film: Self-Medicated (US), directed by Monty Lapica
- Best Australian Film: PuppyPuppy (film)Puppy is an independent Australian feature film starring Nadia Townsend, Bernard Curry, Sally Bull, and Terence Donovan. The film was written and directed by Irish-born, Australian Kieran Galvin, who also directed the short films: The Burning Boy, Mono-Winged Angel, Contact and Other People. He...
(Australia) Kieran GalvinKieran GalvinKieran Galvin is an Irish-born Australian film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed four award-winning short films before he made his debut feature film , Puppy in 2005... - Best International Film: Beautiful DreamerBeautiful Dreamer (2006 film)-Plot:Bomber pilot Joe Kelly crashes his plane, and is captured by enemy troops and loses his memory from a strike on his head after the crash. Joe is given a fallen comrade’s identity tags and assumes another identity. When Joe is not found in the wreckage, he is assumed missing in action. After...
(US), directed by Terri Farley-Teruel - Best Debut Feature: Johnny Montana (US), directed by John GavinJohn GavinJohn Gavin is an American film actor and a former United States Ambassador to Mexico. Gavin is half Mexican and fluent in Spanish....
- Best Director: Jaume BalagueróJaume BalagueróJaume Balagueró i Bernat , is a Spanish film director widely known for his horror films.- Life :Jaume Balagueró was born in Lleida, and grew up in Barcelona. He studied communications and photography at the University of Barcelona, graduating in 1991 with a degree in Communication Sciences...
for Fragile (Spain) - Best Actor: Paddy ConsidinePaddy ConsidinePatrick George "Paddy" Considine is an English actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, musician and frequent collaborator with Shane Meadows. Best known to audiences for his portrayals of dark, troubled, morally or mentally ambiguous characters...
for StonedStoned (film)Stoned, also known as The Wild and Wycked World of Brian Jones in the UK, is a 2005 film about Brian Jones, one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones...
(UK), directed by Stephen WoolleyStephen WoolleyStephen Woolley is an English film producer and director. He is best known for his work with director Neil Jordan, which has resulted in a number of critically acclaimed films including the Oscar-winning The Crying Game.... - Best Actress: Diane VenoraDiane VenoraDiane Venora is an American stage, television, and film actress.-Early life:Venora was born Diana Venora in East Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Marie and Robert P. Venora, who owned a dry cleaning establishment. Diane graduated from East Hartford High School, class of 1970. During her...
for Self-Medicated (US) directed by Monty Lapica - Best Cinematography: Nic SadlerNic Sadler- Filmography :* Wedding Belles dir Jim Byrkit* Intellectual Property dir Nicholas Peterson* The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show dir Hamish Hamilton...
for Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property (film)Intellectual Property is a 2006 film starring Christopher Masterson and Lyndsy Fonseca. It was written, produced and directed by Nicholas Peterson.- Plot :...
(US), directed by Nicholas PetersonNicholas PetersonNicholas Peterson is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts where he developed skills in stop-motion animation. In 1998 Peterson crewed on the first ever stop-motion IMAX film , later nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film... - Best Editing: Rick RayRick RayRick Ray is an American filmmaker best known for his 2006 documentary film 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama which he wrote, filmed and directed. His documentary Lynching Charlie Lynch, about the trials of former medical marijuana dispensary owner Charles C...
for 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (US), directed by Rick Ray - Best Short Film: Le génie de la boîte de raviolis / The Genie of the Ravioli Box (Switzerland), directed by Claude Barras