Canberra International Film Festival

The Canberra International Film Festival (CIFF) is an annual film festival held in Canberra, Australia. It is a cinema celebration across an 11-day program in October/November each year. It is a showcase of films from Australia and around the globe.^[1]

Canberra International Film Festival

Location	National Film and Sound Archive, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Founded	1996
Festival date	October/November
Website	ciff.com.au

In addition to screening feature films and documentaries, there is always a suite of additional events such as Q&A sessions, workshops and panel discussions with directors, producers, actors and the broad range of artists involved in the filmmaking process.

History

The University of Canberra was the initiator of the Canberra International Film Festival.^[2] For each Festival from 1996 until 2001, either through its Convocation or directly, the university provided the artistic direction, and was also the promoter, manager and underwriter of the festival.^[3]

In 2002, as part of a comprehensive plan to restructure the Canberra International Film Festival and secure its future, ownership was transferred to an Incorporated Association. The Canberra International Film Festival is a not-for-profit organisation supported by local and federal government, corporate sponsors and cultural partners.

Artistic directors

• Michael Sergi (1996–2008)^{[citation needed]}
• Simon Weaving (2009–2012)^[4][5]
• Lex Lindsay (2013–2014)^{[citation needed]}
• Alice Taylor (2016)^{[citation needed]}
• Andrew Pike (2017–)^[6]

CIFF Audience Awards

Year	Film	Director
1996	Children of the Revolution	Peter Duncan
1997	The King of Masks	Wu Tianming
1998	Radiance	Rachel Perkins
1999	The Celebration	Thomas Vinterberg
2000	Himalaya	Eric Valli
2001	Amélie Monsoon Wedding	Jean-Pierre Jeunet Mira Nair
2003	Good Bye Lenin!	Wolfgang Becker
2005	Innocent Voices	Luis Mandoki
2006	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Chris Paine
2007	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Julian Schnabel
2008	Bliss	Abdullah Oguz
2009	Five Minutes of heaven	Oliver Hirschbiegel
2010	On Childhood	Carlos Carrera
2011	Life, Above All	Oliver Schmitz
2012	The Hunt	Thomas Vinterberg
2013	Once My Mother	Sophia Turkiewicz