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"The film festival will give Sri Lankans the opportunity to enjoy some of the finest products of the Australian film industry" stated a press release issued by the Australian High Commission. The Australian film industry has a reputation for innovation and quality, and for producing unique films with an Australian flavour and global appeal. Australia's actors, directors, producers, costume designers, writers, cinematographers and animators are attracting growing international acclaim, it further stated.
In 2000-01 a total of 96 feature films and independent television dramas, worth US$ 470 million, were made in Australia.
The Australian Film Festival 2002, will be held 7-12 September 2002 at the BMICH Cinema Hall. Admission is free. For session times and tickets call (01) 698767. |
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A selection of the best Australian films from recent years will be
screened in Colombo at the Australian Film Festival 2002.
Australian film makers and performers now move routinely between home
and abroad to work. Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Mel Gibson are just
some of the more prominent names among a large and distinguished company
of Australian actors who have carved out successful international film
career, it added. Many of the stars of the films to be screened at the
Australian Film Festival 2002 are big names in the international arena.
Geoffrey Rush, the star of the psychological thriller Lantana, flagship
film of the festival, has been nominated for three Academy Awards, and won
the Best Actor Academy Award in 1998. Cate Blanchett, star of the
festival's romantic drama Thank God He Met Lizzie, is another actor
currently being wooed by Hollywood following her roles in Elizabeth, The
Shipping News and The Lord of the Rings.
The country is increasingly attracting foreign productions, which come
to Australia largely because of the quality of Australia's technical
expertise and available infrastructure. Examples include the award-winning
The Matrix, Mission: Impossible II and the latest in the Star Wars series.
