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Australian Film Institute

Non-profit organisation

Summary

Non-profit organisation

Field	Value
name	Australian Film Institute
abbreviation	AFI
formation	November 1958
logo	Australian Film Institute logo.svg
type	Film and television organisation
headquarters	Melbourne, Victoria
location	236 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205
region_served	Australia
leader_title	CEO
leader_name	Damian Trewhella
website

The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsible for producing Australia's premier annual film and television awards, the AACTA Awards (previously the AFI Awards).

Overview

The work of the institute is supported by government funding, corporate sponsors and approximately 10,000 members nationally. As Australia's foremost motion picture industry association, AFI promotes the Australian film and television industry and plays a central role in the way in which the Australian film industry is known and understood, both locally and internationally.

In the 1970s, the AFI played a prominent part in reviving the Australian film industry and in convincing the government to invest in the creation of the Experimental Film Fund, a film school, and a corporation for advancing feature film production. The year 1976 marked the first time that the AFI Awards, which had been given since 1958, were televised. Ten years later, television categories were added to the awards.

A recent focus of the organisation has been on helping to develop the careers of Australian film artists, through the AFI Fellowship and AFI Documentary Trailbrazer programs, as well as with the AFI Young Film Actor Award.

The AFI is affiliated with the Los Angeles Australian Film & Television Association. In August 2011, AFI formed a subsidiary professional organisation, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts.

AFI Research Collection

The AFI Research Collection is a significant non-lending, specialist film and television industry resource. The collection operates under the auspices of RMIT University's School of Media and Communication in conjunction with the Australian Film Institute. The collection has particular strengths in screen history and theory and in Australian cinema, and features a diverse range of books, journals, film scripts, film directories, reports and film festival catalogues.

References

"The Australian Film Institute – Celebrating 50 Years of Pride and Passion".
(19 August 2011). "AFI is recast with new academy taking a bow". Sydney Morning Herald.
"AFI Research Collection".
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