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   Australian Film Festival of India 2014
 
 
 
 
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The Australian Film Festival of India is presented by An Australian Film Initiative- an independent body dedicated to marketing, promoting and distributing Australian screen culture in emerging and non-traditional markets.
 
AAFI aims to take Australian cinema to the world and provide a platform for its enormous creative talent pool through a series of annual film festivals. This is a an exclusive stage for the Australian Film Industry to engage with and benefit from the rich, vibrant and exponentially globalizing film and media sectors in burgeoning markets from India to the Middle-East and South America to emerging parts of Europe.
 
With more than 1000 films per year and ticket sales worth over 3.6 Billion, India is the world's largest film industry. Despite cinematic ties that date back to the 1930s, Australia's engagement with this industry has been sporadic and inconsistent. The lack of a cohesive distribution model for Australian films in India has also resulted in low awareness among Indians regarding Australian cinema and screen culture. Australian and international sales agents eschew India as a potential market. There is little understanding of the potential of a country whose unifying language is English and whose highly consumer oriented and western values focused middle class now numbers more than 350 million.
 
The first of AAFI’s activities - the Australian Film Festival of India 2011 kicked off in Mumbai, India with unprecedented support from Australian screening bodies and the legendary Hugh Jackman. You can read more about it here.
 
Program Intro
 
In 2011 when we inaugurated the Australian Film Festival of India we were overwhelmed by the interest and response to our festival, in both Mumbai and on our tour with The Federation of Film Societies of India. Just 12 months ago it was rare to see Australian films releasing in Indian cinemas. This year three of the films we had wanted to program “Bait 3D”, “Save Your Legs” and “The Sapphires” will have an Indian theatrical release over the next few months, and as we go to print “Yes Madam, Sir” is in negotiation for a release in India as well. This is testament to both the ever strengthening relationship between the Indian and Australian feature film sectors and the necessity to keep bringing our program of current and archival Australian cinema into India. These are exciting times for both nations across many sectors, and film, as the universal language with which we share our stories, is key to building our cultural bridges. Once again we bring you, proudly, a diverse cross section of features, shorts and documentaries to give Indian audiences a window into Australia, and we celebrate the brilliant cinema craft of Baz Luhrmann as our retrospective director.

This year as well we expand our core festival program to Dehradun and Delhi, and with our Film Society partners to Kolcata, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and several other major regional centers.

Please enjoy our films, wherever you are!
 
 
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