Abstract
The global film festival’s origins in the post-Second World War era are often considered uniquely European. Yet this period also saw the arrival of a distinctly non-European event. Emerging in 1952 from the Australian film society movement, the Melbourne Film Festival developed as a different type of celebration and in response to its particular local context. Unlike events in Cannes, Venice or Berlin, the MFF was a grassroots celebration, run by film enthusiasts for film enthusiasts. This article examines the development of the Australian film society movement, the origins and operation of MFF as an audience-led festival and, through close examination of the event’s genesis, offers an intervention into the current understanding of the international film festival’s development and spread.
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