The Fake Film Festival

Conceived in 2004 by artistic directors Richard Coburn and Armin Mayer, the Fake Film Festival made it’s debut in 2005 as a special event in the Adelaide Film Festival. Frustrated with the lack of an outlet for the types of films they liked, the pair decided that the best thing to do would be to create their own screening. Luckily for them the AFF liked the idea as well and Fake was born.

Fake taps into the modern filmmaker's repertoire by asking aspiring and established directors, editors, animators and digital media practitioners to put together films in three categories.

Fake Features

The grandest epics and the most woeful concepts will be squeezed into a maximum of three minutes - trailer style.

Fake Ads

All new and improved fake products designed to make life a little easier.

Fake Docos

Insight into the harsh realities of life as a fictitious person. Go behind the scenes where there are no scenes.

But Fake does not stop there. Rather than simply screen each film one after the other, Fake presents an extravaganza designed to return the glamour to the local film community. The films face off in a glorious tribute to rock stardom as they are voted for by the participating directors in a Eurovisionesque voting structure. All designed to uncover the BIG F, the Lord/Lordette of all Fakes. All Hail the masters of celluloid (or digital video-oid).

The Glamour Collective

Fake is run by the Glamour Collective, a group of film makers and film fans. Between them the Fake team have directed two gold selling music dvds, made nationally and internationally screened short films, have a range of feature film and TV credits, worked for the Adelaide Fringe, Adelaide Festival, State Opera, Edinburgh Fringe, met Kylie Minogue, designed clothes, exhibited artworks nationally, paid $90 for a haircut 8 years ago, won a league and cup double, written several books, been an extra on a prime time TV show, edited and directed many television commercials and music videos, travelled the world, played in bands, recorded several CDs, taught all ages, learnt many languages, got to number 4 in the local music charts with a CD with no music on it, spilled lots of beer over an important person, flown by the seat of their pants, worked in the fashion industry in Amsterdam.