Adelaide fest selects new topper

SYDNEY -- Amanda Duthie, topper of arts and entertainment at pubcaster the ABC, remains attracted on as topper in the Adelaide Film Festival.Duthie will get control from Katrina Sedgwick, who walked lower carrying out a nine-year stint within the fest within the finish in the 2011 edition.Duthie states she's not concerned that lots of of her experience is about the smallscreen, especially like a couple of of her TV slate has came out within the fest formerly."In my opinion the walls are lowering between cinema and television and galleries and phones even if it involves the task we're all searching towards and commissioning," she told Daily Variety. The Adelaide fest can be a biennale while using next installment due March. 10-20, 2013, and Duthie states she'll look "about 12 several days out" for programming to fill the fest.Professional may even help steer the fest's Investment Fund, a $millions of pot of gold gold coin distributed every couple of years. Fund had success this past year if the backed Warwick Thornton's indigenous drama, "Samson and Delilah," which won the digital camera d'Or at Cannes and was Australia's entry inside the language Oscar category. More recently, the fund backed helmer Justin Kurzel's killer drama, "Snowtown," that was selected for Cannes this year.InchThe fund has permitted some truly amazing work and you need to continue that," she mentioned. "This can be a really exciting component of the job.In . Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com