The Gold Coast Film Festival has secured Jan Chapman, Melanie Coombs and Alan Finney to be part of its 2016 Chauvel Award committee.
Chapman, producer of the AFI Best Film winner, Lantana and Academy Award winner The Piano, and 2002 Chauvel Award recipient, will join the committee this year alongside Coombs, producer of the Academy Award winner Harvie Krumpet and Finney, a film industry veteran actor and producer.
Film critic David Stratton, Screen Queensland chief executive, Tracey Vieira and Bond University’s Professor Bruce Molloy have also been announced as 2016 Chauvel Committee members.
The Chauvel Award, named in honour of Charles Chauvel, acknowledges an individual who has made significant contribution to Australian cinema.
The award was previously part of the Brisbane International Film Festival and past recipients of the Award have included producer Anthony Buckley, directors George Miller and Rolf de Heer, actors Bryan Brown and Geoffrey Rush, cinematographer John Seale and documentary makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson.
The Festival will welcome audiences to an In Conversation event with the 2016 Chauvel Award recipient.
This will take an intimate look at the career and contribution the recipient has made to Australian cinema.
It will be accompanied by footage from their films. The evening will be moderated by 2007 Chauvel Award recipient and Chauvel Award committee member, David Stratton.
The 10-day Gold Coast Film Festival will be held from March 31 to April 10.