Kirsten Stevens Kirsten Stevens i(8406363 works by)
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1 Remembering Shirley Barrett: An Offbeat and Generous Australian Director and Writer Kirsten Stevens , 2022 single work obituary (for Shirley Barrett )
— Appears in: The Conversation , 8 August 2022;

'Australia, and the world, has lost a unique voice with the passing last week of acclaimed director and writer Shirley Barrett.' 
1 $53 Million for Screen Production, but Policy Reforms Could Spell the End of the Australian Feature Film Kirsten Stevens , Sue Maslin , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 12 October 2020;

'The 2020 federal budget has allocated A$53 million towards Australian screen production.'
1 From Film Weeks to Festivals : Australia’s Film Festival Boom in the 1980s Kirsten Stevens , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 10 no. 2 2016; (p. 250-263) 'This paper examines the rapid spread of urban film festivals in Australia from the 1980s onwards. Up to the 1980s, film festivals in Australia were limited to only a few events in the country’s capital cities. Yet, by the end of the 1990s an exponential increase in the number and diversity of events had occurred. While this rapid growth seemingly fits within existing international observations regarding the global spread of film festivals throughout this period, specific local factors, including the wider mix of film exhibition activities operating in Australia in the preceding decades, influenced how the nation’s film festivals multiplied and developed. This paper draws on significant empirical research to analyse the rapid growth of film festivals in Australia through the 1980s. In doing so, it seeks to address two goals. First, to provide more concrete evidence of the rapid global proliferation and diversification of film festivals in the 1980s through the inclusion of the Australian experience. And second, to open up a discussion around an under examined aspect the nation’s film appreciation and exhibition history, specifically that relating to film festivals and non-theatrical film exhibition.' (Publication abstract)
1 Inside Looking Out – Film Festival Reports Kirsten Stevens , Lauren Carroll Harris , Greg Dolgopolov , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 9 no. 2 2015; (p. 187-189)

'Look about. From big cities to rural centres, tourist towns to sheep farms, film festivals are everywhere. Hardly a weekend now passes without some celebration lighting up screens somewhere around Australia. While 2015 marks yet another bumper year of film festival offerings, the proliferation of festivals is not a new phenomenon. For going on three decades, Australia has experienced an exponential increase in the range and number of celebrations on offer, with the boom in events showing no sign of slowing in the near future. Despite what is arguably a surplus of events, however, Australian audiences seem not to have tired (yet) of the opportunities film festivals present. While traditional networks of film exhibition and distribution are in a state of flux, struggling to navigate an ever-expanding array of content delivery and consumption platforms that are disrupting established patterns of viewing and the money-streams attached to them, festivals seem to have retained the public's interest. As digital distribution channels, online content providers and media on demand technologies open new avenues for film lovers to access the titles they desire, festivals seem to have maintained their allure, continuing to entice audiences away from their personal screens and into more communal viewing experiences.' (Publication abstract)
1 Love the Beast Kirsten Stevens , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Making Film and Television Histories : Australia and New Zealand 2011; (p. 231-236) Examines the documentary of the same name, which explores actor Eric Bana's lifelong love of cars.
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