Don Dunstan Award
The Don Dunstan Award was established in honour of Don Dunstan, Premier of South Australia and is presented by the Board of the Adelaide Film Festival in recognition of the outstanding contribution by an individual to the Australian film industry who has "enriched Australian screen culture through their work".
In 2003 the award was presented to Australian Indigenous actor David Gulpilil, in 2005 to documentary film maker Dennis O'Rourke, and in 2007 to feature film director Rolf de Heer.
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