'Foal' from Aftrs grad Vanessa Gazy.. . ABC Arts has put together Grad Season, a showcase of original short film projects from recently graduated Aussie film school students. . Featuring 28 films from nine film schools across Australia, the showcase will stream on iview from February 20. Selected works will also be broadcast on ABC2. . .Many of these young filmmakers are the future lifeblood of our industry and we are keen to encourage an ongoing connection between emerging filmmakers and the ABC,. said head of ABC Arts Mandy Chang. . The season includes a variety of documentary, drama, comedy and animation films. . Participating schools, and shorts, include: . Aftrs: A Boy Called Su, Foal, The Kangaroo Guy . Griffith University: Alienation, Gokanosho, Pond Scum . Swinburne University: The Man Who Caught a Mermaid, The Promise, The Summer of ABC Burns . La Trobe University: Samara — Lady Trample, Naz. . Qut: Oddbots, Same as it Ever Was. . Bond University: Ultramarine,...
- 2/2/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Australian short film Highway, written and directed by Vanessa Gazy, produced by Tim Russell and Michael Wark and starring the swiftly-rising Odessa Young, will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival next month.
Highway is Gazy.s second major short following her Aftrs film Foal, which was nominated for Adg and Awg awards in 2015 and is currently screening onboard certain Virgin flights.
Leading lady Young was singled out by critics for her performances in Simon Stone's The Daughter and Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace. In Highway, she plays troubled teen Hester Black, who is hitchhiking on an eerie mountain pass when her radio begins to receive phantom news signals from the future bearing very bad news.
.We are truly thrilled to have been selected for the BFI London Film Festival," said Gazy. "It is a great honour to be given the opportunity to showcase our little piece of...
Highway is Gazy.s second major short following her Aftrs film Foal, which was nominated for Adg and Awg awards in 2015 and is currently screening onboard certain Virgin flights.
Leading lady Young was singled out by critics for her performances in Simon Stone's The Daughter and Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace. In Highway, she plays troubled teen Hester Black, who is hitchhiking on an eerie mountain pass when her radio begins to receive phantom news signals from the future bearing very bad news.
.We are truly thrilled to have been selected for the BFI London Film Festival," said Gazy. "It is a great honour to be given the opportunity to showcase our little piece of...
- 9/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Australian short film Highway, written and directed by Vanessa Gazy, produced by Tim Russell and Michael Wark and starring the swiftly-rising Odessa Young, will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival next month.
Highway is Gazy.s second major short film following on from her award-winning Aftrs short film Foal, which was nominated for Adg and Awg awards in 2015 and is currently screening onboard certain Virgin flights.
Leading lady Young was singled out by critics for her performances in Simon Stone's The Daughter and Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace. In Highway, she plays troubled teen Hester Black, who is hitchhiking on an eerie mountain pass when her radio begins to receive phantom news signals from the future bearing very bad news.
.We are truly thrilled to have been selected for the BFI London Film Festival," said Gazy. "It is a great honour to be given the opportunity to...
Highway is Gazy.s second major short film following on from her award-winning Aftrs short film Foal, which was nominated for Adg and Awg awards in 2015 and is currently screening onboard certain Virgin flights.
Leading lady Young was singled out by critics for her performances in Simon Stone's The Daughter and Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace. In Highway, she plays troubled teen Hester Black, who is hitchhiking on an eerie mountain pass when her radio begins to receive phantom news signals from the future bearing very bad news.
.We are truly thrilled to have been selected for the BFI London Film Festival," said Gazy. "It is a great honour to be given the opportunity to...
- 9/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
L-r: Aftrs graduates Brendon McDonall, Vanessa Gazy, Warwick Young and George-Alex Nagle.
The best Aftrs films will now be available to inflight audiences.
Virgin Australia is offering a .Best of the Fest. program, curated quarterly: a selection of Aftrs films that have screened at film festivals like Berlin, Toronto and Palm Springs ShortFest.
.Australia.s up-and-coming filmmakers are winning plaudits around the world, and we are excited about the opportunity to showcase their talent on board our aircraft," said Virgin Australia Chief Customer Officer Mark Hassell.
Aftrs CEO, Neil Peplow, said the school was "really excited about our partnership with Virgin Australia, this is a fantastic avenue to showcase Australia.s emerging filmmakers to new audiences. Virgin Australia is a strong advocate for the arts which makes the airline a perfect fit for the school..
.Best of the Fest. films include:
The Kangaroo Guy (Joel Loxton, Master of Screen Arts...
The best Aftrs films will now be available to inflight audiences.
Virgin Australia is offering a .Best of the Fest. program, curated quarterly: a selection of Aftrs films that have screened at film festivals like Berlin, Toronto and Palm Springs ShortFest.
.Australia.s up-and-coming filmmakers are winning plaudits around the world, and we are excited about the opportunity to showcase their talent on board our aircraft," said Virgin Australia Chief Customer Officer Mark Hassell.
Aftrs CEO, Neil Peplow, said the school was "really excited about our partnership with Virgin Australia, this is a fantastic avenue to showcase Australia.s emerging filmmakers to new audiences. Virgin Australia is a strong advocate for the arts which makes the airline a perfect fit for the school..
.Best of the Fest. films include:
The Kangaroo Guy (Joel Loxton, Master of Screen Arts...
- 8/15/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Malina Maria Mackiewicz's.Driftwood Dustmites.
Five Aftrs films have been selected to screen at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival.
One Aftrs student film will also screen at Hot Docs in Canada, the most prestigious documentary festival in North America.
At Midnight is directed by Amber McBride (2014) and will screen at Hot Docs following its world premiere at the Academy-Award qualifying Sheffield Doc/Fest in the UK..
McBride's film has also been selected for the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in the Us alongside Larissa Behrendt.s documentary Clan (2013), which is also playing at the Athens International Film and Video Festival in Ohio.
The five films headed to Houston are Foal (directed by Vanessa Gazy 2014), The Drover.s Boy (directed by Margaret McHugh 2014), Silent Night (directed by Nastassja Djalog 2014) and two films by director Malina Maria Mackiewicz - Deszcz and Driftwood Dustmites (2014).
Deszcz had its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto...
Five Aftrs films have been selected to screen at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival.
One Aftrs student film will also screen at Hot Docs in Canada, the most prestigious documentary festival in North America.
At Midnight is directed by Amber McBride (2014) and will screen at Hot Docs following its world premiere at the Academy-Award qualifying Sheffield Doc/Fest in the UK..
McBride's film has also been selected for the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in the Us alongside Larissa Behrendt.s documentary Clan (2013), which is also playing at the Athens International Film and Video Festival in Ohio.
The five films headed to Houston are Foal (directed by Vanessa Gazy 2014), The Drover.s Boy (directed by Margaret McHugh 2014), Silent Night (directed by Nastassja Djalog 2014) and two films by director Malina Maria Mackiewicz - Deszcz and Driftwood Dustmites (2014).
Deszcz had its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto...
- 3/22/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Flickerfest has revealed the 53 films selected to screen as part of the festival's competitive program in its 25th anniversary year.
The films were chosen from more than 2300 entries.
This year.s official Australian Competition features 18 world premieres, six Australian premieres and 10 Nsw premieres..
Twenty-one female directors are represented across the official Australian competition.
The best of the australian films will be shown over seven sessions.
They will be competing for prizes across all areas of the filmmaking craft including the Academy Accredited Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Film, the Canon Award for Best Direction and the Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation.
Flickerfest is Australia.s only Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised festvial and runs from Friday January 8-17. .
Festival director Bronwyn Kidd, steering her 19th festival, said she was thrilled that Flickerfest was once again a platform for the Australia's most exciting, creative and talented short filmmakers.
The films were chosen from more than 2300 entries.
This year.s official Australian Competition features 18 world premieres, six Australian premieres and 10 Nsw premieres..
Twenty-one female directors are represented across the official Australian competition.
The best of the australian films will be shown over seven sessions.
They will be competing for prizes across all areas of the filmmaking craft including the Academy Accredited Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Film, the Canon Award for Best Direction and the Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation.
Flickerfest is Australia.s only Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised festvial and runs from Friday January 8-17. .
Festival director Bronwyn Kidd, steering her 19th festival, said she was thrilled that Flickerfest was once again a platform for the Australia's most exciting, creative and talented short filmmakers.
- 12/14/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The Australian Film Television and Radio School has unleashed a new crop of talent on the industry with the 2015 Graduation Ceremony. . .
A highlight of the ceremony was the awarding of the Aftrs. Honorary Degree (Doctor of Arts) to broadcaster, commentator and filmmaker Phillip Adams.
Adams played a key role in the revival of the Australian film industry in the 1970s. .
He was the author of a 1969 report that led to legislation by Prime Minister Gorton in 1970 for an Australian Film and Television Development Corporation (later the Australian Film Commission) and the Experimental Film Fund as well as the eventual creation of an Australian national film School (now Aftrs). Phillip was one of the original members of council for the interim School.
The Dressmaker producer Sue Maslin present the degree. .
Maslin is a graduate of the Aftrs Masters of Screen Arts & Business degree.
Graduates include Imogen Banks, one of the producers...
A highlight of the ceremony was the awarding of the Aftrs. Honorary Degree (Doctor of Arts) to broadcaster, commentator and filmmaker Phillip Adams.
Adams played a key role in the revival of the Australian film industry in the 1970s. .
He was the author of a 1969 report that led to legislation by Prime Minister Gorton in 1970 for an Australian Film and Television Development Corporation (later the Australian Film Commission) and the Experimental Film Fund as well as the eventual creation of an Australian national film School (now Aftrs). Phillip was one of the original members of council for the interim School.
The Dressmaker producer Sue Maslin present the degree. .
Maslin is a graduate of the Aftrs Masters of Screen Arts & Business degree.
Graduates include Imogen Banks, one of the producers...
- 12/8/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Nine features have been nominated for this year's Awgie Awards for performance writing.
Eight telemovies and miniseries are in contention. The Australian Writers. Guild says nominations in the 25 categories for the 48th Annual Awgie Awards reflect the abundance of outstanding work currently being produced in Australia. Nominees for best original telemovie are Steven McGregor for Redfern Now: Promise Me and Katherine Thomson for House of Hancock, while Christopher Lee.s Gallipoli and Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon.s The Secret River contend for best adaptation in a television miniseries. There are four nominees for original television mini-series: The Principal by Alice Addison and Kristen Dunphy; The Kettering Incident by Vicki Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox; Deadline Gallipoli by Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland; and Love Child: Series 2 from Tim Pye, Cathryn Strickland, Chris McCourt, Jane Allen and Tamara Asmar. In the categories...
Eight telemovies and miniseries are in contention. The Australian Writers. Guild says nominations in the 25 categories for the 48th Annual Awgie Awards reflect the abundance of outstanding work currently being produced in Australia. Nominees for best original telemovie are Steven McGregor for Redfern Now: Promise Me and Katherine Thomson for House of Hancock, while Christopher Lee.s Gallipoli and Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon.s The Secret River contend for best adaptation in a television miniseries. There are four nominees for original television mini-series: The Principal by Alice Addison and Kristen Dunphy; The Kettering Incident by Vicki Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox; Deadline Gallipoli by Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland; and Love Child: Series 2 from Tim Pye, Cathryn Strickland, Chris McCourt, Jane Allen and Tamara Asmar. In the categories...
- 7/23/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Matt Saville has been nominated in two categories at the 2015 Australian Directors Guild Awards, for his feature Felony and an episode of Josh Thomas. ABC-tv comedy Please Like Me.
The other nominees in the feature film category are Sophie Hyde for 52 Tuesdays, Jennifer Kent for The Babadook and Robert Connolly for Paper Planes.
There are two nominees for Rake for TV drama series: Jessica Hobbs and Rowan Woods. Also in the running are Shawn Seet for The Code, Geoff Bennett for Love Child and Kevin Carlin for Wentworth.
Kate Dennis and Peter Salmon are both nominated for Secrets & Lies in the TV miniseries category, together with Tony Krawitz (Devil.s Playground). and Ian Watson (Anzac Girls).
The telemovie award is a toss-up between Samantha Lang for Carlotta and Jeffrey Walker for Jack Irish: Dead Point.
In the 30th year of Neighbours, Chris Langman has been nominated in the TV drama...
The other nominees in the feature film category are Sophie Hyde for 52 Tuesdays, Jennifer Kent for The Babadook and Robert Connolly for Paper Planes.
There are two nominees for Rake for TV drama series: Jessica Hobbs and Rowan Woods. Also in the running are Shawn Seet for The Code, Geoff Bennett for Love Child and Kevin Carlin for Wentworth.
Kate Dennis and Peter Salmon are both nominated for Secrets & Lies in the TV miniseries category, together with Tony Krawitz (Devil.s Playground). and Ian Watson (Anzac Girls).
The telemovie award is a toss-up between Samantha Lang for Carlotta and Jeffrey Walker for Jack Irish: Dead Point.
In the 30th year of Neighbours, Chris Langman has been nominated in the TV drama...
- 4/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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