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Australian Film Television and Radio School

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 1300 223 877

Address: Building 130, The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park NSW 2021 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.aftrs.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Congratulations to AFTRS Council Member Tanya Hosch, who has been named SA Australian of the Year for 2021.

24.01.2022 Get your vote in for Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)’s Short of the Decade Audience Choice Award, open to every AACTA-nominated short of the past ten years, including 14 works by #AFTRSAlumni.

24.01.2022 Alumnus Luke Eve, director of multi-award winning series LOW LIFE, follow up HIGH LIFE executive produced by Stephen Fry and most recently web series CANCELLED, discusses the backstory behind new feature debut, I MET A GIRL and reflects on many of his projects that explore Mental Illness.

23.01.2022 Congratulations to #AFTRSAlumni director/producer Annette Cohen, writer/co-producer/editor Marcus Gillezeau and cinematographer Eliya Cohen whose work Picturing Home documentary has just debuted at Dendy Cinemas Newtown and will be available online in the coming months.

23.01.2022 Currently streaming as part of the Colorado-based Telluride Horror Show, Millicent Malcolm’s AFTRS capstone project, The Familiars - Short Film has secured its next festival stop, set to screen in competition at Rhode Island International Film Festival’s Vortex Sci-Fi Fantasy & Horror Film Festival. Congratulations to Millicent and the team. #AFTRSAlumni

22.01.2022 #AFTRSAlumni works are among national winners at the Asian Academy Creative Awards and will represent Australia in the finals this December. ABC/CJZ series ROCKY & ME, made with first assistant director Hattie Archibald and second assistant director Nicola Macindoe won Best Children’s Programme while Best Drama Series went to Warwick Thornton and Wayne Blair’s (Andrew Myer Fellowship Recipient, 2007) MYSTERY ROAD (S2).

22.01.2022 Applications are now open for the 2021 virtual edition of pitching showcase, The FACTory, which will see shortlisted teams present their work to the largest ever contingent of funders, streamers, broadcasters, sales and distributors to ever participate in AIDC - Australian International Documentary Conference. Spread the word an apply by 13 December.

22.01.2022 2018 Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production grad Rachel Mackey’s AFTRS capstone project, THE GRANNY FLAT is set to screen in competition at the Australian Womens Film Festival, vying for Best Animation and Best Comedy Film. #AFTRSAlumni

22.01.2022 Works by #AFTRSAlumni Larissa Behrendt, Steven McGregor, Eliya Cohen, Mike Clay and Sue Maslin have been announced as contenders for the Inaugural AIDC - Australian International Documentary Conference Awards to be announced during this year’s closing events.

22.01.2022 Alumna Imogen McCluskey’s Sydney-based coming-of-age feature, Sydney Film Festival Audience Award runner-up, Suburban Wildlife - Feature Film is set for its Australian VOD release, coming to iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube and more on 1 December. Pre-order now on iTunes for a discount.

21.01.2022 TRAILER: Alumna Imogen McCluskey’s Love Bug returns with another instalment of virtual dating heartbreak, launching this Sunday 18 October bit.ly/3lJB6TE

19.01.2022 Screen NSW is calling for applications from emerging NSW filmmakers with disability to produce shorts as part of the Screenability Film Fund, offering up to three teams $30,000 each in production finance and consideration to premiere at the 2021 Sydney Film Festival. Applications close Monday 12 October, so submit yours ASAP.

18.01.2022 AFTRS alum, director Rober Connolly (Bachelor of Arts Producing, 1994) and Eric Bana discuss their instant box office hit, THE DRY, in cinemas now. #AFTRSAlumni

16.01.2022 Screening alongside queer classics including The Rocky Horror Picture Show, THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, Call Me By Your Name and Moonlight in Dendy's Rainbow Retrospective is AFTRS graduate feature, Sequin In A Blue Room, to be followed by a Q&A with director Samuel Van Grinsven and producer Sophie Hattch, moderated by Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival’s Andrew Wilkie. Get your tickets ASAP.

16.01.2022 In the latest episode of Screen Australia’s ‘The Next Step’, recent ADG Award-winning alumna and writer/director Kacie Anning discusses her journey from AFTRS to Hollywood. Hear about how she embraced the web series format, the pitch that landed her a directing gig on Stan.’s THE OTHER GUY and how a casual LA breakfast with legendary showrunner Greg Daniels (Parks and Recreation, The Office) led to her directing episodes of Amazon Prime Video’s UPLOAD.

16.01.2022 Last chance to apply for the New Perspectives Pitch Lab, an AFTRS, Doc Society and Australian international Documentary Conference (AIDC) initiative for emerging non-fiction talent with a social impact project in development or production. To have your project considered, apply by Friday 30 October.

14.01.2022 AFTRS Graduate Diploma in Radio alumnus and ABC 7.30 reporter and producer, Nick Hose, has contributed to ABC Australia’s book ‘Black Summer: Stories of Loss, Courage and Community’, told by ABC journalists who were on the ground and broadcasting during Australia’s worst-ever fire season. #AFTRSAlumni

14.01.2022 Congratulations to alumna Kacie Anning, co-director of ABC Me series HARDBALL together with Fadia Abboud and Darren Ashton on winning the International Emmy Kids Award in the Kids: Live Action category. #AFTRSAlumni

14.01.2022 Join AFTRS’ Graduate Diploma in Radio students live on the air for their fourth pop-up of the year on iHeartRadio, running until 24 October. AFTRS Radio #AFTRSstudents

13.01.2022 LISTEN: 2019 Master of Art Screen graduate Julie Sam-Yue discusses how she got into animation, her experiences at AFTRS, and how developing technical and creative skills made her a better production manager. #AFTRSAlumni FBi Radio

13.01.2022 Our very own Pearl Tan (Senior Lecturer Directing) has been named among the 40 most influential Asian-Australians under 40, and winner of the Arts & Culture category. Congratulations to the ever-impressive Pearl on this well-deserved award.

13.01.2022 Last chance to submit your work for the 68th Sydney Film Festival, coming to theatres from 18-29 August. Open to features, documentaries and short films via FilmFreeway, submissions close this Friday 26 February, so submit your work ASAP bit.ly/3kkPxxV

13.01.2022 The second season of alumna Imogen McCluskey’s (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017) Love Bug is here, and exclusive to Instagram. Stream it now. #AFTRSAlumni

12.01.2022 This year’s virtual Word Travels’ Story Week Festival (6-14 November) Australia’s largest performing writer’s festival presents a stacked lineup for their tenth edition, featuring a screening of alumnus Cornel Ozies’ OUR LAW with an accompanying Q&A and the NSW poetry slam finals, where alumna Sara Crane will compete to make it to the national competition. Browse the full program and grab a ticket ASAP.

11.01.2022 2019 Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production graduate Erika Felton’s second-year AFTRS project, WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF? will screen tonight at the inaugural Her International Film Festival in Ireland. Congratulations to Erika and the team: producer Mariella S. Solano, cinematographer Roger Stonehouse, editor Jaslyn Mairs, production designer Sidonie Pitot de la Beaujardiere, composer Ben Bauchet and sound designer Steve Khoury. #AFTRSAlumni

10.01.2022 AFTRS alum Megan Riakos’ all-female directed horror anthology, DARK WHISPERS VOLUME 1, is set for its Australian and UK digital release. Showcasing the work of #AFTRSAlumni, cinematographer Justine Kerrigan, composer Pru Montin and production designer Valentina Iastrebova, and starring Andrea Demetriades, Asher Keddie and Anthony LaPaglia, DARK WHISPERS will be available on all major platforms from Monday 25 January.

09.01.2022 In the lead up to the 2020 Australian Directors' Guild Awards where students and alumni have received 21 nominations ADG President and AFTRS alumna Samantha Lang spoke to ScreenHub to share her perspective on the state of the industry, her hopes for change and advice for those at the beginning of their careers.

08.01.2022 11 students and alumni are nominated across eight categories at the Australian Screen Editors Guild’s Ellie Awards, including 2018 Master of Arts Screen graduate, Jesse Hildebrand for her work on Michaela Holmes’ AFTRS capstone project, MY FIRST PANIC. #AFTRSAlumni

08.01.2022 Alumna Millie Malcolm’s AFTRS capstone project, THE FAMILIARS is headed to Colorado, USA to make its international debut at Telluride Horror Show. Congratulations to Millie and the team of #AFTRSAlumni: screenwriter Octavia B. Martin, producer Alexis Talbot-Smith, cinematographer Calum Ridell, editor Xanthe Dobbie, composer Jorde Heys, costume designer Laura McGenniss and sound recordist Tahira Donohoe-Bales.

06.01.2022 AFTRS student shorts INVISIBLE by Jacob Melamed (Graduate Certificate Screen: Directing, 2018) and MY FIRST PANIC by Michaela Holmes (Master of Arts Screen, 2018) have just launched on ABC TV + iview as a part of their ‘Your Mental Health’ program. Stream them now. #AFTRSAlumni

06.01.2022 Congratulations to alumna Karen Pearlman, who’s short documentary I WANT TO MAKE A FILM ABOUT WOMEN has won the Brisbane International Film Festival Creative Achievement award and to the team behind Jane Cho’s THE EGG including alumni editor Lucas Baynes, sound editor Beth Bezzina and sound effects editor Andrew Miller which won the Best Australian Short Film Award. #AFTRSAlumni

05.01.2022 Are you an Australian storyteller pushing innovative audio content? Audiocraftt is partnering with the Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship, to offer a $10,000 cash fell...owship. Jesse Cox was a Walkley award winning radio producer with a passion for storytelling. He developed pioneering programming for Sydney's FBi Radio and ABC Radio National. This is an opportunity for a mid-tier practitioner of any discipline to accelerate their career. To apply or for more info https://www.jcaf.org.au/

04.01.2022 A behind the scenes look at the making of upcoming anthology feature HERE OUT WEST, which boasts a stellar creative team including #AFTRSAlumni, directors Julie Kalceff and Lucy Gaffy, and producers Sheila Jayadev and AFTRS’ Head of Producing Lyn Norfor.

04.01.2022 Entries are now open for the 68th Sydney Film Festival, returning to cinemas from 9-20 June to showcase the best of Australian and international cinema. Submit your feature, documentary or short film via FilmFreeway by Friday 26 February 2021 to have your work considered bit.ly/3lLRNy2

03.01.2022 Alumnus Peter Duncan (OPERATION BUFFALO, RAKE) is set to direct THE FIRST CASUALTY, a new feature film adaptation of the story of Australian-born foreign correspondent Peter Greste’s false imprisonment.

03.01.2022 Developed by screen industry professionals with lived experience of disability, Bus Stop Films’ Inclusion in Action is an online workshop with a special focus on the rights of people living with disability and exploring pathways to employment within organisations and productions. There are a few spots left in upcoming sessions on Thursday 15 October and Thursday 22 October, so enrol ASAP https://bit.ly/2H6EJEg

02.01.2022 In the latest episode of Screen Australia’s The Next Step series, alumnus, actor, writer and director Hunter Page-Lochardt discusses his work on ABC TV + iview series CLEVERMAN and THALU and his career transition from acting to directing.

02.01.2022 GIVEAWAY: Dendy Cinemas Newtown is holding a musicals retrospective stacked with certified classics: WEST SIDE STORY, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, MOULIN ROUGE!, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW and more. To win a double pass for the screening of your choice (subject to availability), tag who you’d take as your plus one in the comments. Full program bit.ly/33WunzI