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47TH ANNUAL GRADUATE AWARDS

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SHORT FILM PROGRAM

DECEMBER 3 – 13, 2015

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47th Annua l Graduate Awards and Fi lm Screen ings

OPENING NIGHT PROGRAM

Thursday 3 December, 2015

Welcome

Nicolette Freeman Head of Film and Television

Acknowledgment of Country

Richard Frankland Head of Curriculum and Programs, Wilin Centre

Guest Speaker

Nadia Tass Director, Producer and Actor

Presentation of 2015 Film and Television Awards

See page 23 for award nominees and categories

Film Screenings

The Corn is Flowering Director: Dongmei Li

Secret Matters Director: Janos Zoltan

Touch Director: Lauren Edson

I am JUPITER I am the BIGGEST PLANET Director: Matthew Victor Pastor

Foetal Position Director: Claudia Fitzgerald

After Party

Lightwell, ACMI

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MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF FILM AND TELEVISION

Welcome from the Head of Film and Television

Welcome to the VCA Film and Television’s 47th season of graduate film screenings. We are 49 years old this year, and just shy of the big 50! We are planning a party of course, so keep your eyes peeled during 2016 for updates.

Starting out in 1966, offering Australia’s first dedicated film production course, we have a great deal to be proud of with alumni scattered across the globe bringing their unique and special artistry to storytelling on screens large and small.

In the meantime, 2015 has been a very significant year for VCA Film and Television, with our first crop of undergraduate animators and undergraduate screenwriters graduating this year. We now have a full-time cohort of around 225 directing, producing or screenwriting students. We also deliver subjects in filmmaking to around 550 undergraduate students from other degrees in the University, and a further 120 students enrolled in our non-award and short courses this year.

So, it would be correct to say that we have been through a period of significant growth over the last 50 years, and with the proliferation of screen-based platforms over that time, and the growing interest in developing expertise in moving image storytelling, it is no surprise that our ambition and our achievements have expanded.

We also continue to offer our students international experiences. Earlier this year, Luke Devenish, one of our fabulous Screenwriting lecturers, accompanied a group of eight BFA Screenwriting students to the famous Whistling Woods International Film School, located deep inside the Mumbai Bollywood studios. They went to study the fundamentals of the Natya Shastra and its eight rasas (emotions), comparable to the western tradition of Aristotle’s Poetics, and prevalent throughout Indian storytelling. And while the group was certainly rewarded with the all-singing, all-dancing spectaculars they hoped for in Bollywood, they returned with a profound appreciation for Indian Cinema and an understanding of that extraordinary storytelling tradition that is millennia old.

This 2015 season of graduate films gives us, once again, the chance to experience the result of imagination + enterprise + encouragement + collegiality + determination from our extraordinary students with their prodigious creativity. I guarantee messages of hope, reflection, hilarity and high drama.

I hope you enjoy the season, and I wish all the best success for our graduates.

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GRADUATE SCREENINGS PROGRAM INFORMATION

Program A

Friday 4 December – 7.00pm - Cinema 1

Saturday 12 December – 3.30pm - Cinema 2

Georgina – dir. Sandra Veneklaas

Different Ways – dir. Rachel (Raci) Wilkinson

Death By Chocolate – dir. Gillian Crosby , prod. Lauren Jankovskis

I am JUPITER I am the BIGGEST PLANET – dir. Matthew Victor Pastor

Secret Matters – dir. Janos Zoltan

Slug – dir. Patrick McBain

Heart Station – dir. Tao Jia

Program B



Blood Ties – dir. Christel Chia, prod. Will South

Crush – dir. Lara Kose, prod. Michael Whyntie

Hopeless Dream – dir. Alisa Woraprangkul

Bigger than Ben Hur – dir. Nicholas Waight

For Fux Sake! – dir. Merrill Bray

I Am Here And You Are Out There – dir. Leah Sanderson, prod. Angela Moran (alumna)

Foetal Position – dir. Claudia Fitzgerald

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Program C



JUMP! – dir. Sarah Walton, prod. Danielle Singleton

Crows – dir. Daniel Atkinson

Strawberry Grace – dir. Juan Sebastian Mosquera Calle, prod. Jesse Hatter

Motown – dir. Alex Wu, prod. Mark Day (alumnus)

The Big Dark – dir. Robbie McKinstry

Hell is Other People – dir. Jessica Hutchison

Out of the Woods Part 1 – dir. Chloe Pisani

Karma Police – dir. Greta Nash, prod. Danielle Singleton

Program D


Saturday 12 December - 6.00pm - Cinema 2

Blackbird – dir. Amie Batalibasi

The Corn is Flowering – dir. Dongmei Li

Charlie – dir. Alex Louw

The Mechanic – dir. Chris Gillingham, prod. Will South & Lauren Jankovskis

Ascension – dir. Claire Marsh

Quiet Gold – dir. Erin Rosenberg

Ten Thousand – dir. Biddy O’Loughlin

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Program E

Sunday 6 December – 7.30pm - Cinema 1


Hospitality – dir. Beth Fermanis

WOOF!*– dir. Nina Buxton *This film has strobe lighting

Remnant – dir. David Shane Morris, prod. Ash Cottrell & Daniel Higgins (alumni)

Fact vs Fission – dir. Vanessa Macedo

Overgrow – dir. Jennifer Crow

Under the Table – dir. Max Walter

Program F


Thursday 10 December – 8.30pm - Cinema 2


Kawaki and Sharp – dir. Joshua Steele, prod. Jaryd Dickson

Touch – dir. Lauren Edson

The Seed – dir. Susannah Collins, prod. Jesse Hatter

The Outliers – dir. Carmen Holman

St Paul – dir. Thien Nguyen

Insomnolence – dir. Kiefer Findlow, prod. Jacob Richards

Worry Me In The Daytime – dir. Sebastian Broadbent

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Program G

Sunday 6 December – 10.00am - Cinema 1



Birds of a Feather – dir. Malcolm Bloedel

Apartment n15 – dir. Emma Gover

Cocoon – dir. Maddy Haywood

Max – dir. Ryan Paturzo-Polson, prod. Sarah Pass

Where We Live – dir. Jesse Richards, prod. Jaryd Dickson & Danielle Singleton

Golden Service – dir. Kristy O’Dea

There’s a Bluebird in My Heart – dir. Simon Trevorrow, prod. Scottnes Smith

Just a Cat – dir. Ruadh O’Brien Simpson

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A – Z OF GRADUATE FILMS

Apartment n15

12mins - Fiction

Director: Emma Gover

A deluded woman suffering from hallucinations of an evil clown descends into insanity.

Ascension

23mins - Fiction

Director: Claire Marsh

On an isolated property, a grieving father battles his demons while his children escape into the melody of their mother’s memory.

Bigger than Ben Hur

6mins - Animation

Director: Nicholas Waight

A loveable character accidentally finds himself inside the amazing world of silent cinema.

Birds of a Feather

17mins - Documentary

Director: Malcolm Bloedel

A film about birds, birdwatchers, and trying to understand people’s hobbies.

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Blackbird

14mins - Fiction

Director: Amie Batalibasi

Forced to work on a sugar plantation in Queensland in the late 1800s, a young Pacific Islander, Kiko, journeys into manhood. Amidst oppression and severe loss he must find his will to survive.

Blood Ties

13mins - Fiction

Director: Christel Chia

Producer: Will South

John. 18. Single. Super-Spy. Grounded. Being grounded is tough. It’s worse when your family’s made up of international super spies.

Charlie

3mins - Animation

Director: Alexander Louw

Charlie’s an unfathomably stupid Borzoi who angers a vicious German Shepard and doesn’t have the bowel strength to handle the consequences.

Cocoon

5mins – Animation

Director: Maddison Haywood

A girl tries to find freedom in the pages of her sketchbook, willing her dream of the ocean to life.

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Crows

4mins - Animation

Director: Daniel Atkinson

Two wise cracking crows are kept awake by a howling dog.

Crush

15mins - Fiction

Director: Lara Kose

Producer: Michael Whyntie

Will Anelise choose to side with her two best friends who are wanted for murder, or the boy of her dreams?

Death By Chocolate

8mins - Fiction

Director: Gillian Crosby

Producer: Lauren Jankovskis

Death By Chocolate is a dark and delicious comedy about a pastry chef with a dream… and a very dangerous day job.

Different Ways

4mins – Animation

Director: Rachel Wilkinson

Seven billion people will experience today seven billion different ways.

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Fact vs Fission


Director: Vanessa Macedo

Australia is looking into nuclear energy, but is this the best option? Australian pro and anti nuclear scientists debate this issue.

Foetal Position

8mins - Fiction

Director: Claudia Fitzgerald

Harriet, a mother of two adult children, prepares herself for a life of independence until she discovers that she’s pregnant again.

For Fux Sake!

15mins - Fiction

Director: Merrill Bray

Sally, confined, awaits her sister’s arrival as memories of an accident that claimed her lover (Tommy’s) life continue to devour her.

Georgina


Director: Sandra Veneklaas

Georgina took up stripping to change people’s lives by connecting with individuals and sharing her message with them.

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Golden Service

3mins - Animation

Director: Kristy O’Dea

A courier driver takes his last delivery for the day to the countryside when he runs out of petrol and more trouble begins.

Heart Station

17mins - Fiction

Director: Tao Jia

A coming-of-age drama about a young gay man’s infatuation for a straight man in his three-month HIV window period.

Hell Is Other People

21mins – Fiction

Director: Jessica Hutchison

From compliant passengers to (not so) obedient customers: How a unique culture of service was replaced by punitive-authoritarianism on Melbourne’s (not so) public transport.

Hopeless Dream

12mins - Fiction

Director: Alisa Woraprangkul

Prakit faces a constant struggle as he tries to help over 150 stray dogs while simultaneously taking care of his own problems.

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Hospitality

17mins - Fiction

Director: Elizabeth Fermanis

A young chef in a popular fine dining restaurant becomes a reluctant host when her Chinese grandmother comes to town.

I Am Here and You Are Out There


Director: Leah Sanderson

Producer: Angela Moran (alumna)

After spending almost half his life in prison, Wez is attempting to figure out who he is in the world outside.

I am JUPITER I am the BIGGEST PLANET

15mins - Fiction

Director: Matthew Victor Pastor

Silence in the Red Light District of Manila.

Insomnolence

15mins - Fiction

Director: Kiefer Findlow

Producer: Jacob Richards

70s styled psychedelic/psychological horror/thriller. Virgil’s grief culminated insomnia and subsequent insanity becomes manifest in finding his deceased wife’s hair.

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JUMP!

17mins - Fiction

Director: Sarah Walton

Producer: Danielle Singleton

In this outrageous comedy, Melody; an 80’s obsessed secretary faces her fears to pursue her dream of winning a dance competition.

Just a Cat

4mins - Animation

Director: Ruadh O’Brien-Simpson

A cat is sent on a routine mission to space.

Karma Police

9mins - Fiction

Director: Greta Nash

Producer: Danielle Singleton

An eager-to-please Ticket Inspector is given the following ultimatum: fine or be fired!

Kawaki and Sharp

13mins - Fiction

Director: Joshua Steele

Producer: Jaryd Dickson

In pre-colonial Australia, a young Indigenous boy stumbles upon a shipwrecked sailor.

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Max

16mins - Fiction

Director: Ryan Paturzo-Polson

Producer: Sarah Pass

A pregnant mother begins to notice strange things happening around her son when he fishes a shoe out of Sorrento Bay.

Motown

13mins - Fiction

Director: Alex Wu

Producer: Mark Day (alumnus)

A young woman finds refuge inside an empty concert hall late at night, within the sleepless city of Melbourne.

Out of the Woods Part 1

3mins – Animation

Director: Chloe Pisani

Ivy helps her brother Zachery escape from his personal forest that is a metaphor for his troubled mental health and stability.

Overgrow

5mins – Animation

Director: Jennifer Crow

The relationship between two childhood friends becomes something more when one of them is attacked for being a witch.

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Quiet Gold


Director: Erin Rosenberg

Reflecting upon intergenerational tension, Quiet Gold is a contemplative documentary that explores the remarkable tenacity of the Yiddish language in Melbourne.

Remnant

25mins - Fiction

Director: David Shane Morris

Producers: Ash Cottrell and Daniel Higgins (alumni)

An Australian gothic tale of grief and sexuality. Monty, Dale and Stacey drive in search of release in the dark wilderness.

Secret Matters


Director: Janos Zoltan

“The Gerald who walks around and talks and plays golf… he doesn’t write the books. It was another part of me.” - Gerald Murnane, award winning writer

Slug

10mins - Fiction

Director: Patrick McBain

Harry’s hiding something in the caravan outside his family beach house. His Sisters have come to help him face what’s out there.

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St Paul

13mins - Fiction

Director: Thien Nguyen

Inspired by Pasolini’s yet-to-produce screenplay; St Paul is a modern interpretation of the much mysterious poet and philosopher.

Strawberry Grace

12mins - Fiction

Director: Juan Sebastián Mosquera Calle

Producer: Jesse Hatter

A musical portrait of a nice girl.

Ten Thousand

10mins - Fiction

Director: Brigid O’Loughlin

A young woman lives alone in the middle of nowhere until one day a handsome man stumbles into town.

The Big Dark

6mins – Animation

Director: Robert McKinstry

A warrior left wounded in the remains of a battlefield encounters a traveller expecting to see nobody alive.

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Touch

4mins – Animation

Director: Lauren Edson

Post trauma, a detached, quiet soul slowly learns to reconnect with the world they’d given up on.

The Corn is Flowering

10mins - Fiction

Director: Dongmei Li

Set in remote China, The Corn is Flowering is a meditative story about how a family deals with a dying grandfather, as seen through the eyes of the six year old granddaughter.

The Mechanic

11mins - Fiction

Director: Chris Gillingham

Producers: Will South & Lauren Jankovskis

A mentally unstable mechanic takes a customer’s car for a drive through night-time Melbourne.

The Outliers


Director: Carmen Holman

The Outliers meets the people who bury those that have fallen through the cracks of society.

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The Seed

10mins - Fiction

Director: Susannah Collins

Producer: Jesse Hatter

The impending destruction of a woman’s sacred childhood tree forces her on a spiral of conflict, self-reflection and acceptance.

There’s a Bluebird in My Heart

16mins -Fiction

Director: Simon Trevorrow

Producer: Scottnes Smith

A lone man faced with a life changing circumstance must make a choice on how far he is prepared to go to make amends with his past.

Under the Table

12mins - Fiction

Director: Max Walter

In a weird, early-1980s Australian home, an underappreciated table tennis-obsessed son must prove his worth to his bullying, ex-footballer father.

Where We Live

11mins – Fiction

Director: Jesse Richards

Producers: Jaryd Dickson & Danielle Singleton

Ellie is forced to choose between following her dream of becoming an Olympic athlete, and raising her younger sister away from their abusive stepfather.

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Worry Me in the Daytime

21mins - Fiction

Director: Sebastian Broadbent

Iconic Melbourne bluesman Chris Russell reflects on life, death, success, regret and music.

WOOF!*

9mins - Fiction

Director: Nina Buxton

A humiliating sexual experience causes a 16 year old girl to start an unusual revolution.

*this film has strobe lighting

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COURSE GRADUATES

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)

Daniel Atkinson (Crows)

Jennifer Crow (Overgrow)

Lauren Edson (Touch)

Maddy Haywood (Cocoon)

Alex Louw (Charlie)

Robert McKinstry (The Big Dark)

Ruadh O’Brien-Simpson (Just a Cat)

Kristy O’Dea (Golden Service)

Chloe Pisani (Out of the Woods)

Nicholas Waight (Bigger than Ben Hur)

Rachel Wilkinson (Different Ways)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)

Nina Buxton (WOOF!)

Christel Chia (Blood Ties)

Susannah Collins (The Seed)

Gillian Crosby (Death By Chocolate)

Claudia Fitzgerald (Foetal Position)

Chris Gillingham (The Mechanic)

Emma Gover – (Apartment n15)

Dongmei Li – (The Corn is Flowering)

Patrick McBain – (Slug)

Greta Nash – (Karma Police)

Thien Nguyen – (St Paul)

Brigid O’Loughlin – (Ten Thousand)

Jesse Richards – (Where We Live)

Joshua Steele – (Kawaki and Sharp)

Max Walter – (Under the Table)

Alex Wu – (Motown)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)

Malachy Cole

James Coquillat

Adam Gardner

Samantha Haines

Georgina Harriss

Jordan Koder

Erin Lupson

Alex McDiarmid

Isaac Miller

Nicola Nemaric

Brianna Nixon

Madeleine Osborne

Evan Pirone

Alyce Potter

Luke Reeves

Jesse Rintoul

Hannah Samuel

Christabel Taylor-Brown

Jack Wedde

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Master of Film and Television (Documentary)

Malcolm Bloedel (Birds of a Feather)

Sebastian Broadbent (Worry Me in the Daytime)

Marleena Forward (A Day in Colour)

Carmen Holman (The Outliers)

Jessica Hutchison (Hell is Other People)

Vanessa Macedo (Fact vs Fission)

Erin Rosenberg (Quiet Gold)

Leah Sanderson (I Am Here and You Are Out There)

Sandra Veneklaas (Georgina)

Alisa Woraprangkul(Hopeless Dream)

Janos Zoltan (Secret Matters)

Master of Film and Television (Narrative)

Amie Batalibasi (Blackbird)

Merrill Bray (For Fux Sake!)

Juan Sebastian Mosquera Calle (Strawberry Grace)

Kiefer Findlow (Insomnolence)

Tao Jia (Heart Station)

Lara Kose (Crush)

David Morris (Remnant)

Luke Morrissey (In the Light of Night)

Claire Marsh (Ascension)

Beth Fermanis (Hospitality)

Matt Pastor (I am JUPITER, I AM the BIGGEST PLANET )

Ryan Paturzo-Polson (Max)

Simon Trevorrow (There’s a Bluebird in My Heart)

Sarah Walton (JUMP!)

Master of Producing*

Jaryd Dickson (Kawaki and Sharp, Where We Live)

Jesse Hatter (Strawberry Grace, The Seed)

Lauren Jankovskis (Death By Chocolate, The Mechanic)

Rachelle Moors-Chantry (In the Light of Night)

Sarah Pass (Max)

Jacob Richards (Insomnolence)

Danielle Singleton (Karma Police, JUMP!)

Scottnes Smith (There’s a Bluebird in My Heart)

Will South (Blood Ties, The Mechanic)

Michael Whyntie (Crush)

*these students will graduate in 2016

Master of Screenwriting

Alyce AdamsCharalabos (Harry) Aletras

Katherine AtkinsSophie Bean

Gabriel BergmoserSean Carney

Kate DarriganElizabeth DiasAdam FowlerMarie Kelly

Stephen KepPaddy Macrae

Dan NixonDamian RobbRachel Ross

Caroline RowanJason Tatas

Tavis UrquhartRamon WatkinsAlexandra York

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GRADUATE SCREENINGS AWARDS

2015 AWARD WINNERS*

*These awards were presented earlier in the year, but are being acknowledged at this event.

Lionel Gell Foundation Scholarship

Supported by the Lionel Gell Foundation

Recipient:

Brigid O’Loughlin

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television) Best Production Script

Supported by the Orloff Family Charitable Trust

Recipient:

Nina Buxton (WOOF!)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) Best Production Script


Recipient:

Ruadh O’Brien-Simpson (Just a Cat)

Moving Clickers ‘Kickalong’ Award for Master of Film and Television Narrative

Production Script

Recipient:


Master of Film and Television (Documentary) Best Production Script


Recipients:

Jessica Hutchison (Hell is Other People)


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Overall Best Production Script

Supported by Panavision

Recipient:


Runners up:

Nina Buxton (WOOF!) Supported by the

Australian Directors Guild

Jessica Hutchison (Hell is Other People) Supported by Black Magic

Master of Screenwriting Best Script

Supported by the Lorne Film Festival

Recipient:

Paddy Macrae The Blockade (TV Show)

Runners up:

2nd place:

Tavis Urquhart (The Black Torana) Supported by the

Grace Marion Wilson Trust

3rd place (shared):

Sophie Bean (Shutterbug) & Charalabos (Harry) Aletras (Martingale)

Supported by the Australian Writers’ Guild

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting) Best Script

Supported by the Grace Marion Wilson Trust

Recipient:

Erin Lupson The Hidden (TV Drama)

Runners Up:

Alyce Potter Island of the Drums (Game) Supported by the Australian Writers’ Guild

Adam Gardner 30 Love (Animation Series) Supported by the Australian Writers’ Guild

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting) Best Minor Script

Supported by the Grace Marion Wilson Trust

Recipient:

Isaac Miller Offline (Short Film)

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GRADUATE SCREENINGS AWARDS

2015 AWARD NOMINEES*

*Winners to be announced tonight

Human Edge Award

Supported by 50 Kaliber

Nominees:

Susannah Collins

Simon Trevorrow

Elizabeth Fermanis

Best Achievement in Editing

Supported by Australian Screen Editors

Nominees:

Chris Gillingham (The Mechanic)

Matthew Victor Pastor (I am JUPITER I am the BIGGEST PLANET)

Lara Kose (Crush)

Best Achievement in Cinematography*

*For enrolled students or alumni of no more than 2 years

Supported by Lemac and Crumpler

Nominees:


Josh Stafield (The Corn is Flowering)

Max Walter (Kawaki and Sharp)

Best Achievement in Sound

Supported by Music and Effects

Nominees:

Robbie McKinstry (The Big Dark)


Malcolm Bloedel (Birds of a Feather)

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New Voice Award

Supported by Madman and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Nominees:


Kiefer Findlow (Insomnolence)

Dongmei Li (The Corn is Flowering)

Sarah Watt Award*

*Awarded to a Female Director

Supported by Cinema Nova and William McInnes

Producer of the Year

Supported by Shaun Miller Lawyers and the Australian Centre for the

Moving Image

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation or Film and Television) Best Director

Supported by 16th Street Actors Studio, the Erwin Rado Memorial Award and the

Australian Director’s Guild

Nominees:




Master of Film and Television Best Director

Supported by 16th Street Actors Studio, the Brian Robinson Award, the Erwin

Rado Memorial Award and the Australian Director’s Guild

Nominees:



Lara Kose (Crush)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) Best Production

Supported by the Orloff Family Charitable Trust and the Australian Centre for the

Moving Image

Nominees:

Jennifer Crow (Overgrow)

Chloe Pisani (Out of the Woods Part 1)


Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television) Best Production

Supported by Showcast

Nominees:

Brigid O’Loughlin (Ten Thousand)



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Master of Film and Television Narrative Best Production

Supported by Film Victoria and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Nominees:

Claire Marsh (Ascension)

Simon Trevorrow (There’s A Bluebird In My Heart)

Lara Kose (Crush)

Master of Film and Television Documentary Best Production

Supported by Black Magic, Crumpler and the Australian Centre for the

Moving Image

Nominees:

Sandra Veneklaas (Georgina)



Overall Best Production

Supported by The Backlot Post, 50 Kaliber and Moving Clickers

Nominees:

Matthew Victor Pastor (I am JUPITER I am the BIGGEST PLANET )


Lara Kose (Crush)



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Venue Partner and Film and Television Award Supporter

Film and Television Award Supporters 2015

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Film and Television Award Supporters 2015

Lionel Gell Foundation

Orloff Family Charitable Trust

Grace Marion Wilson Trust

William McInnes

Erwin Rado Memorial Award

Brian Robinson Award

The VCA Film and Television Screenings 2015 are proudly supported by the VCA Foundation

The Faculty of the VCA and MCM respectfully acknowledges the Boonwurung and Wurundjeri people of the Eastern Kulin nation.

Victorian College of the Arts The University of Melbourne

234 St Kilda Road Southbank Victoria 3006

vca.unimelb.edu.au

Information in this program was correct at time of printing. Any late changes may not be reflected.

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VCA FILM AND TELEVISION 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016!

Film and Television was established at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1992 following the move of the original Swinburne School of Film and Television (est. 1966)

to the College. 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of Australia’s oldest continuing film school and we want everyone to help us celebrate!

Next year we’ll be holding a series of events and screenings to celebrate the contribution our alumni have made to the Australian and international film industries.

Our alumni have screened their films and won prizes at every prestigious film event imaginable. From the Oscars to Cannes, from the ABC to the BBC, we have been there.

Former students work in every corner of the film and television industries, keeping the wheels turning by providing the creative and technical know-how to produce a huge

number of the programs loved by Australian and international audiences.

2016 also marks the launch of our new Digital Online Archive, which will make 50 of our alumni’s original student films available to everyone online for the first time. We’ve selected films that showcase the depth and breadth of Australian filmmaking, and that

highlight Melbourne’s special place in the Australian film industry.

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There is much to be proud of…. And we want your help to celebrate… Here’s some ways you can be join the party!

Save the date: Golden Anniversary Party

Sunday 19 June 2016 Everyone is invited to help us celebrate 50 golden years!

Follow the news on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/VCAFILMTV50/

Spread the word:

Sharing is caring. Tell your peers and ex-classmates about the anniversary and the new digital archive!

Alumni from Swinburne (1966 – 1991) and the VCA (1992 – now) update your contact details and tell us your stories:

Email [email protected] to get in touch with your year and course.

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