OUTDOOR SCREEN PROGRAM: AFTRS PROGRAM ONE

Posted: Mon 21 Feb

Header Image: Larissa Behrendt, still image from Clan (2013) 

Archie Chew, still image from The End, The Beginning  (2019)
Archie Chew, still image from 'The End, The Beginning'  (2019)

 

AFTRS is the national screen and broadcast school – the only Australian education institution to consistently make The Hollywood Reporter‘s prestigious annual list of the top film schools in the world. AFTRS empowers Australian talent to shape and share their stories by delivering world-leading future-focused education, research and training. 

A Boy Called Su 

Dir. Vedrana Musić 

Su, a kindergarten boy, must beat the language barrier and find his voice to get his favourite ball back. 

Kharisma 

Dir. Shannon Murphy

A young and darkly funny story of a girl desperate for the limelight and the magical discovery she makes that could secure her fame and fortune should she choose to use it. 

A Thousand Suns

Dir. Blue Lucine 

Kumeran is a young boy in Immigration Detention. He retreats to his imagination to explore possibilities of escape and to dream of the world he can't reach.  

Clan 2013

Dir. Larissa Behrendt 

James Saunders was told at boarding school he was not clever enough to go to University. He lived in the Aboriginal community where there is 'men's business' and 'women's business', James overcame doubts about coming out and joined the Convicts Rugby team, winning three Bingham Cups. He is now a role model for young, gay Aboriginal people. 

Winner Best Documentary – Canberra Short Film Festival 2015, Official selection – Melbourne International Film Festival 2015, Melbourne International Film Festival, ImagiNATIVE Toronto 2014, Antenna Documentary Film Festival Sydney and more. 

At Midnight 2014

Dir. Amber McBride 

Maria escaped from Communist Hungary seeking creative freedom, but her husband could not tear himself away from his successful filmmaking career to go with her. As she attempted to build a new life in Australia, he made a feature film about her escape. His film was revolutionary for its time and wildly successful. 57 years later, this film tells her version of the story. 

Antenna Documentary Film Festival, Sheffield DocFest UK, HotDocs Canada and more 

The End, The Beginning 2019

Dir. Archie Chew

In the picture-book town of Collector, a young girl and her gang of rogue environmentalists are trying to save the planet as the world goes into lock down. The main target of their rebellion… the girl’s very own father. 

Uppsala Short Film Festival and more 

The Granny Flat 2018

Dir. Rachel Mackey 

Whilst their parents are off trainspotting, two siblings wake to find an elderly woman baking scones in their kitchen. This seems great until that one granny multiplies into four hundred dithering old biddies. Now the kids must stop the plague before they are swamped with knitted scarves and stewed quinces. 

Nashville Film Festival and more 

Birthday Boy 2004

Dir. Sejong Park

Korean War, 1951. Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it is a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life. 

Oscar nominated 

One Hundred A Day 1973 

Dir.Gillian Armstrong

In a 1930's shoe factory, a young girl is forced to continue working at her machine all day as her body slowly aborts after a visit to a backyard abortionist.  

AFI Awards, Australia, 1973, Sydney Film Festival 1974 and more.

One hundred a day has also been highly acclaimed throughout the world in various Australian programs and Gillian Armstrong retrospectives