20th December 2022
…ti Rules’. Alex was appointed Head of Documentary at Screen Australia in July 2021.. LUKE CORNISH Luke Cornish had his debut feature documentary ‘Keep Stepping’ win the Jury prize for Best Documentary and Audience Award for Best Documentary at Sydney Film Festival 2022 and is in consideration for the 2023 Academy Awards. He also produced, directed and wrote ‘Alone Out Here’ selected by The New Yorker, Amazon Prime Series ‘Unheard’. He is currently…
Read More8th January 2021
…lian Director’s Guild Award for Best Direction in a short film, Best Short Film at Milan Film Festival, Best Foreign Film at Lake Shorts Film Festival and Best Direction in an Australian Short Film at Flickerfest International Film Festival. She directed, wrote and starred in the cult-hit web series One Step Closer To Home seasons 1 and 2, which notched up a 98% funny rating on Funny-or-Die and won the Best Actress award at LA WebFest as well as b…
Read More8th December 2017
…ced on stage in the world’s largest play festival, Short+Sweet. She currently lectures in film studies and production at SAE Creative Media Institute and has a slate of screen productions in development. She is a frequent guest speaker, MC, social commentator and continues to be a fervent film buff. MITZI RUHLMANN Mitzi Ruhlmann made her feature film debut in the coming of age film Boys in The Trees, which had its premiere at the Venice Film Festi…
Read More29th December 2021
…including the beautifully illustrated credit titles, are first class…an ambitiously conceived epic” THE FLOOD was released across all VOD platforms in Australia 6th January 2020 and held the number one spot on STAN across several weeks of its release. THE FLOOD released in US and UK late 2021. MICHAEL PONTIN Michael is the head of Ticket To Ride, a subsidiary of Australian production company See Pictures. Michael produced the feature films: JUNE…
Read More27th December 2023
…n is one of the finest actors of his generation. He has worked professionally in Film, Television and Theatre since the age of 13 and continuously grown the plethora of experience he has built in Australia. He was nominated for an AACTA and Logie awards for his complex portrayal of a troubled youth in The Principal. Since then, Rahel has starred in tv shows such as, Shantaram, Wolf Like Me, God’s Favourite Idiot, Australian Gangster, Mr Inbetween…
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Bit of Black Business, is 13 five-minute short dramas that represent the outrageous, courageous, mysterious, simple, straight-forward and complex nature of being part of the Indigenous community today.
Film Titles:
Custard (wri/dir: Michelle Blanchard),
Too Late (wri/dir: Michael Longbottom),
Two Big Boys (wri/dir: Jon Bell),
Days Like These (wri/dir: Martin Adams),
Back Seat (wri/dir: Pauline Whyman),
Nana (wri/dir: Warwick Thornton),
Bloodlines (wri/dir: Jacob Nash),
The Turtle (wri/dir: Kelli Cross),
Sharpeye (Aaron Faáoso),
Done Dirt Cheap (wri/dir: Debbie Carmody),
Kwatye (wri/dir: Trisha Morton-Thomas),
Hush (wri/dir: Dena Curtis),
Jackie Jackie (wri/dir: Adrian Wills)
Producer: Kath Shelper
10th December 2019
…an, starring Matt Okine, Harriet Dyer and Claudia Karvan. Gracie is currently filming Under The Volcano, a feature documentary on the late Sir George Martin’s legendary recording studio on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, where everyone from Paul McCartney, Elton John, Dire Straits and Sting hung out and created some of the best music of the 1980s. She is also making a personal documentary on her father, Otto on Otto, and was Associate Producer…
Read More13th December 2013
…val and more. It is Australia’s entry for the 2014 Oscars Foreign Language Film category. The film has also been nominated for 12 AACTA awards. Alice herself being nominated for Best Supporting Actress. LIRON GILMORE Liron Gilmore is a Film Lecture at SAE who specialises in digital imaging, film studies, video editing as well as experimental film practices. She has completed a Bachelor of Visual Communications and a Masters of Media Arts & Product…
Read More3rd August 2021
…go – you’ll learn a lot, have fun, and be inspired by other people’s great films. . Filmmaker: Grace Mincherton Film: Round To It Year: 2021 Award: SAE Award for Best Australian High School/Youth Short Film Why do you think SAE FlickerUp plays an important role for young filmmakers? FlickerUp aids as an inspiration for young filmmakers. It provides the well-needed motivation for filmmakers to push their imaginations further and explore areas in th…
Read More12th December 2016
…has directed 16 documentaries of his own, and produced another 20 with mainly early-career directors. He has also worked as Commissioning Editor at SBS-TV. As director Tom is well known for his distinctive observational story-telling style and his ability to get close to his subjects. His most notable films include Kemira – Diary of a Strike (1984), Billal (1996), The Diplomat (2000), Molly & Mobarak (2003) and The Hungry Tide (2011) – a story abo…
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