Ben Allan ACS has over 1500 TVC credits and has won numerous awards. At the age of 27 he gained Accreditation from the Australian Cinematographers Society, the youngest person to do so. He has also worked directly with most of the major manufacturers on equipment testing including Sony, Panasonic, Canon, ARRI, and Panavision.
A scathing comedy by Chris Aronsten is brought to life at Sydney’s iconic Darlinghurst Theatre by acclaimed director Kate Gaul and Siren Theatre Co.
Show & Tell grandmaster Tony Chu will lead the Q&A session immediately after the performance.
Show & Tell grandmaster Tony Chu will lead the Q&A session immediately after the performance.
Paul Barry is an actor, director, writer, and teacher. A graduate of NIDA (1996), he has since taught thousands of people, both at his alma mater and its counterparts such as WAAPA and AFTRS, and has been a professional reader to almost every casting director in Sydney.
Our panel of industry judges has chosen the nine films that will be screened at this year’s festival. The finalist films will be in competition for the Best Film award worth AU$9500 (including AU$1000 cash). The judges were: director and long-standing member of the Australian film industry Martha Ansara, director and editor Lucas Bradley, Variety magazine film critic Russell Edwards, and sound mixer and designer John Hresc.
Kate Gaul graduated from NIDA in directing in 1996 and later trained with the Anne Bogart SITI Company. She has been Associate Director at the Ensemble Theatre and has directed a wide variety of stage productions.
Kate is now the Artistic Director of Siren Theatre Co. and has also written and directed two short films: Embrace and Cake.
Miranda Tapsell was born in Darwin and grew up in Kakadu National Park. She began performing at the age of seven when she joined a tap dance group. Having started with summer acting courses at NIDA and a local youth theatre company, Miranda has recently appeared in the acclaimed telemovie Mabo and the Cannes hit The Sapphires (opening nationally on 9 August).