The NAFA Team
TONY CHU
[NAFA Founder, MACA Medical Coordinator]
Tony is an actor–filmmaker–screenwriter and creator of the feature film Mr Red Bean, now in post-production. A trained actor, he has been on stage and screen for over 22 years.
Tony has won many awards from a body of work exceeding 35 short films which he produced or directed. As a produced screenwriter, he infuses his stories with humanity, comic relief, and social impact.
Within the film industry Tony is known as the founder of NAFA (2002) and festival director of Show-Fest International (2004–13).
On Tony’s slate are exciting plans for more medical drama–comedy projects for film, TV, and streaming.
SIDAT de SILVA
[Graphic Designer & Copywriter]
Sid could never have been very far from NAFA. Ever since sharing the stage with Tony in a 2001 production of Peter Weiss’s Marat/Sade, he has been watching NAFA grow. Sid programmed and co-directed our short film festivals over their final five years.
JOHN HALY
[Secretary]
Having danced and performed on stages around Sydney, John finally limped off the stage to start a film and post production business called Halyucinations Studios, to promote Visual Artists with Visual Media. He then began creating films and showreels for artists and performers.
John joined NAFA in 2003 and found himself managing NAFA’s original Web site until 2005 when he began studying for a Multimedia Diploma from Computer Graphics College (CGC). After attaining this Diploma in 2007, Tony Chu asked him to join the CPT as Secretary.