Six Australian films to screen at Irish student film festival
Six films from the Sydney Film School have been accepted to Screen at Inaugural Irish Student Film Festival. The films selected, and their directors are: ‘L’Invitation au Voyage’ by Amelie Raoul; ‘Endure’ by Francesco Chiari; ‘Et Excrucior’ by Filippo Grando; ‘Push & Pull’ by Dorothy Pranolo; and two films by Davide Carta: ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Absence’
The announcement:
Sydney Film School is pleased to announce six of its students’ films have been selected to screen at the inaugural Freshly Squeezed International Student Film Festival in Ireland this month.
Proving Australian filmmakers continue to impress global audiences; Australia will have the largest representation of films in the festival.
Films selected to screen are: ‘L’Invitation au Voyage’ by Amelie Raoul; ‘Endure’ by Francesco Chiari; ‘Et Excrucior’ by Filippo Grando; ‘Push & Pull’ by Dorothy Pranolo and two films by Davide Carta: ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Absence’.
Selected films will screen alongside the films produced at the esteemed London Film School and Lodz Film School from Poland.
Running for two days, Freshly Squeezed International Student Film Festival will be showcasing the work of film school students and recent film school graduates from around the world, drawing in a wide variety of both local and international talent.
Sydney Film School 2011 graduate, 22 year-old Davide Carta, is thrilled to have two of his films screening for an international audience.
“I hope that they are well received and that people take something away from them. Sydney Film School have been really supportive in helping me channel my ideas. The school has a unique creative atmosphere that instils confidence to make films. Backed by the schools international intake, I’ve had the chance to meet and work with so many amazing people and this really enriches the whole process of creating short films. I’d like to thank all of the people who contributed in making both “Absence” and “Oppenheimer”, without which they would not be screening at Freshly Squeezed,” said filmmaker Davide Carta.
Sydney Film School Director Ben Ferris explains this is an opportunity to build awareness for Australian film schools internationally while showcasing the emerging talent of the Australian screen industry.
“Every one of our students has put their heart and soul into creating their films and it’s wonderful to have them recognised globally. I think this festival is a great initiative and will help students world-wide share their films with international audiences and with each other,” said Sydney Film School Director Ben Ferris.
Freshly Squeezed organisers said they were very happy with the Australian interest in their festival.
“This is our first year running Freshly Squeezed and we are very excited about the number of submissions and the variety of countries and cultures that are being represented in this event. We were delighted to receive so many submissions from Australia,” said Catarina Doolan Fernandes, Head of Submissions at Freshly Squeezed International Student Film Festival.
About the Films:
· ‘Oppenheimer’ (thesis, produced second half of 2011, runtime: 6’04”)
· Father of the atomic bomb thinks about the cause and consequence of his creation, the night after Hiroshima.
· ‘L’Invitation au Voyage’ (thesis, produced second half of 2011, runtime: 3’43”)
· A man discovers how inner travel and outer travel are closely related.
· ‘Absence’ (part 2 major drama, produced second half of 2011, runtime: 10’21”)
· Two brothers are reunited at the end of the road, after 40 years of estrangement.
· ‘Endure’ (thesis, produced second half of 2011, runtime: 6’06”)
· Trapped in his own house, a man is dealing with the guilt of having survived while others were killed or taken away.
· ‘Et Excrucior’ (thesis, produced second half of 2010, runtime: 3’25”)
· A colourful visualisation of the process of moving on.
· ‘Push & Pull’ (thesis, produced second half of 2011, runtime: 9’43”)
· A young Asian-American girl feels pressured to be the perfect violinist. When tensions collide at the anticipated violin audition, which path will she follow? The life she wants, or the one her mother has paved for her?
Source: Sydney Film School press release
