Four emerging filmmaker teams are the latest recipients of grants under the New South Wales Film and Television Office’s Young Filmmakers Fund.
Three shorts dramas and one short animation have received grants.
The dramas are Midsummer Magic (Producers Iain Crossing and Andy Rodoreda, Director Gabrielle Rogers, Writer Andy Rodoreda) about an awkward schoolgirl living in Sydney’s western suburbs going through the pangs of ‘first love’; Kin (Producer Ali Malone, Director Peter Crombie, Writers Peter Crombie, Ceinwen Berry) which tells of secrets between a father and son which reveal sides of themselves that will forever alter their relationship; and At the Tattooist (Producer Danielle Kelly, Director Sophie Miller, Writers Jena Woodburn, Sophie Miller) about a gang of schoolgirls who find their sense of self and world shaken when their adventure to a tattoo parlour turns into an unexpectedly confronting encounter.
The animation project Zero (Producer Christine Kezelos. Writer/Director Christopher Kezelos, Animator David Cox) is about Zero, born into a world where the inhabitants are marked with a number that determines their value in society.
Since the inception of the Young Filmmakers Fund in 1995, the FTO has funded an exceptional range of 111 projects including short dramas, documentaries, animation and experimental films. Many have been acclaimed both nationally and internationally and have launched the successful careers of several NSW filmmakers.
Applicants from western Sydney and regional New South Wales are being sought for the next round of the program. Applications close April 14, 2008.
[release from TM Publicity for the FTO]
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