Malina Maria Mackiewicz's Driftwood Dustmites.
Five AFTRS films have been selected to screen at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival.
One AFTRS student film will also screen at Hot Docs in Canada, the most prestigious documentary festival in North America.
At Midnight is directed by Amber McBride (2014) and will screen at Hot Docs following its world premiere at the Academy-Award qualifying Sheffield Doc/Fest in the UK.
McBride's film has also been selected for the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in the US alongside Larissa Behrendt’s documentary Clan (2013), which is also playing at the Athens International Film and Video Festival in Ohio.
The five films headed to Houston are Foal (directed by Vanessa Gazy 2014), The Drover’s Boy (directed by Margaret McHugh 2014), Silent Night (directed by Nastassja Djalog 2014) and two films by director Malina Maria Mackiewicz – Deszcz and Driftwood Dustmites (2014).
Deszcz had its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and was selected for the Academy-Award qualifying Chicago International Film Festival.
Next month it will also screen at the Newport Beach Film Festival along with Foal and A Boy Called Su (directed by Vedrana Music, 2014), and at the Academy-accredited Nashville Film Festival.
Mackiewicz's earlier short Driftwood Dustmites screened at last year's Berlinale.
“We are consistently seeing AFTRS student films selected for film festivals around the world, including Academy Award qualifying and A-list festivals in North America and Europe", said AFTRS CEO Neil Peplow.
"It’s thrilling to see these young Australian directors acknowledged on the world stage, as well as the other members of their creative teams, many of whom are AFTRS colleagues. The school creates an environment in which young screen content creators can develop creative relationships that ensure throughout their careers.”