Detective Jay Swan, the protagonist in Ivan Sen's films 'Mystery Road' and 'Goldstone', is headed to the small screen.
Submissions are now open for the 2017 Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship, which gives four emerging filmmakers $50,000 each to produce a short to premiere at the 2018 Sydney Film Festival.
As the Lexus Short Film Fellowship jury chair, Judy Davis last week selected four young filmmakers - Alex Ryan, Anya Beyersdorf, Alex Murawski and Brooke Goldfinch - to each receive $50,000 to make a short that will premiere at next year's Sydney Film Fes
Anya Beyersdorf, Alex Ryan, Brooke Goldfinch and Alex Murawski were chosen from a shortlist of 21 filmmakers, whittled down to four by Davis, SFF Director Nashen Moodley, Lexus Australia's Adrian Weimers, Jan Chapman and Darren Dale.
Goldfinch is one of 22 emerging filmmakers shortlisted for the Lexus Short Film Fellowship, set to be announced at next month's Sydney Film Festival.
The four successful candidates will be announced at the Sydney Film Festival (June 8-19 2016).
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