AFTRS' new five-year strategy was shaped by what the school calls the most comprehensive and up-to-date national industry skills survey ever undertaken. The report was supplied by Screen Audience Research Australia (SARA) who undertook nationwide research
Queensland Originals: First Concepts with AFTRS will see talented local writers, directors and producers receive select briefings with a high profile line-up of industry leaders and trailblazers.
Their first joint initiative was a four day workshop at AFTRS last week for Year 9 and Year 10 students from Granville Boys High School.
Created by Start VR in collaboration with post production and VFX house FSM, VR Noir will run for four days during Vivid at the AFTRS building in Moore Park.
An AFTRS film will also screen at Hot Docs in Canada, the most prestigious documentary festival in North America.
Black Talk will focus on "inspiring indigenous storytellers and filmmakers, and drawing them into the school", Sherriff tells IF.
For first-time writer-director James Raue, regular trips to therapy growing up constituted a form of torture.
Neil Peplow will be the new CEO of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), where he was the director of screen from 2011 to 2014.