iview: Grad Season 2017
ABC iview will showcase original short films by recently graduated Australian film school students.
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ABC iview will showcase original short films by recently graduated Australian film school students, titled Grad Season 2017.
It is the first initiative of its kind on any Australian online TV service.
Featuring 28 films from 9 film schools, it includes a variety of documentary, drama, comedy and animation films. Selected works also have the opportunity for a broadcast premiere on ABC2.
Mandy Chang, Head of ABC Arts said, “Many of these young filmmakers are the future lifeblood of our industry and we are keen to encourage an ongoing connection between emerging filmmakers and the ABC. There is a lot of talent out there and universities and colleges around the country are doing a great job in fostering and developing it. It’s our job at the ABC to nurture emerging filmmakers to the next stages of their careers. We are delighted do just that with Grad Season and to celebrate and share their achievements with a national audience.”
Participating schools include AFTRS (A Boy Called Su, Foal, The Kangaroo Guy), Griffith University (Alienation, Gokanosho, Pond Scum), Swinburne University (The Man Who Caught a Mermaid, The Promise, The Summer of ABC Burns), La Trobe University (Samara – Lady Trample, Naz), QUT (Oddbots, Same as it Ever Was), Bond University (Ultramarine, Off Track, Anchor), VCA (Boxer, Good Grief, Play Dead, Young Love), Macquarie University (Being Jasper, The 5 to 9) and UTS (Pirlo, Nineteen, Stan Franklin, Dream Reel, Wildwood, Tay Man).
ABC Arts on iview from 20 February.