'IN THE FLESH': AN EXHIBITION BY ARCHIE CHEW & ALICIA EASAW-MAMUTIL

IN THE FLESH is an exhibition featuring twenty-five artists and focuses on the lives we lived, and the work made during that memorable time. It centres around 40 photographs that come from disposable cameras, that were sent out to 20 “creative” households during lockdown. The images were selected to portray a time of solitude, domesticity, contemplation, and frustration. There is an overarching peacefulness and lack of artifice that comes from photographing on uneditable analogue film.

Filmmakers, Archie Chew and Alicia Easaw-Mamutil, have documented a collection of stories from lockdown, told from Melbourne’s front porches. This intertwined narrative will be screened on a continuous loop, with score by Jorde Heys, during the exhibition.

A tapestry of stories from Victoria’s lockdown.

We asked the most entertaining storytellers that we know - to tell us about their isolation experiences. filmed from the safety of their front porches.

We also collaborated with the exceptional composer Jorde Heys who created a work that weaves these disparate stories into a wickedly emotive piece.

W huge thank you to everyone who participated in this project. personally, it helped us make a little more sense of the funny year we had. we hope it has a similar effect on you too.
— via Archie & Alicia

View Archie & Alicia’s Projected Stories, with score by Jorde Heys here.

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ST KILDA FILM FESTIVAL SHOWCASES 34 WORKS BY AFTRS STUDENTS AND ALUMNI

Still from ‘Elagabalus’ (2020) | Dir. Xanthe Dobbie

Still from ‘Elagabalus’ (2020) | Dir. Xanthe Dobbie

The End, The Beginning,The FamiliarsandElagabalusare among a staggering 34 films by over 150 AFTRS students and alumni will be on show at the 2021 edition of St Kilda Film Festival, Australia’s longest-running short film festival.

Still from ‘The End, The Beginning’ | Dir. Archie Chew

Still from ‘The End, The Beginning’ | Dir. Archie Chew

Selected from hundreds of submissions from across Australia, 32 of these works will appear as part of the festival’s central program, the Australia’s Top 100 competition, screening online and in contention for several cash prizes and craft awards. Featured among them are seven AFTRS student productions, including 2019 Master of Arts Screen capstone projects, Peter Skinner’s ADG-nominated Lost Boy; Xanthe Dobbie’s NewFest (NY)-selected Elagabalus; Alexis Talbot-Smith’s (Master of Arts Screen: Producing, 2019) genre festival favourite (directed by Millie Malcolm, Graduate Certificate Screen: Directing, 2018) The Familiars; Naomi Fryer’s Flickerfest-winning and ADG-nominated This River; Archie Chew’s Flickerfest-winning The End, The Beginning and Jeremy Nicholas’ Necktie, which recently made its debut at Adelaide Film Festival.

Accredited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the St Kilda Film Festival is an Academy Awards qualifying event, with award-winning films from the Australia’s Top 100 Short Films Competition eligible for consideration in the Short Film Awards and Documentary Short sections of the Oscars.

Still from ‘The Familiars’ (2020) | Dir. Millicent Malcolm

Still from ‘The Familiars’ (2020) | Dir. Millicent Malcolm

The 2021 edition is being run as a part virtual, part in theatre event from 20-29 May. See the full program here.

Source: https://www.aftrs.edu.au/news/2021/st-kild...

'THE FAMILIARS', 'ELAGABALUS' & 'THE END, THE BEGINNING': AFTRS ALUMNI FILM FESTIVAL HITS

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AFTRS students and alumni are taking on the festival circuit. They’re touring the globe and celebrating premieres, awards, nominations and rave reviews. Set for appearances at some of the world’s biggest film festivals, these works are showcasing the impressive talents of our students and alumni.

Still from ‘Elagabalus’ (2020) | Dir. Xanthe Dobbie

Still from ‘Elagabalus’ (2020) | Dir. Xanthe Dobbie

After screening at Berlin Student Film Festival in January, Xanthe Dobbie’s (Master of Arts Screen, 2019) Elagabalus was awarded the festival’s Juror’s Choice Award. The screening is the latest of several recent festival stops including NewFest in New York, Uppsala Short Film Festival in Sweden, Film School Fest in Munich, CinefestOZ and image+nation Montreal LGBTQueer Festival.

After appearing at Uppsala Short Film Festival (Sweden), Providence Children’s Film Festival in Rhode Island (12-21 Feb 2021) and Berlin Student Film Festival, and earning Flickerfest’s Best Original Music Award for composer Jorde Heys (Master of Arts Screen, 2019), Archie Chew’s 2019 Master of Arts Screen graduate film, The End, The Beginning has just made its latest appearance at BUFF Malmö Filmfestival in Sweden.

Millie Malcolm’s (Graduate Certificate Screen: Directing, 2018) The Familiars has continued its expansive world tour, making a stop at HorrorHound Film Festival, Ohio in March and being now en route to Imagine Film Festival, Amsterdam in April. Previous appearances for the film include Revelation Film Festival, Telluride Horror Show Colorado, Maniatic Film Festival in Spain, San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival and Rhode Island International Film Festival’s Vortex Sci-Fi Fantasy & Horror Film Festival.

Still from ‘The End, The Beginning’ (2020) | Dir. Archie Chew

Still from ‘The End, The Beginning’ (2020) | Dir. Archie Chew

Source: https://www.aftrs.edu.au/news/2021/ones-to...

'THE END, THE BEGINNING' & 'THE FAMILIARS' SET FOR FLICKERFEST 2021

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The landmark 30ᵗʰ edition of Flickerfest, Australia’s largest short film competition, held annually in Bondi, includes 47 films that showcase the work of AFTRS students and alumni. Among them are 12 AFTRS graduate productions and 14 world premieres. From 22-31 January, over 200 short films will screen across 17 competition streams and showcase sessions, Flickerfest is an Academy-qualifying and BAFTA-recognised festival.

Thirty works by AFTRS students and alumni will screen in competition in the Best of Australian Shorts program.

Screening alongside them are AFTRS productions Lost Boy, written and directed by Peter Skinner (Master of Arts Screen, 2019; Graduate Diploma in Directing, 2013); Millie Malcolm’s (Graduate Certificate Screen: Directing, 2018) The Familiars, which as produced by a crew of Master of Arts Screen students as their graduate project in 2018; Stephanie Jane Day’s (Master of Arts Screen, 2018) An Athlete Wrestling A Python; Jaslyn Mairs’ (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019) Sunburn; and coming to Australian screens for the first time, Deborah Brown’s (Master of Arts Screen, 2019) Bala and Archie Chew’s (Master of Arts Screen, 2019)’s The End, The Beginning.

Still from ‘The Familiars’ | Dir. Millicent Malcolm

Still from ‘The Familiars’ | Dir. Millicent Malcolm

Still from ‘The End, The Beginning’ (2020) | Dir. Archie Chew

Still from ‘The End, The Beginning’ (2020) | Dir. Archie Chew

Flickerfest will offer COVID-safe indoor and outdoor screenings, and will be followed by an eight-month national tour featuring festival highlights. See the full program here.

Source: https://www.aftrs.edu.au/news/2021/aftrs-s...

ONES TO WATCH: AFTRS STUDENTS AND ALUMNI TAKING THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT BY STORM

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AFTRS student films are making some serious waves on the festival circuit. They’re touring the globe, celebrating world premieres and showcasing impressive work that has been produced by students and alumni – Australia’s finest emerging screen talent – during their time at the School.

Still from ‘Elagabalus’ (2020) | Dir. Xanthe Dobbie

Still from ‘Elagabalus’ (2020) | Dir. Xanthe Dobbie

Since making its warm reception at CinefestOZ in August, Xanthe Dobbie’s 2019 Master of Arts Screen capstone project Elagabalus has been crossing continents, having its international premiere at NewFest, New York and appearing at Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden. Next stops for Elagabalus will be FilmSchoolFest in Munich and at Gold Coast Queer Film Festival, alongside a screening of Sally Potter’s iconic 1992 film, Orlando.

Still from ‘The End, The Beginning’ (2020) | Dir. Archie Chew

Still from ‘The End, The Beginning’ (2020) | Dir. Archie Chew

Archie Chew’s (Master of Arts Screen, 2019) The End, The Beginning premiered at Sweden’s Academy-accredited Uppsala Short Film Festival.

Following its world premiere at this year’s Revelation Film Festival and an international debut at Telluride Horror Show Colorado Millie Malcolm’s (Graduate Certificate Screen: Directing, 2018) The Familiars locked in a few more festival spots, appearing at Maniatic Film Festival in Spain, San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, Festival Rhode Island International Film Festival’s Vortex Sci-Fi Fantasy & Horror Film Festival.

Still from ‘The Familiars’ (2020) | Dir. Millicent Malcolm

Still from ‘The Familiars’ (2020) | Dir. Millicent Malcolm

Source: https://www.aftrs.edu.au/news/2020/ones-to...