Schools & Youth Program
School Screening
Sweet As
Monday 27th February
10am, 100mins
Tickets
Students - $8
Teachers - Free
Sweet As is a coming of age road movie following Murra, a 15 year old Indigenous girl in Port Hedland, Western Australia. Always on the edge of trouble, Murra is signed up to a photography camp for at-risk youth. Dubious at first, she ends up having a transformative time, learning about friends, family, and first love.
The film offers opportunities to explore themes about growing up, family, and the teen genre through a First Nations Australian lens.
Screening with Jarli
Jarli Jones, a young First Nations girl in outback Australia, dreams of flying to the stars and sets out on an adventure to do just that.
Shining a light: Showcasing Disability on Screen
Online panel presented with ATOM Victoria
Friday 24th February
12pm, 45 mins
Suitable for year levels 9-12
Disability has been underrepresented on Australian screens. Join us for a special screening and panel discussion that showcases the diversity of human experience but also speaks to the importance of authentic representation when telling stories about disability.
Watch two short films that centre disability both on screen and behind the camera, and then join an online panel with the filmmakers to talk about narrative, the filmmaking process, and why we should value seeing different perspectives on screen.
Films will be available to watch online from 13th February to 6th March. Booking tickets includes access to films and an invitation to the online panel on February 24th.
Film program includes:
Look the Part (dir. Claire Fletcher, 2021)
Sam is a cleaner working in a theatre who dreams of being a dancer. When Peaches (her magical inner-diva-drag queen) materialises one night, Sam’s dreams transform into reality.
Hopeful Romantic (dir. Kate Vinen, 2021)
While Daisy waits in a bar for her online date, she attempts to play it cool. She tries to imitate the ‘cool’ girl in the bar, which fails miserably. In the end, she learns the best way to find love is to be herself.
Panelists
Kate Vinen (dir. Hopeful Romantic)
Kate Vinen is an award-winning writer and director based in Sydney, Australia. She completed a Graduate Certificate in Directing (2010) and a Masters of Documentary Directing (2018-2020) at the prestigious Australian Film Television & Radio School. Her films have screened at film festivals, galleries, and biennales in Australia and worldwide.
Claire Fletcher (dir. Look the Part)
Claire is an Australian producer who has worked in the screen industry for 20+ years. Starting out as an editor Claire cut multiple TV series and feature films. For the past three years Claire has worked exclusively as a producer on documentary films with her company Matadora Films, that have screened in film festivals in Sydney, Adelaide, Cambodia, London, Sheffield, and Switzerland.
Rae Pastuszak (actor)
Rae Pastuszak is an actor who appears in Hopeful Romantic (2021), Filters (2020), Look the Part (2021) and various TVC, online campaigns and photo shoots. She attends Bus Stop Films, an inclusive filmmaking program and is keen to see more people with intellectual disabilities represented on our screens.
Visualise Your Voice
Workshop
The Melbourne Women in Film Festival's Visualise Your Voice workshop is back in 2023, presented by RMIT University in partnership with For the Love of Film!
Visualise Your Voice is a filmmaking workshop for young people of marginalised genders. We spend a full day with screen industry professionals who coach participants on how to use filmmaking equipment and bring their ideas to life on the screen in a supportive environment.
The workshop is held over two days on Friday 24th February (short orientation session online late afternoon) and Saturday 25th February (all day in person) at RMIT Melbourne campus. Lunch and snacks provided.
Visualise Your Voice is for:
Young people between the ages of 15-20
Young folks of marginalised genders, including women, non-binary folks, trans men and people with Indigenous gender identities
Young people who do not have experience with industry-standard filmmaking equipment
Tickets
$15.00
*The workshop is free for First Nations, BIPOC participants or anyone who is experiencing financial difficulties
