We are excited to congratulate AFTRS’ Class of 2023, who celebrated the completion of their studies at the School’s official Graduation Ceremony on Friday 17 May.
Gathering at the Seymour Centre for the special occasion, we proudly recognized the achievements of the 158 outgoing students of the Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, Graduate Diploma in Radio and Podcasting, Master of Arts Screen and Master of Arts Screen: Business.
The ceremony was a celebration of emerging Australian talent, with the Minister for the Arts, The Hon Tony Burke, announcing a grant to support First Nations training and career pathways, welcomed by AFTRS CEO Dr Nell Greenwood and AFTRS Council Chair Rachel Perkins. The celebration continued with Heartbreak High Creator and Showrunner Hannah Carroll Chapman’s inspiring Alumni Commencement Address and EJ Garret, a Darumbal man from the coastal lands of Central Queensland and the graduate speaker on the night. Family and friends joined graduands to commemorate their achievements and the bright future that lies ahead.
We look forward to what this talented group will bring to the industry as they develop their careers in screen and broadcast and make their mark as the next generation of Australian storytellers.
Here are some of the highlights of AFTRS student work from the 2023 cohort. Keep an eye out – you’ll likely be seeing plenty of these emerging creatives.
BACHELOR OF ARTS SCREEN: PRODUCTION 2023
MASTER OF ARTS SCREEN 2023
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN RADIO AND PODCASTING 2023
And here is what some of our Master of Arts Screen: Business students had to say about their experiences at AFTRS.
If you missed out on the ceremony, you can watch the live recording here.
AFTRS 2023 GRADUATES
BACHELOR OF ARTS SCREEN: PRODUCTION
Martine Agranat
Darcy Allen
Nikolaos Aridas
Josephine Barwick
Jana Bassan
Hugo Bittar
Luca Blades
Pariss Bostick
Joshua Brennan
Jasmine Bryan
Myles Carroll
Adam Chesher
Anna Cocquerel
Cade Collins
Hiruni Dharmasena
Lillian Dight
Zoe Dubuc
Felix Dupuy
Dillon Fernando
Bailey Fox
Zoe Fraser
Zion Garcia
Connor Garratt
Jasmine Hair
Lachlan Hamilton
Lilian Harris
Alexander Hartnell
Nora Haydon Martin
Nicole Hutton
Hayden Jones
Ashwini Kangatharan
Hugo Kent
Max King
Aliyah Knight
Rhory Mackellar
Siobhán Mithen
Brittney Morris
Daniel Nailand
Jodie Nguyen
Hayden Nielsen
Micaela Osfield
Charlie Peiffer
Jackson Perryman
Amelia Pieri
Annabelle Richens
Oliver Rimmer
Oliver Roach
Grace Rodgers Isaac Ross
Mia Schirmer
Kristen Settinelli
Jacqueline Sharah
Heidi Shih
Isabelle Skyring
Jake Smith
Anoushka Sutton
Ellis Swinbourne
David Szasz
Yasmine Tabikh
Chris Tan
Max Thomson
Mia Tikellis
Marcus Tran
Sophia Walcott
Caspa Wallis Carnie
Nyaradzo Wekwete
Philippa Whishaw
Sarah Wilson
Xiaoyezi Yang
Emilie Ziolkowski
Yen Hoang
Jason Rasyid
Keelan Betts
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN ARTS SCREEN: PRODUCTION
Maya Crouch
DIPLOMA IN ARTS SCREEN: PRODUCTION
Riley Agius
Abbie Morris
William Young
Lucy Brownlie
Caila Cicchini
Brianna Fraser
MASTER OF ARTS SCREEN
Sharay Armfield
Samuel Bader
Cassady Booth
Craig Bornstein
Christina Bowden
Freya Brunning
Emily Bull
Yuxin Cao
Anthony Catanzariti
Brittany Constable
Denis Curnow
Neisha Dallamora
Sophie Daulby
Carla Dobbie
Harrison Finch
Naomi Geste
Matthew Giancaspro
Isaac Glover
Shu Guo
Rachael Haines
Jessica Hanna
Melissa Jacob
Ricky James
Farabee Kabir
Michelle Kaldy
Chimene Khoo
Bassem Koshiry
Oren Lavie
Ray Lin
Madeleine Mallis
Lindsay McDonald
Anna McGirr
Anna McGuckin
Alexandra Morgan
Kevin Nguyen
Dylan Nyerges
Luke O’Loughlin
Jesse Phillips
Inez Playford
Natalie Ryan
Lufan Shi
Alexander Shingles
Lina Talib
Sheree Yuk Yu Tam
Thomas Thoms
Abbey Thorley
Sean Walker
Roslyn Zhang
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ARTS SCREEN
Gerard Nicholls
Lionel Seah
MASTER OF ARTS SCREEN: BUSINESS
Denise Anderson
Pauline Findlay
EJ Garrett
Fiona Kelly
James Kwong
Margaret Looke
Bradley Melick
Ashlea Ritchie
Margaret Ross
Katherine White
Wenjie Duan
April Howard
Ganesh Loke
Andre Luiz Lima Sampaio
Jaye Rosenberg
Rodrigo Vidal-Dawson
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE SCREEN: BUSINESS
Dallas Krueger
Tobias Willis
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN RADIO AND PODCASTING
Liam Achurch
Tristan Black
Keegan Brown
Harry Hughes
Campbell Moore
Jonathan Pearson
Monica Reid
Gareth Thomson
Angela Tjeuw
Sarah Young
