Revelation Perth International Film Festival’s virtual edition, COUCHED, which starts today and runs until 19 July, includes a great lineup of features, documentaries and shorts by AFTRS students and alumni. The films are available to view on streaming platform REVonDEMAND.
Bloodshot Heart, a feature by emerging director and alumnus Parish Malfitano (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017; Foundation Diploma, 2014) is having its world premiere, while the festival will look back at one of Rachel Perkins’ (Specialist Extension Course Certificate Producing, 1995) early works, 2001 musical One Night The Moon, shot by AFTRS’ Head of Cinematography/alumnus, Kim Batterham (Bachelor of Arts (Film & Television), 1978) and edited by Karen Johnson (Specialist Extension Course Certificate Editing, 1995).
The Familiars, an AFTRS student production by alumna Millie Malcolm (Graduate Certificate Screen: Directing, 2018) will screen as part of the ‘Blood & Mayhem’ genre showcase. The short was made with a team of fellow AFTRS alumni that includes screenwriter Octavia B. Martin (Graduate Certificate Screen: Screenwriting, 2018; Advanced Diploma in Script Editing and Development, 2017; Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting: Feature Film, 2016), producer Alexis Talbot-Smith (Master of Arts Screen, 2019), cinematographer Calum Ridell (Master of Arts Screen, 2019), editor Xanthe Dobbie (Master of Arts Screen, 2019), composer Jorde Heys (Master of Arts Screen, 2019) and costume designer Laura McGenniss (Foundation Diploma, 2011).
Also selected to screen are feature documentaries No Time for Quiet, co-directed/produced by Samantha Dinning (Graduate Certificate in Documentary, 2011), and Morgana, edited by Julie-Ann De Ruvo (Master of Arts (Film & Television) Editing, 2001).
After recent appearances at this years St Kilda Film Festival, shorts Audio Guide, produced by Kim Vatiekus (Bachelor of Arts (Film and Television) Camera, 1988), Watch Out For Australians!! directed by Steven Arriagada (Graduate Certificate: Directing, 2010) and Broken Line North which showcases the work of several alumni, all feature in this year’s Australian Shorts Film Showcase, run over two sessions.
The short documentary showcase ‘Real World Unfolding’ will feature Charby Ibrahim’s Bright Lights – The Perils of the Pokies, executive produced by Jennifer Peedom (Master of Screen Arts and Business, 2017) and Joshua Belinfante’s The World’s Best Film with original composition by David Bruggeman (Graduate Diploma in Screen Music, 2014) and additional camera Joshua Marks (Graduate Diploma in Documentary, 2011).
Each film will be available for a 24 hour period throughout the festival. Get tickets and see the full program here.
FULL LIST OF ALUMNI WORKS AT REVELATION FILM FESTIVAL: COUCHED
NARRATIVE FEATURES
Bloodshot Heart
Director/screenwriter/producer: Parish Malfitano (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017; Foundation Diploma, 2014)
Sound mixer: Stuart Melvey (Masters in Screen: Sound, 2018)
Supervising Editor: Karen Pearlman (Master of Arts: Film & TV Editing, 2000)
Unit production manager: Levi Meltzer (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017)
Second assistant camera/substitute first assistant camera: Lucca Barone-Peters (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017) Runner: Jai Love-Lapan (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017; Foundation Diploma, 2014)
Runner: Matthew Ford (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017)
Featured Extra: Oliver Levi-Malouf (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2018)
Extra: Mariella Solano (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
One Night The Moon (2001)
Director/producer: Rachel Perkins (Specialist Extension Course Certificate Producing, 1995)
Cinematographer: Kim Batterham (Bachelor of Arts (Film & Television), 1978)
Editor: Karen Johnson (Specialist Extension Course Certificate Editing, 1995)
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
No Time for Quiet
Co-director/producer: Samantha Dinning (Graduate Certificate in Documentary, 2011)
Morgana
Director: Isabel Peppard, Josie Hess
Editor: Julie-Ann De Ruvo (Master of Arts (Film & Television) Editing, 2001)
Audio Guide
Dir Chris Elena
Producer: Kym Vaitiekus (Bachelor of Arts (Film and Television) Camera, 1988)
Watch out for Australians!!
Director: Steven Arriagada (Graduate Certificate: Directing, 2010)
Producer: Andrew Brinsmead, (Graduate Diploma in Productin & Screen Business Directing, 2012; Master of Arts (Film and Television) Editing, 2000)
Broken Line North
Director: Sunday Emerson Gullifer
Cinematographer: Jack McAvoy (Graduate Diploma in Cinematography, 2012)
Production and Costume Designer: Laura Murray (Graduate Diploma in Production Design, 2012)
Editor: Andrew Kristiaman (Graduate Diploma in Editing, 2011)
Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer: Thom Kellar (Graduate Diploma in Sound, 2011)
Sound Recordist: Martin Demian (Graduate Diploma in Sound, 2012)
First Assistant Director: Craig D Foster, Graduate Certificate Screen: Directing, 2018)
GENRE SHORT FILM SHOWCASE: BLOOD & MAYHEM
The Familiars
Director: Millie Malcolm (Graduate Certificate Screen: Directing, 2018)
Screenwriter: Octavia B. Martin (Graduate Certificate Screen: Screenwriting, 2018; Advanced Diploma in Script Editing and Development, 2017; Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting: Feature Film, 2016)
Story by: Octavia B. Martin, Alexis Talbot-Smith (Master of Arts Screen, 2019)
Producer: Alexis Talbot-Smith
Cinematographer: Calum Ridell (Master of Arts Screen, 2019)
Production designers: Lily Bennett (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017), Max Boutwell Draper (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017).
Editor: Xanthe Dobbie (Master of Arts Screen, 2019)
Original Music by Jorde Heys (Master of Arts Screen, 2019)
Costume Designer: Laura McGenniss (Foundation Diploma, 2011)
First assistant cameras: James McVicker (Master of Arts Screen, 2019), James Ward-Miller (Graduate Certificate Screen: Cinematography, 2018)
Sound Recordist: Tahira Donohoe-Bales (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2018)
Continuity: William Hadinata (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2018), Samuel Herriman, Master of Arts Screen, 2019
SHORT FILM DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE: REAL WORLDS UNFOLDING
Bright Lights – The Perils of the Pokies
Director: Charby Ibrahim
EP: Jennifer Peedom (Master of Screen Arts and Business, 2017)
The World’s Best Film
Director: Joshua Belinfante
Composer: David Bruggeman (Graduate Diploma in Screen Music, 2014)
Additional Camera: Joshua Marks (Graduate Diploma in Documentary, 2011)