Fourteen films by AFTRS students and alumni will be on show at the 24ᵗʰ edition of Revelation Perth Film Festival, which returns to theatres this July, presenting over 100 titles all tied around this year’s theme, ‘Distant but Connected’. Among the feature, documentary and short films featured are five AFTRS graduate projects by Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production and Master of Arts Screen students, and three of those will be world premieres.
Set to make their debut are Jenny Hicks’ (Master of Arts Screen, 2020) capstone film, The Stranger, Anastasia James’ (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2020) Pebble and Alex Linder’s (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019) Anoxia. Following recent appearances at Monster Fest in Sydney and Byron Bay Underground Film Festival, Jean-David Le Goullon’s (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019) Barnacle Face will also screen, along with Naomi Fryer’s (Master of Arts Screen, 2019) Flickerfest-winning, ADG-nominated, This River, which will appear as part of the WIFT V-Fest winners showcase after claiming Best Student Film and Best Cinematographer for Ehran Edwards (Master of Arts Screen, 2019).
Following its premiere on NITV and SBS, Warwick Thornton’s highly-acclaimed documentary series, The Beach, has been adapted into a feature for the big screen and will head to Perth for the festival, while We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders, a new feature produced by Sarah-Jane McAllan (Graduate Diploma in Screenwriting, 2013), edited by Ben Nunney (Graduate Certificate Screen: Documentary, 2018), and showcasing the work of second assistant director Linus Gibson (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017), set dresser Lizzie Dingle (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017) and costume and wardrobe supervisor Theresa McCarthy (Graduate Certificate in Screen Culture, 2011) will also screen. Documentaries, Under a Pagan Sky, executive produced by Rachel Clements (Master of Arts (Film & Television) Producing, 2000) and shot by Tim Alewood (Master of Arts (Film and Television) Cinematography, 2002), and Women of Steel, directed and produced by Robynne Murphy (Certificate in Directing, 1973) and edited by Rowena Crowe (Master of Arts: Film, Television and Digital Media in Documentary, 2005) are also set to appear.
The talents of AFTRS alumni are also being showcased across short films selected for this year’s edition, including Choice, co-directed by Claire Leach (Graduate Diploma in TV Producing (Non-Drama), 2002); Mars, lensed by Adam Lynch (Graduate Diploma in Cinematography, 2010); The Listening, produced and written by Geoffrey Bennett (Diploma Directing, 1978); and Golem, scored by Me-Lee Hay (Graduate Certificate: Screen Music, 2010) and featuring the work of colourist Lachlan Early (Diploma in Camera Fundamentals, 2016; Diploma in Grading, 2017).
Karen Pearlman’s (Master of Arts (Film & Television) Editing, 2000) WIFT V-Fest Best Director-winning I Want to Make a Film About Women will also screen in the V-FEST winners showcase. The film has become a festival favourite since landing on the circuit and has earned St Kilda Film Festival’s Best Documentary Award, Brisbane International Film Festival’s Creative Achievement Award, CinefestOZ’s Best Director award and the ADG Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Subject.
Running from 1-11 July, Revelation Perth Film Festival will present a curated program of documentaries, award-winning features and short films from 21 countries, along with panels, discussions and industry workshops across venues in Perth, alongside their year-round platform, REVSTREAM, consisting of over 300 local and international shorts, features and documentaries. See the full 2021 lineup.
AFTRS STUDENT AND ALUMNI FILMS AT REVELATION PERTH FILM FESTIVAL 2021
FEATURES AND DOCUMENTARIES
We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders
Dir. Josh Reed
Producer: Sarah-Jane McAllan (Graduate Diploma in Screenwriting, 2013)
Editor: Ben Nunney (Graduate Certificate Screen: Documentary, 2018)
Second assistant director: Linus Gibson (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017)
Set dresser: Lizzie Dingle (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017)
Costume and wardrobe supervisor: Theresa McCarthy (Graduate Certificate in Screen Culture, 2011)
The Beach
Director/producer: Warwick Thornton
Editor: Andrea Lang (Master of Arts (Film & Television) Editing, 1998)
Standby props: Courtney Covey (Diploma in Design for the Screen, 2016)
Sound effects editor: Alicia Slusarski (AFTRS Certificate, 1991)
Assembly editor: Jenny Hicks (Master of Arts Screen, 2020)
Assistant editor: Fiona Macintosh (Graduate Certificate in Editing Drama, 2020)
Under a Pagan Sky
Executive producer: Rachel Clements (Master of Arts (Film & Television) Producing, 2000)
Cinematographer: Tim Alewood (Master of Arts (Film and Television) Cinematography, 2002)
Women of Steel
Director/producer: Robynne Murphy (Certificate in Directing, 1973)
Editor: Rowena Crowe (Master of Arts: Film, Television and Digital Media in Documentary, 2005)
SHORT FILMS
Barnacle Face
Writer/director: Jean-David Le Goullon (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
Producers: Alex Linder (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019), Kaitlyn McMurtry
Cinematographer/editor: Gus O’brien Cavanough (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
Production designer/costume designer: Evie Friedrich (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
Composer: Chrysoulla Markoulli
Sound supervisor/music mixer: Alex Linder
Sound recordist: Ruby Bonnett (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
Boom operator: Lilliane Ford, Vincent Nguyen, Tom Ward
First assistant camera: Uday Alexander, Aemon Barzanji, Rishi Le Hunte Golembiewski (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production student)
Second assistant camera: Michael Sheppard
First assistant directors: Jordan Brand, Will Lane, Kaitlyn McMurtry
Continuity: Alex Linder, Eli Potter (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production student)
Gaffer: Rishi Le Hunte Golembiewski
Prosthetic artists: Melina Allan, Grace Brighton-Hall (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
SFX and makeup artist: Melinda Allan
Makeup assistant: Brooke Jones
Additional SFX: Ruby Bonnett, Evie Friedrich
WHS risk assessment: Alex Linder
Stills photographers: Rishi Le Hunte Golembiewski, Alex Linder
ADR: Ruby Bonnett
Titles/graphics artists: Jean-David Le Goullon, Evie Friedrich
VFX artist: Tom Ward
Colourist: Roger Stonehouse (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
Poster designer: Anabelle Silk
Pebble (world premiere)
Director: Anastasia James (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2020)
Writers: Anastasia James, Kate Diggins (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2020)
Producer: Kate Diggins
Animators: Anastasia James, Kate Diggins
Composer: Oliver Cummins
Sound recordist and designer: Bethany Stewart (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2020)
Sound assistant: Linus Ferris (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2020)
The Stranger (world premiere)
Writer/director: Jenny Hicks (Master of Arts Screen, 2020)
Producer: Nate Heinz (Master of Arts Screen, 2020)
Co-producer: Harriet Dixon-Smith (Master of Arts Screen: Business & Leadership, 2020)
Cinematographer: Sam Steinle (Master of Arts Screen, 2020)
Production designer: Stephanie Dunlop
Editor: Alex Cox (Master of Arts Screen, 2020)
Composer: Daniel O’Brien (Master of Arts Screen, 2020)
Costume designer: Keerthi Subramanyam
Sound supervisor and recordist/re-recording mixer: Sean Doyle (Master of Arts Screen, 2020)
First assistant camera: Sally Eccleston
Second assistant camera/data wrangler: Jasper Fox (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017)
First assistant director: Hannah-Florence Macgregor (Advanced Diploma in Producing: Story, Audience, Finance, 2016)
Production manager: Sebastian Chan (Advanced Diploma in Producing: Story, Audience, Finance, 2015)
Gaffer: Josh Wiggins
Grip: Dave Nichols
Best person: Steff Watson
Third electrics: Matt Roper
Grip assistants: Kristian Bruneteau, Kaan Cansiz
Hair and makeup supervisor: Monique Muskens
Standby props: Elkie Chadwick
WHS risk assessment: Roger Graham
COVID safety officer: Ella Zaman (Bachelor of Arts (Screen), 2017)
Stills photographers: John Platt, Jack Evstigneev
Foley artists: Bespoke
Music engineer: Geir S Brillian
VFX: Alexander Hoetzer
Colourist: Billy Wychgel
Anoxia (world premiere)
Writer/director/producer/editor/sound designer: Alex Linder (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
Producer: Ruby Bonnett (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
Executive producer: Jennifer Van Gessel
Composer: Alexis Weaver
Cinematographer: Jordan Benjamin (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2020)
Editor: Jonathan Cargill (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
Production designer: Georgia Gordon (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
First assistant director: Michael Sheppard (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2020)
Sound recordist: Jean-David Le Goullon (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
First assistant camera: Julian Pertout (Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production, 2019)
Second assistant camera: Liam Mitika
Colourist: Goldie Soetianto (Graduate Diploma in Cinematography, 2013)
This River
Writer/director: Naomi Fryer (Master of Arts Screen, 2019)
Producers: Naomi Fryer, Katherine Shearer
Cinematographer/data wrangler: Ehran Edwards (Master of Arts Screen, 2019)
Production designer: Jess C.Wheatley
Costume designer: Loretta Egan
Editor: James A.Thomas (Master of Arts Screen, 2019)
Composer: Jenna Pratt Graduate Certificate Screen: Music, 2018)
Sound designer: Lana Kristensen (Graduate Diploma in Sound, 2014)
Sound recordist: Steve Nossiter
Boom operator: Florian Delain
First assistant camera: Carina Burke (Graduate Certificate Screen: Cinematography, 2017)
Second assistant camera: Annie Benzie (Specialist Extension Course Certificate Cinematography, 1994), Clementine Bourke
First assistant director: Keith Heygate
Second assistant director/extras coordinator/first aid on set: Alexandra Duggan
Continuity: Isabel Macmaster
Casting director: Nicole Sullivan
Production assistants: Isabel Macmaster, Emily Page
Gaffer: Tom Keyes
Lighting assistant: Paige Hilliard
Underwater camera: Chris Bryan
Drone operator: Clayton Lloyd
Art director: Mitchell Jones (Diploma in Screen Design, 2017)
Standby props: Ara Nuri Steel, Courtney Westbrook
Set decorator: Marianna Coretti
Standby wardrobe: Dominique Klein
Costume assistant: Elka Mantscheff
Makeup designer: Reia Perkins
Makeup artist: Tracey Reeby
Makeup assistant: Rohana King, Antoinette Carse
WHS risk assessment: Gordon Waddell
Intimacy coordinator: Michela Carattini
Safety officer: Dar Davies
Unit manager: Matt Ingram
Stills photographer: David Collins
Foley artist/editor: Les Fiddess
Foley re-recording engineer: Craig Beckett
Re-recording mixer: Sam Hayward
Titles and graphics: Jonathan Kwok
Music mixer: Geir Brillian
Colourist: Justin Tran
Choice
Directors: Sharnya Yates, Claire Leach (Graduate Diploma in TV Producing (Non-Drama), 2002)
Golem
Director: Ryan Cauchi
Composer: Me-Lee Hay (Graduate Certificate: Screen Music, 2010)
Mixer/sound designer: Georgia Collins (tutor)
Colourist: Lachlan Early (Diploma in Camera Fundamentals, 2016; Diploma in Grading, 2017)
Mars
Dir. Raymond J Evans
Cinematographer: Adam Lynch (Graduate Diploma in Cinematography, 2010)
The Listening
Director: Milena Bennett
Producer/writer: Geoffrey Bennett (Diploma Directing, 1978)
I Want to Make a Film About Women
Director/producer/editor: Karen Pearlman (Master of Arts (Film & Television) Editing, 2000)
Music: Caitlin Yeo (Graduate Diploma in Screen Composition, 2002)
Production design: Valentina Iastrebova (Diploma in Screen Design, 2016)
