2016 recipients of the fellowship: Alex Murwaski, Anya Beyesdorf, Brooke Goldfinch & Alex Ryan
Applications have opened for the 2017 Lexus Australian Short Film Fellowship: 50K to produce your next short film. Must have written and directed an award winning short or be currently studying and have written and directed a short (required to submit the film for review)
For full eligibility requirements see below.
The Fellowship is open anyone who meets ALL the following eligibility requirements:
• Must be at least eighteen (18) years old;
• Has never directed a full-length feature film, nor be in pre-production on one at the time of submission and thereafter;
• Has written AND directed at least one (1) short film (under 40 minutes in length) which has been accepted to a film festival AND/OR is a current enrolled student in a film school;
• Can speak and write fluently in English;
• Must not have a pre-existing agreement with a film or television studio that would interfere with or prevent with entrant’s ability to participate in the Competition;
• Available to attend 2017 Sydney Film Festival held between 7 to 18 June 2017;
• Is an Australian citizen.
Craig Boreham, is a Sydney based writer, director and graduate of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Much of Craig’s video and film work focuses on themes of sexuality and the politics of desire. His films have been seen in over 200 festival screenings and received numerous awards including “The City of Melbourne Best Short Film Award”, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and Best Independent Film, Newtown Flicks Festival – Sydney. His short drama TRANSIENT premiered at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Teddy Award for best short film. Craig was invited to return to Berlin as one of two Australian directors chosen to attend the Berlinale Talent Campus in 2006. THE CINEMA OF TRUE POISON, a retrospective of Craig’s work was presented in 2008 by Fundacion Triangulo in Madrid, and in 2009, Craig was invited to direct a chapter of the multistory feature film BEFORE THE RAIN, a coproduction between two of Australia’s most prestigious film and drama institutions, The National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Craig is currently developing two feature films with producer Annmaree J Bell (FRAIL, DROWNING).
