We are looking to collaborate and share our space At inDiVisual films we are looking for freelancers including animators, motion graphic artists and screen composers to collaborate with and share our office! Workspace for Rent: $100 per week Desks available at creative office in Ultimo Shared space with friendly Film/TV production company Four large desks …
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Working Holiday Confessions
CLAIRE GALBOURDIN – Director, Working Holiday Confessions Claire Galbourdin is a talented emerging director who lives and works in France and Australia. She graduated from La Sorbonne with a Master’s degree in film studies. Claire worked at the Paris-based production company De Films en Aiguille where she was involved in various documentary projects including Free Angela and all …
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Indians’ talents wasted – filmmaker (Sydney Morning herald)
THE director of a new documentary on Indian students in Australia believes this country is wasting their talents. Ana Tiwary, whose film Sunshine and Shade will have its world premiere at the Parramasala festival on Friday, said thousands of talented young Indians would return home at the end of the year, disenchanted by the lack …
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Film-maker seeks new approach to overseas students – SBS Radio
SBS podcast Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/Podcasts/radionews/episode/240843/Film-maker-seeks-new-approach-to-overseas-students. The director of a new documentary film says Australia is failing to take advantage of the skills of international students. Ana Tiwary says foreign students should be an asset to Australia in this, the so-called Asian Century. She says many international students fill menial jobs when they could be helping Australian …
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Sunshine and Shade screening
Parramasala will showcase dynamic South Asian cinema as part of the vibrant independent film program presented over three days of this year’s festival. From Friday 9 November to Sunday 11 November at Parramatta Riverside Theatres, South Asian Film in Focus features rich filmmaking from nine countries including Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Africa, Holland, India, Bhutan, …
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South Asian Film in Focus
2012 is already proving itself to be a great year for South Asian cinema internationally. With a record presence at the Cannes, Berlin and Toronto Film Festivals and a few international awards to boast about, South Asian filmmakers are soaring high! Closer to home, South Asian films are making their dynamic presence felt this year …
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MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD Do you know who Sid Sheinberg is? You probably should. He’s the guy who mentored a young Steven Spielberg and turned him into the filmmaker he is today. As Spielberg took his first job with Universal Studios at the age of 22, Sheinberg offered ” …a lot of people will …
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Women in the Screen Industry: A woman’s work is never done
Women in the Screen Industry: A woman’s work is never done The Australian screen industry is full of talented and successful women, but this doesn’t mean gender imbalance is a thing of the past. Georgina Pearson writes. Gender equality is an age-old debate; one that’s been analysed and pulled apart countless times before. Yet as …
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Tiwary gets NSW woman of the year nom
[press release from WIFT NSW] Women in Film and Television NSW congratulates management committee member, Ana Tiwary on being a finalist for the NSW Woman of the Year Award. She is the first woman from the Film and Television industry to be short-listed for this prestigious award. The NSW Woman of the Year Award is …
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Multiculturalism: on the screens, no more softly, softly
Multiculturalism: on the screens, no more softly, softly Screen Hub Tuesday 11 August, 2009 We are all multicultural now, right? No, say Ana Tiwary and Natalie Millar, who are adding another forum to a discussion which is passing from generation to generation. Nearly thirty years after the creation of SBS, the role of diversity in …
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