What is it like to be a young culturally and linguistically diverse (Cald) Australian today?
That’s a question that Lara Köse, Mary Duong, Rachel Choi, Taku Mbudzi and Ravi Chand will seek to answer thanks to the backing of ABC and Screen Australia.
The ABC has commissioned four short films via The Kaleidoscope Project, which aims to support emerging Cald filmmakers. Each will screen on ABC Me on Harmony Day in 2022.
The projects are:
Viv’s Silly Mango, a film by creators Mary Duong and Rachel Choi, offers an honest and playful insight into growing up as young people from migrant or refugee backgrounds in Brisbane through the perspectives of three Asian pre-teens – Viv, Esther, and Nikki. They navigate the meaning of family and friendship in their discovery of riot grrrl music and most importantly, themselves.Gugu naGogo, created by Taku Mbudzi, explores intergenerational and cultural relationships and struggles between daughter,...
That’s a question that Lara Köse, Mary Duong, Rachel Choi, Taku Mbudzi and Ravi Chand will seek to answer thanks to the backing of ABC and Screen Australia.
The ABC has commissioned four short films via The Kaleidoscope Project, which aims to support emerging Cald filmmakers. Each will screen on ABC Me on Harmony Day in 2022.
The projects are:
Viv’s Silly Mango, a film by creators Mary Duong and Rachel Choi, offers an honest and playful insight into growing up as young people from migrant or refugee backgrounds in Brisbane through the perspectives of three Asian pre-teens – Viv, Esther, and Nikki. They navigate the meaning of family and friendship in their discovery of riot grrrl music and most importantly, themselves.Gugu naGogo, created by Taku Mbudzi, explores intergenerational and cultural relationships and struggles between daughter,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
One of the key things that encouraged AP Pobjoy to apply for the Victorian Screen Development Internship, which sees creatives spend 12 months working across Film Victoria, the ABC and either Fremantle Australia or Princess Pictures, was that their identity was actually listed on the application.
“Being a queer, trans person it was so great to see I had a level opportunity to make it into a type of initiative where I hadn’t seen my gender on a piece of paper before,” the filmmaker tells If.
“I was ready to take the next step in my career, but also bring my identity with me.”
AP joins producer and writer Ravi Chand in being selected for this year’s program, aimed at talent from under-represented backgrounds.
The initiative is designed to “fast-track” career progression by giving recipients exposure to the lifecycle of development.
At Film Vic, the duo will help assess pitches,...
“Being a queer, trans person it was so great to see I had a level opportunity to make it into a type of initiative where I hadn’t seen my gender on a piece of paper before,” the filmmaker tells If.
“I was ready to take the next step in my career, but also bring my identity with me.”
AP joins producer and writer Ravi Chand in being selected for this year’s program, aimed at talent from under-represented backgrounds.
The initiative is designed to “fast-track” career progression by giving recipients exposure to the lifecycle of development.
At Film Vic, the duo will help assess pitches,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
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