Documentary Screening and AIDC live-stream event with Gabrielle Brady

FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY ALERT for WA Documentary filmmakers.

SCREENWEST, the WA SCREEN ACADEMY, PINNACLES SCREEN COLLECTIVE, and AIDC are excited to offer two wonderful FREE events this March with award winning documentary filmmaker, Gabrielle Brady.

• Event one - A screening of Island of the Hungry Ghost (2018), followed by the live-stream event from the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) Myth, Metaphor & Truth: Crafting Hybrid Documentary with award winning documentary filmmaker Gabrielle Brady on Tuesday 5th March, 2019.

• Event two - A Masterclass in Perth with Gabrielle Brady on Monday, 11th March, 2019.

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About:

Gabrielle Brady is an award winning Australian filmmaker currently living in Berlin. She works with hybrid and performative elements in documentary storytelling. She will use her award winning film Island of the Hungry Ghosts (2018) as a case study to explore the creative possibilities of hybrid documentary filmmaking.

Island of the Hungry Ghosts is a moving portrait of forgotten asylum seekers on Christmas Island tackling a difficult, heavily charged political issue. Rather than bombarding audiences with facts and statistics, the film uses cinematic language that stretches from myth-making and metaphor to observational storytelling, propelling the interwoven stories forward. The film is currently being shown in international film festivals and will have a theatrical release in Europe and Australia in 2019. It has won numerous awards including; Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival, Buyens-Chagoll Award at Visions du Réel, Best Documentary at the Adelaide Film Festival, and a jury special mention at the Edinburgh Film Festival.

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Details of the events:

Tuesday 5th March - A screening of Island of the Hungry Ghost (2018), followed by the live-stream event from the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) Myth, Metaphor & Truth: Crafting Hybrid Documentary with award winning documentary filmmaker Gabrielle Brady.

Participants of this event will have the opportunity to watch her feature documentary, Island of the Hungry Ghost, followed by a live-stream workshop session. Gabrielle will discuss the challenges encountered in making the film and contextualise its hybrid elements in terms of ethics, technique, craft and performance.

When: Tuesday 5th of March

Time: 12pm - 3.30pm (arrive 11.45am)

Where: WA Screen Academy (Building 13, 2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, Australia 6050)

12pm: Screening of Island of the Hungry Ghosts

2pm - 3pm: Live Stream event from AIDC Melbourne

***NOTE: Only 25 places available - so please RSVP ***

If you have any questions please contact Alexandra Nell at the WA Screen Academy - contact@alexandranell.com or ADG WA Chapter Head Cathy Henkel on c.henkel@ecu.edu.au

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Event TWO - Information

Monday, 11th March - A Masterclass in Perth with Gabrielle Brady

Ten WA practitioners will be selected to attend a four-hour masterclass with Gabrielle in Perth the following Monday, exploring their hybrid projects. This half-day workshop will be a playful, interactive and informative introduction to the use of hybrid filmmaking tools in documentary.

When: Monday 11th of March

Time: 10.30am – 2.30pm

Where: WA Screen Academy (Building 13, 2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, Australia 6050)

*** NOTE: Only 10 places available***

You will need to have attended the live-stream event to be eligible for this masterclass. As there are limited places, we are asking participants to submit a CV, ONE paragraph on why you would like to attend the masterclass, and a ONE page synopsis on your documentary idea to workshop during this session.

To apply, please email Cathy Henkel on c.henkel@ecu.edu.au.

These events are hosted by the WA Screen Academy and Pinnacles Screen Collective, and supported by AIDC, Screenwest and Lotterywest.