Grad Season 2017

Grad Season 2017

ABC presents Grad Season 2017, an exclusive showcase of the best original short film projects created by recently graduated Australian film school students, curated by ABC Arts on iview. It is the first initiative of its kind on any Australian online TV service.

Featuring 28 films from 9 film schools, the season gives up-and-coming Australian filmmakers access to Australia's popular iview service as a platform to share their work with a national audience. Selected works from the collection also have the opportunity for a broadcast premiere on ABC2.

Mandy Chang, Head of ABC Arts said, 'Many of these young filmmakers are the future lifeblood of our industry and we are keen to encourage an ongoing connection between emerging filmmakers and the ABC. There is a lot of talent out there and universities and colleges around the country are doing a great job in fostering and developing it. It's our job at the ABC to nurture emerging filmmakers to the next stages of their careers. We are delighted do just that with Grad Season and to celebrate and share their achievements with a national audience."

The season includes a variety of documentary, drama, comedy and animation films.

Participating schools include AFTRS (A Boy Called Su, Foal, The Kangaroo Guy), Griffith University (Alienation, Gokanosho, Pond Scum), Swinburne University (The Man Who Caught a Mermaid, The Promise, The Summer of ABC Burns), La Trobe University (Samara – Lady Trample, Naz), QUT (Oddbots, Same as it Ever Was), Bond University (Ultramarine, Off Track, Anchor), VCA (Boxer, Good Grief, Play Dead, Young Love), Macquarie University (Being Jasper, The 5 to 9) and UTS (Pirlo, Nineteen, Stan Franklin, Dream Reel, Wildwood, Tay Man).

Grad Season is an exclusive showcase of the best original short film projects created by recently graduated Australian film school students. Watch all the films on ABC Arts on iview from 20 February.

http://iview.abc.net.au/channel/abcarts