CIRCLES FIESTA EVENT

A short Film Festival that is a platform for inclusive story-telling for woman & LGBTQIA+ community to showcase work both in front of and behind the camera.

We support, encourage and celebrate Screen and Media’s culturally diverse storytelling. As a community our stories need to reflect who we really are including female, queer, LGBTQIA+, culturally and linguistic background, people of colour and people with disabilities.

Over the day long festival there will be screenings of short films from some of our most celebrated female filmmakers, emerging filmmakers and QLD student filmmakers. There will be keynotes to start the conversation about the importance of representation and inclusive and ethical filmmaking practices. Each screening will conclude with a panel of filmmakers and industry practitioners.

The panel discussions will be aimed at identifying the challenges that female and female identifying filmmakers face, the opportunities that are now available to break the silver ceiling, strategies for creating your inner circle and creating an inclusive workplace. This is an opportunity to start the conversation, network and build your inner circle of likeminded peers.

We invite you to celebrate, provoke, subvert, unsettle, inspire, empower and start the conversation within YOUR INNER CIRCLES.

FILM TIMES

FEATURE FILM 1 |10:35 am

“The MOTHS WILL EAT THEM UP”, TANYA MODNI

Act 1 Films |11:00 am - 11:25 am

“Arsenic”, Josephine Stalley, Tertiary Undergraduate, QUT

“WORLDS BEYOND”, Olivia Crucie, Year 12, Mary Mackillop College

“What are my other options?”, Olivia Edwards, Year 11, Marymount College

“Girl, Boy.”, Clouds Medlin, Year 12, The Cathedral College Rockhampton

“Alien” (Music Video), Lily Podlich, year 11, Mary Mackillop College

feature film 2 | 1:50 PM

“WHEN THE SKY WAS BLUE”, Rae Choi and Sheree Ramage

ACT 2 FILMS |2:25 PM - 2:50 PM

“BANANAS”, Rachel Maxine Anderson and Mary Duong

“ALIEN”, Mali Smedts, Year 12, Cairns State High School

“DEAR MARIA”, Lara Roberts, Year 9, Indooroopilly State High School

“WOMAN”, Janistar Sanamontri, Year 12, Brisbane State High School

TALK TIMES

10:30 am | Welcome and acknowledgement of country

10:50 am | keynote: TANYA MODNI

11:25 AM | PANEL 1: Tanya Modini, Lily Podlich, Lucy Marcovich

1:45 PM |Intro and welcome back: Karyn Chapman

2:05 pm | keynote: Rae Choi

2:50 pm | panel 2: Rae Choi, Sheree Ramage and Lorena Vine

3:25 pm | close: Moneth