Alumni and current students of the Flinders Drama Centre, and the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Screen) piled up awards at the Adelaide division of the international 48 Hour Film Project last week.
Drama Centre alumni company The CRAM Collective won 4 Awards including Best Film, Best Writing, Best Directing and Best Acting Ensemble for THIS IS FINE., directed by Ren Williams (BCreatArts(Drama) ’20, BCreatArts(Hons) ’21) and starring Connor Pullinger (BCreatArts(Drama) ’23, BCreatArts(Hons) ’24) and James Starbuck (BCreatArts(Drama) ’21, BCreatArts(Hons) ’23). The film was produced by Maddie Siegertsz (BCreatArts(Screen) ’20).
A team of Drama Centre staff, students and alumni led by Kristoffer Lucia (BCreatArts(Screen) ’22, BCreatArts(Hons) ’22) won second place for Best Film with Goodbye Hercules by Electric Milk. The film received five awards in total, including Best Performance – Shardae Santos (3rd year Bachelor of Performance – Acting), Best Supporting Performance – Philippos Ziakas (BCreatArts(Drama) ’17), Best Editing – Liam D’Silva (Bachelor Creative Arts (Screen), Best Use of Genre, and the Crew Award – Alex Karytinos (3rd Year Bachelor of Performance – Acting).
Eliza Barnes (AssocDegArts ’22) won Best Use of Character for Barking Mad by Let Me Roll It.
The 48 Hour Film Project is the largest filmmaking competition in the world, and takes place on different weekends in different cities throughout the year. In each city local film teams, from beginners to pros, compete to make a short film in only a weekend, beginning with the Friday night ‘Kickoff’ event when teams draw genres out of a hat and receive other required elements for their films.
CRAM’s winning film THIS IS FINE. will go on to represent Adelaide against all the other city winners from around the world at Filmapalooza 2025.
The Awards night was held at the Queens Theatre on November 23.
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(*The Good Universities Guide 2024 (undergraduate))