Submissions are now open for the annual Hanlon Larsen Screen Fellowship which supports a South Australian screen-practitioner who embodies the creative spirit of the late Cole Larsen, with funding to create an avant-garde screen-based work.
The initial five-year screen fellowship has been established by SA Film Corp chairman Peter Hanlon. This Fellowship is supported with $25,000 of cash funding by SA Film Corp chairman Peter Hanlon with Flinders University, and $10,000 of direct production support from Mercury CX. The successful awardee’s project will be eligible for an Adelaide Film Festival screening.
Cole Larsen was a screen production lecturer at the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University, but his broad range of experiences in his lifetime included work as a researcher and photo-journalist, director in children’s television, corporate, community and medical documentary, a film Producer, Director and an artist.
Through his active participation in South Australia’s film industry, Cole inspired generations of South Australian screenmakers, artists and creators, especially in surreal and experimental film.
Over the years he challenged his students and fellow filmmakers to push every boundary they came across and Cole’s subsequent impact on South Australia’s film industry cannot be underestimated.
The Hanlon Larsen Screen Fellowship has been established to inspire and enable aspiring experimental and surreal screenmakers to develop their distinctive voice and create bold work for the screen and ensure that Cole’s commitment to think outside the square will live on.
Joining the Fellowship assessment panel this year is Guildhouse CEO Emma Fey, joining Dr Tom Young of Flinders University, Mat Kesting (CEO/Creative Director of Adelaide Film Festival) and Karena Slaninka (CEO, Mercury CX).
In 2020, the Fellowship attracted 50 high-quality submissions from a diverse range of South Australian artists, and despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, resilience and talent of the local arts sector was evident in the works submitted. The 2020 Fellowship Recipient, Emma Hough Hobbs, will begin her project soon, after being delayed due to her employment on screen projects through much of 2020.
Applications for this year’s Fellowship close on 1 May, and the successful applicant will be announced at the Mercury Cinema in July. Find out more on how to apply here>