Central TAFE continues its great reputation for creative industry training with graduate film students winning a prize at the recent WA Screen Awards held at The Octagon Theatre, UWA.
Students from the Advanced Diploma of Screen program took out the honours for ‘Best Tertiary Film’ for their movie ‘Shades of Grey’. It was a great team effort with the students facing strong competition from all the WA universities.
Two of the four nominees for the award were student films produced at Central TAFE by Advanced Diploma of Screen graduates. Both were ensemble efforts with the class of students contributing to all aspects of the production.
The WA Screen Awards have been running since 1996 to celebrate excellence in film and television production. The win continues Central TAFE’s recent strong showing at the industry prize night.
In 2008, Central TAFE graduate Maziar Lahooti won ‘Young Film Maker of the Year’ honours. Graduates Tenille Kennedy and Renee Doring also won awards that year for Best Drama Production and Best Production Design respectively
Laura Botha, the student Producer of Shades of Grey, gave a very graceful acceptance speech on behalf of the filmmakers. She acknowledged the support and help received by the students from lecturers and industry mentors in the Central TAFE Media Portfolio.
Laura has continued pursuing her passion for screen and is currently working as a Junior Agency Producer at Gatecrasher Advertising.
Central TAFE Managing Director Neil Fernandes has congratulated the graduate winners saying that their success is helping drive the dramatic growth of the local industry.
“Central TAFE’s commitment to industry relevant training is reinforced by accolades such as this and our courses remain a great foundation for those wishing to enter this competitive industry,” he said.