1 August 2006

Graduate filmmaker returns to inspire UC artists

Local Canberra filmmaker, Clare Young will give an insight into her filmmaking career including her latest film, in a public seminar Artists Talk at the University of Canberra this Wednesday 3 August.

Clare is best known locally for her film Firing on all Pins, which tells the story of her family's experience of the Canberra bushfires, winning the local section of the 2004 Canberra Short Film Festival.  

Clare studied Media Production and Creative Writing at the University of Canberra, before launching into a filmmaking career.

Over the last few years Clare has been prolific in her productions that have included two short documentaries: Flush Gordon: Space Age Toilets and Three Degrees of Separation . The films collectively won second prize at the 2004 Art of Documentary Competition, and three awards at the 2005 Lights Canberra Action Festival, including Best Film.

Her latest short documentary When People Feel Terror made this year's Tropfest top 60, and was recently premiered as a fundraiser at Electric Shadows. Clare has worked with a number of media organisations including ABC Stateline and Bearcage Productions and worked with renowned film director Jane Campion as a production runner and casting assistant for the film The Water Diary. The experience inspired Clare to write and direct her own fictional short film: Grace , shot in Canberra and to be completed later this year.

The Artists Talk! series is held on Wednesday lunchtimes: 12:30-2:00pm, in Building 9, Room C25. Visit the website on : http://www.ce.canberra.edu.au/cc/activities/artiststalk.htm

Issued by Kaddie Pass, University of Canberra Communications. 02 6201 2681

The next Artists Talk in the series will be artist and painter Waratah Lahy on Wednesday 16 August.

More information on Artists Talks: Francesca Rendle-Short (02 6201 2060)

UC Communications

Gaye Morrison
T: 02 6201 5855
M: 0409 470 755

Kaddie Pass
T: 02 6201 2681

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