Australian Film, Television and Radio School

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Australian Film Television and Radio School
Australian Film Television and Radio School-Right view.jpg
AFTRS building
TypeScreen and broadcast school
Established1973;51 years ago (1973)
Academic staff
Film, television and radio
Undergraduates Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production
Postgraduates Master of Arts Screen, Master of Arts Screen: Business and Leadership, Graduate Diploma in Radio and Podcasting
Location
Sydney
,
New South Wales
,
Australia

33°53′41″S151°13′43″E / 33.8946°S 151.2285°E / -33.8946; 151.2285
CampusThe Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
Website aftrs.edu.au

The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), formerly Australian Film and Television School, is Australia's national screen arts and broadcast school. The school is a Commonwealth Government statutory authority.

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History

Established in 1972 as the Australian Film and Television School, as part of the Commonwealth Government's strategy to promote the development of Australia's cultural activity, AFTRS was opened to students in 1973. The first intake of 12 students included future directors Gillian Armstrong, Phillip Noyce and Chris Noonan.[ citation needed ]

In 1973 Jerzy Toeplitz was appointed Foundation Director of the School. After six years in the role, he was awarded the Order of Australia and the AFI's Longford Lyell Award.[ citation needed ]

In 1975 Gough Whitlam helped to create funding agencies to support the film school.[ citation needed ]

Campus

For many years AFTRS was located in purpose-built premises at North Ryde, Sydney. In 2008 the school relocated to a purpose-built facility adjacent to Fox Studios, located inside the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park, Sydney.

A film studio at AFTRS' Moore Park campus AFTRS studio.jpg
A film studio at AFTRS' Moore Park campus

The campus includes: a full-size 5.1 sound theatre (seats 126), state-of-the-art mix theatre, two large professional film and television studios, film studios, state-of-the-art sound recording studios, and a host of other facilities and equipment. [1]

Courses and admission

Admission into AFTRS degree courses is competitive and based on merit selection. Places are limited. As of 2024 offerings include: [2]

Governance

As a statutory body, [3] AFTRS is governed by the Australian Film Television and Radio School Act 1973 with its Council responsible to the Minister for the Arts, representing the Federal Parliament. There are nine members of the Council: [4]

As of April 2024, Rachel Perkins is chair of the council, [4] while the CEO is the screenwriter Nell Greenwood. [5]

The school is a member of ARTS8: the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence, a group of arts training organisations funded by the federal government. [6]

AFTRS International VR Award

Amanda Duthie, Adelaide Film Festival artistic Director and virtual reality champion, along with Google Creative Technologist Mathew Tizard and AFTRS Head of Documentary Rachel Landers, sat on the jury for the inaugural AFTRS International VR Award in 2017. Nothing Happens, by Michelle and Uri Kranot, won the award, while The Other Dakar by Selly Raby, based on Senegalese mythology, received a Special Mention. [7] The Unknown Patient, by Australian director Michael Beets won the award in 2018. [8]

Academy Award success

As of 2024, four AFTRS student films had been NOMINATED for Academy Awards: [9]

Six AFTRS Alumni are winners of the Academy Awards®:

Five AFTRS alumni were NOMINATED for the Academy Awards®:

Alumni

The entire list of AFTRS graduates by year, from 1973 to now, can be viewed on the School's website. [10]

Directing

Producing

Screenwriting

Cinematography

Editing

Composing

Design

Radio

Notes

  1. ↑ "Our Campus - Australian Film Television and Radio School". aftrs.edu.au. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "HOME - Australian Film Television and Radio School". aftrs.edu.au. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Arts training bodies". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 15 September 2008. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  4. 1 2 "Council". Australian Film Television and Radio School. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "CEO Office". Australian Film Television and Radio School. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "National training organisations in the performing arts". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. Office for the Arts . Australian Government. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Inaugural AFTRS International VR Award Winner & Adl Film Fest VR Program Packages Announced". FilmInk. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Virtual Reality Award". Adelaide Film Festival. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "AFTRS Alumni Success - Australian Film Television and Radio School". Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Our Alumni - Australian Film Television and Radio School". aftrs.edu.au. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Our alumni". Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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