MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
MONDAY 20TH NOVEMBER
Session 1: In the Dark: Audio Session
1:30pm - 3:30pm
T1 Theatre, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
The inaugural Black Snapper Audio Festival has received an outstanding range of fiction and nonfiction submissions from talented student creators across the globe.
Festival attendees can look forward to being transported into richly realised fictional worlds and moved by powerful true stories during our ’In the Dark’ audio session. The selection of pieces curated for the event reflects the incredible diversity of voices and perspectives within the student audio community.
We invite audiences to join us in celebrating these remarkable works.
Listen to the 2023 Audio Selection playlist here!
Session 2: Previsualising the Action Workshop on Drawing the Storyboard. Devised by Dr Alec Morgan
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Screen Studio, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Before the director yells ‘action’ and the camera turns over, the first steps towards visualising the movie will often be done by hand, sketching out a series of rough images on paper. Often accompanied by written instructions regarding camera angles to pinpoint the scene. Storyboards are a vital template, helping all departments to conceive and develop what is required for the film to be realised.
This workshop will consist of an illustrated talk by Alec Morgan tracing a brief history of storyboards from their beginning with the Walt Disney animation studios in the 1930s to today. It will explore the different storyboard drawing techniques and styles used by some key filmmakers throughout those years.
There will also be a hands-on time where you will begin to create your own storyboards. If you have a script, bring along a scene that you would like to pre-visualise. Or bring a film idea to work on. If you don’t have any of those, we can supply a scene to practice with. Bring your own drawing tools or we can provide them. Either way, come prepared to have fun.
Session 3: Opening Night Ceremony
6:30pm – 9:30pm
1 Central Courtyard, Macquarie University
BYO picnic blankets
BSIFF's Opening Night Ceremony: with live music from The Smashed Avocados, words from our guest speakers and films selected from across each category.
PHLEGM
Jan-David Bolt
Fiction / 06' 24" / Switzerland / 2021
The Odyssey
Emmanuelle Mattana
Fiction / 06' 44" / Australia / 2021
Oyum
Aidai Askarova
Documentary / 06' 21" / Kyrgyzstan / 2022
Enemy Alien
Gabriel Murphy
Documentary / 12' 37" / Australia / 2023
Friendly Fire
Tom Koryto Blumen
Animation / 06' 14" / Israel / 2022
Atishoo
Deng Huizhi
Fiction / 13' 20" / China / 2023
Little Hiccups
Fitriani Revanda
Animation / 02' 13" / Australia / 2023
Something to Chew On
Ryan Casey
Fiction / 5' 30" / Australia / 2022
Painting by Numbers
Radheya Jegatheva
Animation / 04' 00" / Australia / 2020
MumLife
Ruby Challenger
Fiction / 15' 00" / Australia / 2022
Magic Knight Patrices 3000:The Rise of the Heroes Against the World, The Movie.
Titouan Roussiès
Animation / 05' 14" / France / 2023
May be
Milena Mendonça Decourt
Fiction / 05' 05" / Brazil / 2023
TUESDAY 21ST NOVEMBER
Session 1: International Documentary Highlight
12:00pm - 2:00pm
T1 Theatre, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Series of short documentaries by student filmmakers from around the world.
Oyum
Aidai Askarova
Documentary / 06' 21" / Kyrgyzstan / 2022
SILENCE REMAINS
Ido Gotlib
Documentary / 16' 58" / Germany / 2022
Ego Death
Morgan Wynter-Evans
Documentary / 04' 28" / United States / 2023
Fuck You Dover
Benjamin Schildknecht Kodboel
Documentary / 18' 21" / United Kingdom / 2022
Ardent Other
Alice Brygo
Documentary / 16' 13" / France / 2022
Travessias (Travesías/Crossings)
Ana Graziela Aguiar
Documentary / 22' 00" / Brazil / 2022
Session 2: International Fiction Highlight
3:00pm - 5:00pm
T1 Theatre, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Series of short fiction films by student filmmakers from around the world.
Suitcase
Saman Hosseinpuor
Fiction / 14' 00" / Islamic Republic of Iran / 2023
May be
Milena Mendonça Decourt
Fiction/ 05' 05" / Brazil / 2023
PHLEGM
Jan-David Bolt
Fiction / 06' 24" / Switzerland / 2021
Sinking Ships
Andreas Kessler
Fiction / 21' 25" / Germany / 2020
Atishoo
Deng Huizhi
Fiction / 13' 20" / China / 2023
ISTINA (Truth)
Tamara Denić
Fiction / 28' 25" / Germany / 2023
On The Edge
María Claudia Blanco
Fiction / 20' 48" / Colombia/France / 2022
WEDNESDAY 22ND NOVEMBER
Session 1: International Experimental Highlight
12:00pm - 2:00pm
T1 Theatre, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Series of short experimental films by student filmmakers from around the world.
AI Diary
Ziyao Lin
Experimental / 09' 25" / China / 2023
OUTCRY？
yuan geng zhang
Experimental / 09' 58" / China / 2022
Lifecycle Rites
Lusia Sendang Kinanthi Jayatun
Experimental / 08' 48" / Indonesia / 2023
Tug Of War Within
Aleksa Pašić
Experimental / 04' 30" / Serbia
Divination (Aakhat)
Acharya Gopal
Experimental / 14' 46" / Nepal / 2021
Hunting
Victor Díez Bildosola
Experimental / 03' 21" / Spain / 2023
Bird of Prey
Lucas Gingles
Experimental / 10' 00" / Argentina / 2023
Ball-Pit. Wednesday. Lemonade.
Daniel Howard-Bake
Experimental / 07' 00" / United Kingdom / 2022
Night Journey
Fanny Cerdan
Experimental / 13' 47"/ United Kingdom / 2022
Phīnn-phang
Yu-Ling Chen
Experimental / 02' 22" / Taiwan / 2023
Session 2: Australian Highlight: Doco and Experimental
3:00pm - 5:00pm
T1 Theatre, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Series of short films by student filmmakers from around Australia.
Where Is My Darling?
Adam Finney
Documentary / 20' 44" / Australia / 2021
Enemy Alien
Gabriel Murphy
Documentary / 12' 37" / Australia / 2023
The Unanswered
David Liu
Experimental / 09' 51" / Australia / 2021
Painting by Numbers
Radheya Jegatheva
Animation / 04' 00" / Australia / 2020
She; who lives
Ayesha Farooq
Documentary / 10' 00" / Australia / 2022
Quetta Brown
Jemma Craig
Documentary / 04' 49" / Australia / 2022
Acts For The Invisible
Kate Vinen
Documentary / 18' 42" / Australia / 2023
THURSDAY 23RD NOVEMBER
Session 1: MQ FOCUS: Retrospective
12:00pm - 2:00pm
T1 Theatre, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
A retrospective of the best short films by Macquarie University students from the past decade.
Imaginary Friends or Faux
Tim Cheeseman
Documentary / 05’ 00” / 2015
Exposure
Rebecca Amat
Experimental / 05’ 07” / 2013
A Period Piece
Danielle George
Documentary / 06’ 30” / 2014
Jackrabbit
Marie Boulougouris
Fiction / 04’ 23” / 2019
Stranglehold
Christopher Haysom
Fiction / 08’ 15” / 2011
Mending the Cloth
Nathaniel Keesing
Documentary / 05’ 00” / 2018
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Angus Rofe
Experimental / 04’ 15” / 2015
Suburban Decay
Camille Nguyen
Fiction / 06’ 00” / 2019
Film X
Will Jackson
Experimental / 06’ 30” / 2013
Dark Skies
David Shannon
Documentary / 05’ 00” / 2016
Session 2: International Animation Highlight
3:00pm - 5:00pm
T1 Theatre, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Series of short animated films by student filmmakers from around the world.
Unscarfed
Anita Bruneburg
Animation / 09" 02' / Germany / 2022
Do Not Feed The Pigeons
Antonin Niclass
Animation / 08' 40" / United Kingdom / 2021
Set Sail
若禔 Jo-Ti 李 Lee
Animation / 08' 26" / Taiwan / 2023
Lights
Jitka Nemikinsová
Animation / 08' 26" / Czech Republic / 2023
In The Upper Room
Alexander Gratzer
Animation / 08' 09" / Hungary / 2022
Samara Op.4
Maxime Wattrelos, Jérémy Trochet, Louis Cocquet, Marie Heribel, François Mainguet
Animation / 06' 34" / France / 2022
Friendly Fire
Tom Koryto Blumen
Animation / 06' 14" / Israel / 2022
Tear Off
Clément Del Negro, Charlotte Fargier, Héloïse Neveu, Camille Souchard, Nalini Bhasin, Mikko Petremand, Matthias Bourgeuil
Animation / 05' 48" / France / 2022
Magic Knight Patrices 3000:The Rise of the Heroes Against the World, The Movie.
Titouan Roussiès
Animation / 05' 14" / France / 2023
Crosswalk
Choi Yeji Yeji Choi
Animation / 04' 47" / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / 2023
The Beating Seed
asa ( Marta Ribeiro ), Alice do Carmo, Laura Pires, Tiago Pimenta
Animation / 04' 43" / Portugal / 2022
Eversio
Sofia Favata
Animation / 04' 15" / Italy / 2022
Operatie Operatie
Nina Fock, Jordi van Ieperen
Animation / 03' 52" / Netherlands / 2023
That Doesn't Fit
Ackshaj Anand
Animation / 03' 09" / India / 2023
The ideal and reality of clay
Kim Joohee
Animation / 02' 54" / Republic of Korea / 2023
Tiare Peatra
Kevin Kohn
Animation / 02' 53" / Brazil / 2021
BIRD
Мария Орлова Алексеевна
Animation / 02' 40" / Russian Federation / 2022
Egg Chamber
Sijia Wang
Animation / 02' 11" / United States / 2022
Hello Mommy
Nadia Tai
Animation / 02' 00" / Ireland / 2023
Session 3: Secondary School Screening
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Screen Studio, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Series of short films by secondary school student filmmakers from Australia and beyond.
ONE TIDE
William Anthony Somerville
Documentary / 08' 24" / Australia / 2023
An Aberration in Eternity
Hayden Mouat
Documentary / 04' 00" / Australia / 2023
Riding Against Time
Maia Weatherstone
Documentary / 05' 22" / Australia / 2023
The Ways We Cook
Juno Shean
Fiction / 05' 06" / Australia / 2023
Just Listen
Sienna Chitoni
Documentary / 05' 39" / Australia / 2023
The Small Tale of Jino
Ryan Chris Ma
Fiction / 03' 12" / Australia / 2023
Lost in Cyberspace
Grace Wren
Experimental / 03' 22" / Australia / 2023
Reminisce
Isabella Goldring
Fiction / 06' 19" / Australia / 2023
Still There?
Mark Zanosov
Fiction / 05' 00" / Australia / 2023
Dreamer
Piotr Kaźmierczak
Animation / 02' 33" / Poland / 2023
Me, Myself, and My Shadow
Clement Steve Leal
Animation / 03' 09" / United States / 2023
Afterglow
Nathaniel Ryan Yeo
Fiction / 06' 13" / Australia / 2023
Beneath the Surface
Charlie Peter McGovern
Documentary / 03' 51" / Australia / 2023
Tea's Ready!
Enes Guven
Documentary / 15' 00" / Australia
FRIDAY 24TH NOVEMBER
Session 1: International Climate Change Screening and Panel
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Series of short films that address issues of global, national and community concern by student filmmakers around the world, followed by a panel discussion.
Pepedrilo
Victor Cartas
Documentary / 19' 40" / Mexico / 2021
Thinking About The Weather
Gardar Thor Thorkelsson
Documentary / 21' 03" / Iceland/UK / 2020
Happy Eggs
Stanisław Maciejewski
Animation / 03' 00" / Poland / 2022
Yoga Warming
Naama Yiron
Animation / 04' 52" / Israel / 2023
Painting by Numbers
Radheya Jegatheva
Animation / 04' 00" / Australia / 2020
Water Lullaby
Piotr Kaźmierczak
Animation / 03' 39" / Poland / 2022
Where Is My Darling?
Adam Finney
Documentary / 20' 44" / Australia / 2021
Session 2: Masterclass with Sennheiser: Elevating Short Films (featuring Sarah Chambers and Tristan Woodington)
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Screen Studio, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
In this session, Sarah Chambers, a last-semester student from Macquarie University, will join our Technical Applications Engineer to discuss her recent experience with sound production during the creation of a short film along with her Sound Designer, Tristan Woodington. Topics will include Shotgun Mic Techniques, ADR, wireless systems, locations, and general sound considerations.
Session 3: Australian Fiction Highlight
4:30pm – 6:30pm
T1 Theatre, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Series of short fiction films by student filmmakers from around Australia.
The Little Poet
Justine Yixuan King
Animation / 04' 34" / Australia/United States / 2023
JESS
Sam Davison
Fiction / 08' 59" / Australia / 2022
Little Hiccups
Fitriani Revanda
Animation / 02' 13" / Australia / 2023
Uncle Wayne
Mitch Garling
Fiction / 05' 52" / Australia / 2022
Something to Chew On
Ryan Casey
Fiction / 5' 30" / Australia / 2022
Soles
Kalani Gacon
Fiction / 19' 58" / Australia / 2023
Mud Crab
David Robinson-Smith
Fiction / 12' 25" / Australia / 2022
MumLife
Ruby Challenger
Fiction / 15' 00" / Australia / 2022
The Odyssey
Emmanuelle Mattana
Fiction / 06' 44" / Australia / 2021
Session 4: In the Dark: Audio Session
7:00pm - 8:30pm
T1 Theatre, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Due to popular demand, the Black Snapper International Film & Audio Festival is pleased to announce an encore "In the Dark" audio playback event!
Join us for a second night of celebrating exceptional student works in audio storytelling from across the globe.
Be transported by a diverse lineup of creative fiction and nonfiction pieces produced by the next generation of audio talent. From gripping dramas to moving personal narratives and innovative audio experiments, this session offers a panoramic view of the bold new voices shaping the medium.
Register now before seats fill up! This is a unique opportunity to experience firsthand the future of audio excellence.
Can't make it in person? A selection of works from the session will be available online afterwards to listen on demand.
We eagerly welcome all audio storytelling enthusiasts, so please help spread the word! RSVP link and details can be found at
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TUESDAY 28TH NOVEMBER
Session 2: Black Snapper Presents: Lunchtime Micro Screenings
12:30pm - 1:15pm
A series of curated screenings from the Black Snapper International Film Festival.
Enemy Alien
Gabriel Murphy
Documentary / 12' 37" / Australia / 2023
Do Not Feed The Pigeons
Antonin Niclass
Animation / 08' 40" / United Kingdom / 2021
Water Lullaby
Piotr Kaźmierczak
Animation / 03' 39" / Poland / 2022
JESS
Sam Davison
Fiction / 08' 59" / Australia / 2022
Session 4: Black Snapper Presents: Best Documentary Screenings
4:15pm - 6:15pm
A series of curated screenings from the Black Snapper International Film Festival.
Oyum
Aidai Askarova
Documentary / 06' 21" / Kyrgyzstan / 2022
SILENCE REMAINS
Ido Gotlib
Documentary / 16' 58" / Germany / 2022
Fuck You Dover
Benjamin Schildknecht Kodboel
Documentary / 18' 21" / United Kingdom / 2022
Ego Death
Morgan Wynter-Evans
Documentary / 04' 28" / United States / 2023
Thinking About The Weather
Gardar Thor Thorkelsson
Documentary / 21' 03" / Iceland/UK / 2020
Where Is My Darling?
Adam Finney
Documentary / 20' 44" / Australia / 2021
Ardent Other
Alice Brygo
Documentary / 16' 13" / France / 2022
Enemy Alien
Gabriel Murphy
Documentary / 12' 37" / Australia / 2023
WEDNESDAY 29TH NOVEMBER
Session 1: Collecting Oral History (Workshop)
10am – 12:30pm
In this session leading oral and public historians discuss the practices, challenges and solutions involved in collecting oral history. The session will be followed by a practical workshop designed to develop and expand oral history collection skills that will be of benefit to anyone interested in the craft and practice of oral history.
Panel Chair: Professor Tanya Evans
Panellists: Maria Savvidis, Rod Freedman
Session 2: Black Snapper Presents: Lunchtime Micro Screenings
12:30pm - 1:15pm
A series of curated screenings from the Black Snapper International Film Festival.
Operatie Operatie
Nina Fock, Jordi van Ieperen
Animation / 03' 52" / Netherlands / 2023
The Unanswered
David Liu
Experimental / 09' 51" / Australia / 2021
Me, Myself, and My Shadow
Clement Steve Leal
Animation / 03' 09" / United States / 2023
Uncle Wayne
Mitch Garling
Fiction / 05' 52" / Australia / 2022
THURSDAY 30TH NOVEMBER
Session 1: Drawing the World: Documentary and Discovery (Workshop)
10am – 12:30pm
Drawing is an ancient and powerful form of documentary making. From the cave paintings of France, Arnhem Land, or Sulawesi, to the work of artists, architects and scholars today, humans have been drawing and making sense of their environments for at least 45,000 years.
Through the personal practices of our esteemed panellists we will hear how drawing has formed an indispensable part of their sense and world-making, and has subsequently informed their art and their knowledge of the world.
Presented in conjunction with MQ Art Gallery
Panel Chair: Dr Anna Madeleine Raupach
Panellists: Anthony Cahill, Nathalie Hartog-Gautier, Richard Leplastrier
Session 2: Black Snapper Presents: Lunchtime Micro Screenings
12:30pm - 1:15pm
A series of curated screenings from the Black Snapper International Film Festival.
Happy Eggs
Stanisław Maciejewski
Animation / 03' 00" / Poland / 2022
Soles
Kalani Gacon
Fiction / 19' 58" / Australia / 2023
The Little Poet
Justine Yixuan King
Animation / 04' 34" / Australia/United States / 2023
She; who lives
Ayesha Farooq
Documentary / 10' 00" / Australia / 2022
FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER
Session 1: Storytelling on the ground (Workshop)
10am - 12:30pm
This panel and workshop offers a multi-disciplinary approach to documenting communities and families. What are the unique challenges and benefits of documenting families and communities, including your own?
In this panel and workshop leading screen storytellers and scholars explain their own personal commitments and experiences working in this area, and offer some hands-on exercises designed to build skills in this fascinating documentary field.
Panel Chair: Dr Iqbal Barkat
Panellists: Dr Nicole Matthews, Jeni Thornley
Session 2: Black Snapper Presents: Lunchtime Micro Screenings
12:30pm - 1:15pm
A series of curated screenings from the Black Snapper International Film Festival.
Pepedrilo
Victor Cartas
Documentary / 19' 40" / Mexico / 2021
Afterglow
Nathaniel Ryan Yeo
Fiction / 06' 13" / Australia / 2023
Crosswalk
Choi Yeji Yeji Choi
Animation / 04' 47" / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / 2023
Eversio
Sofia Favata
Animation / 04' 15" / Italy / 2022
Session 5: Black Snapper Presents: Best of Fest Screenings
4:45pm – 6:15pm
A series of curated screenings from the Black Snapper International Film Festival.
Sinking Ships
Andreas Kessler
Fiction / 21' 25" / Germany / 2020
Friendly Fire
Tom Koryto Blumen
Animation / 06' 14" / Israel / 2022
Oyum
Aidai Askarova
Documentary / 06' 21" / Kyrgyzstan / 2022
Suitcase
Saman Hosseinpuor
Fiction / 14' 00" / Islamic Republic of Iran / 2023
Ego Death
Morgan Wynter-Evans
Documentary / 04' 28" / United States / 2023
Mud Crab
David Robinson-Smith
Fiction / 12' 25" / Australia / 2022
On The Edge
María Claudia Blanco
Fiction / 20' 48" / Colombia/France / 2022
Session 6: Black Snapper Awards Ceremony
6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Black Snapper International Film Festival Awards Ceremony honours some of the best screen and audio works being made by students throughout Australia and the world.
With over 1000 submissions from over 85 countries this is Australia’s largest student screen awards event with
categories covering screen and audio fiction and documentary, animation, and with Special Jury prizes for innovation/
experimentation and for environmental/social awareness raising. This is the culminating gala event of the two-weeks long Black Snapper International Film Festival.