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Hi Everyone, 

Amazing isn't it how telling stories gets into your blood. And you get better and better at it. 

Which student do you reckon from Film by... will be the first feature filmmaker of the future. Because it will happen nothing surer. 

Can't wait to see that. 

In the meantime I look forward to seeing what this year offers. Good luck and get creative. 

Bryan Brown is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include Breaker Morant (1980), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), F/X (1986), Cocktail (1988), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), F/X2 (1991), Along Came Polly (2004), Australia (2008), Kill Me Three Times (2014) and Gods of Egypt (2016). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his performance in the television miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983).

“I went to Burwood Girls High School and was so fortunate that a teacher, Jenny Harding, introduced a new elective class – a Certificate 3 in Film Production. She inspired me to make a film for my HSC and go to Sydney Film School. Apart from all her technical expertise, she also taught me how to succeed as a woman in an industry basically dominated by men. That was 15 years ago and I am still learning.

I believe it’s so important to enable all young people to explore the arts and develop their creativity, which will inspire them in and out of the classroom. Like me, they too might choose a lifetime career they love.”

Gracie Otto is an Australian filmmaker. She made her feature-length directing debut with the 2013 documentary The Last Impresario about prolific British theatre impresario and film producer Michael White. The film made its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2013.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Otto has directed a variety of screen content such as television commercial videos (TCVs), shorts, television series, feature films and documentaries.