June 4 - 10, 2025 ◆ SUCCESSFUL CREATIVES: Andrew Robb, John Erasmus, Ayesha Gibson, Hayley Warnock, Yanni Dellaportas, Rachel Tierney and Nathalia Cerritelli were among the proud group of creatives whose work was screened at the 2024 Benalla Short Film Festival.
2025 Benalla Shorts film festival calls out for entries BUDDING filmmakers and video story tellers are encouraged to get their entries in for the 2025 Benalla Shorts, a celebration of short film making. The Benalla National & International Short Film Festival is now in its 11th year and continuing a tradition of supporting those who want to get a hand-on experience of filmmaking; open to national and international film makers across all ages groups. Films must be no longer than 15 minutes, and
By JORDAN DUURSMA
cash prizes are on offer in categories including Best Film, Best Student Film, Best International Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Local Film (within 100km of Benalla) and People’s Choice. Festival director, Anna Smith, encourages anyone and everyone to enter their films, par-
ticularly filmmakers from the North East. “We particularly encourage local filmmakers young and not so young,” she said. “There is a special category for those within 100km radius of Benalla.” Ms Smith said the festival is an opportunity for local artists and film makers to share their work. “This is the main reason we created the Benalla Short Film Festival,” she said. “Our region is bursting with talent and we
want to give local filmmakers the opportunity to show their films on the big screen in front of their friends, family and community.” The festival is geared towards helping create opportunities for networking and connections in the industry for budding filmmakers and story-tellers. Ms Smith said the festival organisers have made a conscious effort to encourage and enable filmmakers to build connections. ■ Continued Page 6
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