Press
Women in Animation Unveils 2024 International Diversity Initiative Teams
7 June 2024
Women in Animation (WIA) has revealed the five teams chosen for the 2024 Stories x Women program, sponsored by The Walt Disney Company and UNESCO.
The chosen projects are: “Aimó” – Brazil, led by Fernanda Alves Salgado with Giuliana Danza; “The Human and the Android” – Indonesia, led by Theresa Cornelia; “Jaé Natal! (S’up Xmas)” – Brazil, led by Camila Padhila with Roger Keesse; “Karetabla” – Argentina, led by Maria Rosario Carlino with Carlos Zerpa; and “Oarona” – South Africa, led by Thandiwe Mlauli with Angel Pitre.
Aniko Press Issue 3: Interview with Theresa Gunarso
5 December 2021
“…while I am fortunate enough to be an introvert who is fine with staying at home, during the lockdown, I sometimes yearned to go outside on my own adventure—which led me to writing a lot of escapist stories to cope.”
Next up in our Issue 3 contributor interviews is writer, filmmaker and performer Theresa Gunarso! Theresa speaks to us about escapism, the joys and challenges of filmmaking and her love of sci fi.
Introducing the New Cohort of Footscray Community Arts' Behind the Screens Program
16 September 2021
Introducing the new cohort of emerging filmmakers joining the Behind the Screens program! Alice Gilbert, Ames Choucair, Feifei Liao, Jackie Dixon, Jenn Tran, Llewellyn Michael Bates, Natal Jimma, Rama Luksiarto, Senuri Chandrani, Theresa Gunarso, Tinaye Nyathi, Vimbai Viviene Nenzou.
Facilitated by filmmaker and journalist, Santilla Chingaipe, Behind the Screens is a capacity building program for filmmakers underrepresented in the industry. Presented in partnership with Film Victoria, this program will support participants to develop their skills in an open, supportive and collaborative learning environment.
"Subject 9412" Awarded Second Place in 123 Film Competition
3 July 2021
Congratulations to the winners of our 123 Film Competition! As Youth Week 2021 comes to an end, we’re pleased to announce the winning entries that show the creativity and initiative of Victorian youth.
Short Film Category
1st place - Hayden Flynn (Dartboard)
2nd place - Theresa Gunarso (Subject 9412)
3rd place - Talha Sarrac (Diversity in a Galaxy Far, Far Away)
Cinespace Inc’s Package to Pitch participants unveiled
27 January 2021
Fifteen Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) practitioners are set to participate in Cinespace Inc’s Package to Pitch program, an online masterclass on pitching into the market.
Selected by a culturally diverse panel, they include: Amal Awad, Alan Nguyen, Ana Tiwary, Orson Dijle, Serah Nathan, Karl Fernando, Eliza Matengu, Vonne Patiag, Theresa Gunarso, Jeremy Nguyen, Divya Vaman, Kim Ho, Michelle Ny, Sam Calafiore and Eva Justine Torkkola. Each has a pilot TV script they’re ready to pitch.