Announcing New Judge
for Young Filmmakers!

Billy Marshall-Stoneking has joined our esteemed judges panel. His reputation for delivering powerful and dramatic stories is global. Billy has reached storytellers through his work with AFTRS and the Sony Tropfest Roughcut series. He is a writer who practices what he preaches and has delivered, and helped others deliver, works of true cultural significance. Billy is an Oracle for anyone truly interested in storytelling. His workshops will motivate you, inspire you, and free you. Don't take our word for it, see for yourself at:
http://www.wheresthedrama.com

But wait there is more because Billy Marshall-Stoneking will be in Queensland in February to present a workshop for the AFTRS Open Program. To find out more click here.

If you are interested in any of Billy's independent seminars you can find out about what will be happening in Feb, here. 

"Narnia Voyage of
the Dawn Treader"

"Narnia Voyage of the Dawn Treader" is the biggest mayor motion picture production to happen on the Gold Coast. It is a 20th Century Fox production using the Warner Brothers Studios at Movie World.
A behind the scenes tour of the set was a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit the Magical world of Narnia. We even got to stand at the helm of the Dawn Treader! Thanks to Ernie Malik and Alicia Mayer Beverley for making this possible. The young filmmakers from Cherbourg, are now looking forward to their tour of the John Cox Creature Workshop, which will be another feast of cinema magic. Way to go, Cherbourg! We hope this inspires communities all over Australia to make and share their stories.

Winners of Story with Impact
Kids from Cherbourg State School with Teacher; Tanya Schneider, Deputy Principle; Bevan Costello, and YFFQ Director Simon La Rosa with son Dylan.
Photography by Phil Bray

everyone's story is valuable

Young Filmmakers is run entirely by Volunteers:
That includes co-founders Simon and Lisa. We are looking for fabulous community minded people to help us out with our event management and numerous productions. If you are an energetic film enthusiast who has some spare time and you feel you have something to contribute, then we need you! Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with your contact details and we will be in touch. 

Big thanks to Kandy and June for helping us run the awards night. We also would not have got through without Alexa, Danielle and Suzie. We are also very grateful to Jacqi Le Grand who contributed her personal time to photograph the evening. We hope to have the photos up on facebook soon.