Explore Screenwriting: For over forty years, AFTRS has consistently produced screenwriting graduates who have enjoyed critical and commercial success – at home and abroad.
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Why study Screenwriting at AFTRS
By the end of this course, you will have the ability to generate work that is audience-focussed and distinctive – whether writing to a brief or developing original material. You will graduate a versatile storyteller, able to work across platforms in a rapidly evolving media landscape.
Hone your skill-set
Hone the complex skill-set demanded of screenwriters at the highest industry level.
Develop your screenplay
Develop a major creative work via intensive peer feedback, culminating in a developed screenplay.
Career opportunities
Each year Australian feature films, television and other screen media are testament to the impact of the AFTRS Screenwriting program. Screenwriting alumni include: Jane Campion, winner of an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Piano (1994); Tony McNamara, winner of a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay and another for Best Film, and Academy Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay, all for The Favourite; Jacquelin Perske, Love My Way (2004-2005), Spirited (2010-2011), Seven Types of Ambiguity (2016); Michael Lucas, Offspring (2010-2014), Not Suitable for Children (2012); and Julie Kalceff, Starting from Now (2014-2016) and First Day (2017).
Meet Your Lecturers
Dr. Pieter Aquilia
Dr. Pieter Aquilia is a scriptwriter, script editor and director, who has combined her creative practice with a career in…
Matthew Dabner
Trained at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, Matthew started his career in the story department at…
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Link to 2020 Master of Arts Screen: Screenwriting
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Link to 2020 Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production
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Link to Screenwriting for Film: Online
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