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-focused 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 screenwriting document.
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, BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay for The Favourite; Jacquelin Perske, Love My Way (2004-2005), Spirited (2010-2011), Seven Types of Ambiguity (2016); Michael Lucas, Offspring (2010-2014) and 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…
Kate Stone
Kate is a writer, developer and producer who worked as Head of Development at The Steve Jaggi Company from the…
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Link to Master of Arts Screen: Screenwriting
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