CineVerse
CineVerse is a Story Factory Big Project spanning four high schools in Western Sydney, five emerging film-makers, over 80 poems and up to 20 short films.
Cinematic in both scope and vision, CineVerse allows teenagers from widespread communities to use the language of film and poetry to investigate things that matter to them.
Across day-long workshops, students wrote poetry and worked with filmmakers to produce short films. The films explored the poems of students across all participating schools. At the culmination of the project the short films were screened in a film festival style launch event to students, friends and family, awarded prizes by a panel of industry judges, and were presented with professionally designed and printed anthologies of their writing.
Students who participate in CineVerse discover themselves to be published poets, film makers, skilful collaborators and even award-winners – all of them with a voice worth celebrating.
You can watch their brilliant films below and watch every CineVerse video on the Story Factory YouTube channel.
Congratulations to our winning films – A Moment in Time, My Reality, Untitled.
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Do you have a passion for writing and improving the lives of young people from under-resourced communities?
We are currently hiring for the role of Senior Manager, Communications & Publishing.
The Senior Manager, Communications & Publishing is tasked with building our brand, promoting the work we do to existing audiences, building new audiences, and providing ways for people to engage deeply with what we do. They also lead our strategic goal of amplifying the voices of young people.
The ideal candidate will have excellent writing skills and a strong understanding of marketing principles; at least 5 years’ experience in a busy communications role and
be a self-starter and happy to be in charge of all aspects of our organisation’s communications, from strategy to execution.
If this sounds like you, apply today!
Find out more and apply via the link in our bio.
📷 Jacquie Manning
Sunset in my Heart 🌅🫶🌞
During terms three and four, 2022, students from @jcbths, @birronggirlshighschool and @doonsidetechnology_highschool completed Story Factory`s Sunset in my Heart program.
Special thanks to Isaiah Tasi (editor), Marcus Khoudair (edit mentor), and Tomas Cole-Nunez (audio).
This project was made possible thanks to Jibb Foundation.
#SunsetInMyHeart #creativewriting #spokenwordpoetry #spokenword #writingworkshop
Today is the last chance to enter our exciting multilingual public writing project In a Flash! Submit now for your chance to be published alongside professional writers and win $100!
Enter via the link in our bio.
Swipe through to read excerpts from submissions by incredible writers including, June Perkins, Eda Gunaydin, Sara Mansour, Will Kostakis, Eileen Chong and Vivian Pham.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
During terms three and four, 2022, students from @jcbths, @birronggirlshighschool and @doonsidetechnology_highschool completed Story Factory`s Sunset in my Heart program. 🌅🫶🌞
Throughout this workshop series, students created pieces of writing that subvert elements of social media posts (yes, you 🫵🏼@instagram) where people present their ‘best lives’ to the world. Considering experiences that are surprisingly beautiful, enriching or reward sustained attention, they investigated the nature of truth in writing.
Extracts from this selection of writing were used as the audio for the Sunset in my Heart video.
Special thanks to Isaiah Tasi (editor), Marcus Khoudair (edit mentor), and Tomas Cole-Nunez (audio).
This project was made possible thanks to Jibb Foundation.
#SunsetInMyHeart #creativewriting #spokenwordpoetry #spokenword #writingworkshop
A quick glimpse into the fantastic Year of Poetry and Year of the Novella book launch. Visit the link in our bio to purchase the books!
Year of the Novella is made possible thanks to a group of generous funders, including our YON Donor Circle and @penguinbooksaus. Year of Poetry is supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.
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