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VCA Film and Television School remembers its first fifty years

The VCA Film and TV School has celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a funky day and a red hot go at archiving itself.

28 Jun 2016

David Tiley

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Fifty years ago, the first tertiary course for filmmakers in Australia opened at Swinburne University in Melbourne. Almost 25 years ago it moved to the Victorian College of the Arts, to the campus where the anniversary was celebrated on Sunday June 19th.

At the same time, the VCA unveiled the first of its fifty films for fifty years, providing a comprehensive run of shorts across the decades as a meditation on cultural change.

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.