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Why I’m studying… Diploma of Screen and Media

Aspiring filmmaker Felix Wilkins chose to study close to home at Collarts in Melbourne. He says meeting fellow students is one of the highlights.

6 Oct 2023 12:46

Rochelle Siemienowicz

Filmmaking student Felix Wilkins (far right) and two friends sit on a couch and can be seen through a video camera screen in the foreground.

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L-R Julia Burns, Reuben Stone and filmmaking student Felix Wilkins. Photo: Josh Petrellis.

Felix Wilkins has been a passionate film buff since his teens. It was only a short step from watching to making and now, in his 20s, he’s the owner and operator of a small video production/editing business, Yabba Films.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz

Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.