The Makers’ Film Festival is a new short film festival with a focus on craft – makers, making and materials – from Australia, New Zealand and countries of the Indian Ocean Rim*.
Finalists have been selected from the Open Call for Submissions. The selected films are being collated into a continuous program due to première in Perth on 20 May 2021 as part of the program launch of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial.
The Selection Panel were looking for a diversity of approach in both craft and film-making to illustrate (and tell the stories of) the breadth and wonder of craft practices from across the region*.
A $1000 People’s Choice Award will be awarded at the end of 2021.
*Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Oman, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Acknowledgement: The inauguration of the MFF follows Maker&Smith’s successful tour of two seasons of the UK Crafts Council’s Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival. And aligns with the first Indian Ocean Craft Triennial in Australia (Visit IOTA21).