Koorie Youth Flick Festival 2024

Join us for a special event celebrating this year’s Koorie Youth Flick Fest, an annual short filmmaking competition for First Nations young people living in Central Victoria. The winning films will be shown on the Big Screen at Fed Square during NAIDOC Week.

The Koorie Youth Flick Fest is an annual short filmmaking competition for First Nations young people, aged 25 years and under, who live in Central Victoria. It is run by the City of Greater Bendigo, Bundadhaany Studios and Yo Bendigo, with Fed Square back on board as a partner in 2024.

The Koorie Youth Flick Fest is an opportunity to showcase the story-telling, creativity, originality and local stories of First Nations youth. In 2024, entries had to meet this year’s theme of ‘Our Generation’.

This exciting screening event includes the following winners and honourable mentions. All of these filmmakers live in Bendigo on Dja Dja Wurrung Country:

Winners

Chelsea Korp: Chelsea Korp is a Wemba Wemba student, artist and athlete who shares her experience, struggles and strengths of being an Aboriginal young person of this generation.

Josie & Emily Gower: Palawa Trawlwoolway sisters, Josie and Emily Gower, share the story of their ancestor, Mannalargenna, a chief, leader and Fire Keeper of his people, and they share how his strength continues to inspire this generation of First Nations People.

Hounourable Mentions

Keira Long: An exploration of how the concept of generation can influence contemporary First Nations art by young Wiradjuri artist Keira Long.

Cohen Barker: Through a series of interviews, young Gunditjmara man Cohen Barker enlists the help of his friends and his teachers to investigate the views of different generations on each other.

Ngatatji Bysouth: In a candid yarn with the audience, Barkindji man Ngatatji Bysouth explores his perspective of his generation and the influence of younger and older generations in his family on his experiences.

Please note that films may contain names, images or voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have passed away.