Ivan Sen Masterclass
Ivan Sen is a director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, composer, and sound designer. He is the co-founder and director of Bunya Productions.
Join us for a 3 -hour Masterclass, presented in collaboration with VicScreen. This Masterclass will cover many facets of the filmmaking process- writing, directing, cinematography, editing and music composition. Ivan is an auteur and will discuss all of his filmmaking practices.
Throughout the late 1990s Ivan Sen worked on numerous short films, before making his feature film debut with Beneath Clouds in 2002. The film won Ivan global acclaim, screening in Competition at the 2002 Berlinale and winning a Silver Bear. Beneath Clouds also screened at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and earned Ivan the 2002 Best Director Award at the Australian Film Institute Awards. Ivan has written and produced a number of award-winning documentaries. His documentary Yellow Fella screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.
In 2011 Ivan completed his feature Toomelah, which was selected for Un Certain Regard at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The world premiere of the film at Cannes received a standing ovation. The film won the Grand Prix at the Pacific Meridian Film Festival 2011 and the UNESCO Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2011. In 2012 Ivan was awarded the prestigious Byron Kennedy Award, for “his unique artistic vision and for showing, by his resourceful, multidisciplinary filmmaking, that telling stories on screen is in reach of all who have something consequential to say”.
In 2013 Ivan wrote and directed the feature film Mystery Road starring Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, Tasma Walton and Jack Thompson. Mystery Road had its international premiere with a “Special Presentation” at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival and opened the 2013 Sydney Film Festival. Ivan is an Executive Producer on the successful TV drama series adaptation of Mystery Road.
In 2015 Ivan directed Goldstone starring Aaron Pedersen, Jacki Weaver, David Gulpilil, Cheng Pei Pei, Alex Russell and David Wenham. Goldstone premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was the opening night film at the 2015 Sydney Film Festival. In 2019 Ivan wrote and directed his sci fi Loveland starring Ryan Kwanten, Hugo Weaving and Jillian Nguyen. His latest feature, Limbo, starring Simon Baker and Rob Collins, had it its world premiere in Competition at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival. It also played at TIFF in the World Cinema Section and many other festivals. It won Best Independent Film at the 2023 ACTAs and won 5 Australian Film Critic Awards. Ivan served as Executive Producer on all seasons of the spin-off television series Mystery Road, 2016 - current.
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