In this week's episode we speak to Melbourne-based writer and director Greta Nash about why they make shorts and their pathway into the industry.

In 2023, Greta completed their latest short film Heart Throb. In 2022 Greta underwent a Director's Attachment on Run Rabbit Run, funded by Screen Australia. In 2021 Greta wrote a polished draft of their first feature, School Camp, funded by Screen Tasmania. In 2020 Greta received a City of Melbourne COVID-19 Arts Grant to commence work on the first draft.

Greta completed a Director’s attachment on Preacher, funded by Vicscreen in 2019, and wrote and directed Removals, a short film funded by the City of Greater Dandenong to raise awareness of family violence.

Greta wrote and directed the winning Tropfest film Two Piece in 2018. Their previous short film Locker Room premiered at the 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival and has since received over 9 million views online.

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We spoke to the artist and solo game developer from Onepixel.dog about his highly anticipated adventure game, Way To The Woods.

Since 2016, artist Anthony Tan has been working on Way To The Woods, a third person adventure game where a deer and a fawn must embark on a journey through an abandoned world to get home. Anthony joined ACMI X as resident in 2022 to put the finishing touches on his highly anticipated game, which has received global attention for its gorgeous art style, mechanics and soundtrack.In this episode of Inside ACMI X, Anthony spoke to us about the highs and lows he experienced making Way To The Woods and navigating the expectations of the game’s fanbase through to its completion.Throughout this episode you will hear snippets of music from the game composed by Aivi & Surasshu, the electronic music duo behind the soundtrack to the animated show Steven Universe.

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Have you considered telling your story through a game or interactive experience, instead of a film?

In this episode, we discuss Jason's path into the industry and his strategy for storytelling; finding a personal connection and considering the perfect form.

Jason Christou is a creator/writer/director who tells stories infused by his Greek-Cypriot and Austrian/Slovenian descent across film, TV, documentary, interactive and games. His feature projects have been a finalist for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest, and selected to Warner Bros & The Blacklist’s “Aussie List”. He was a writer on ABC/Matchbox Pictures’ tv series NOWHERE BOYS, and a director’s apprentice on Sony/AMC’s PREACHER, and is a current Creative Victoria Creators Fund recipient for his interactive series/game WE THE JURY and a 2022 alumni and production funding recpient of the AFTRS National Documentary Talent Camp for SKINNY.
This episode features audio clips from Jason's short film, Human Resources, created by composer and sound designer Julian Langdon.

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