Eight student films from Griffith Film School will screen at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival this year.
Hiraeth – which explores the aftermath of a death in the family – will have its official premiere at the Festival.
Writer and director Katherine Chediak Puttnam says she’s excited to see her work screened for a global audience.
“It’s such an amazing opportunity to show my film at Cannes – it is one of the world’s biggest film festivals,” she says.
“Ultimately as a filmmaker, you want as many people as possible to watch what you’ve done – I love the idea of people from all over the world enjoying it.”
Katherine has just completed two short films as part of the Master of Screen Production at Griffith Film School and is now embarking on a PhD.
Originally from Brazil, she worked as a film editor for almost a decade before travelling halfway across the world to study at