Griffith filmmakers recognised on international stage

Griffith filmmaker Claire Randall has won an award for Best Documentary at the Uni Shorts Film Festival in New Zealand for her film, Wolfe.
The acclaimed documentary continued its dream run, beating out entries from film schools in the US, Switzerland, China and New Zealand.
“This entire experience has been so unexpected, ” Claire said.

“Every time we recieve this kind of recognition it’s surreal. I’m so grateful the film has resonated with so many audiences.

“UniShorts is one of many festivals that has granted us opportunities we never saw coming.”
The film was motivated by Claire’s own encounter with mental illness as a teenager. It uses interviews and animation to explore a young man’s journey through adolescence with undiagnosed schizophrenia, and his relationship with an imaginary friend, Mister Wolfe.

The Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production student has spent the past 12 months accompanying the film to festivals around the world.
The journey began in

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