Joint Initiatives
DADAA
Overview
In 2007 FTI has entered into an exciting new partnership with Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts Australia (DADAA) and the Disability Services Commission (DSC).
The LOST GENERATION project will see several hundred short films created over the next 5 years that will link residents in Commission-run accommodation with the wider community and create exciting creative and employment opportunities for filmmakers.
At the launch of the project in Midland, Disability Services Minister Tony McRae highlighted that this group of people were particularly vulnerable to social isolation.
“After a lifetime of institutionalization, more than 360 ageing people with intellectual disabilities are finding their rightful places within their local communities, through film.”
The films are short interstitial-style portraits using documentary, drama and animation to reflect elements of people’s lives. Some of the films highlighted at the launch include a women from Fitzroy Crossing casting stones into water each stone a reflection of her life, a karaoke enthusiast who communicates through his eye movements, a women separated then reconnected to her family after 30 years and a man’s bizarre transformation into the virtual world of the video game, where anything is possible.
This project has many positive outcomes for local filmmakers, not only have employment opportunities been created for the many filmmakers who are likely to work on the project over the next five years, the films will also provide a fantastic opportunity for filmmakers to demonstrate innovation, creativity and storytelling skill.
The project’s management team is based at the offices of DADAA.
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