TWO actors from Frankston’s BAM Arts have won awards for their performances in a short film.
BAM Arts is a creative arts and performance group for people with disabilities. It entered a short film into this year’s Focus On Ability Short Film Festival Awards.
At the awards night in Sydney earlier this month, actors Kimba Wall and Pheobe Nowak shared the best actor award. Their film The Healer won best film.
The film is about a young girl who heals others by dancing. BAM Arts CEO Lisa Murphy said she was “surprised and thrilled” to come home from Sydney with the judge’s choice awards.
“The film The Healer was made last year in our Thursday filmmaking program. The initial idea was devised collaboratively, and then they worked as a crew and team to put it together with professional lighting, sound, and filmmaking people coaching,” she said. “The film itself is basically about loneliness, the power of dance, and connection.
“Kimba and Pheobe have been students of BAM for five years each. They do a number of projects – dance, drama, and visual arts.”
The Focus on Ability short film festival is in its 15th year. Last year 281 finalists were selected from entrants across 19 countries.
On Saturday, 2 December BAM Arts will host an open event with arts and dance classes to mark the international day of persons with disabilities. For more information on BAM Arts visit bamarts.org.au