AFTRS and 72andSunny Sydney Announce Recipient of Inaugural Storytelling Scholarship

AFTRS​, the Australian Film Television and Radio School, has announced Conal Osfield as the recipient of the inaugural Storytelling Scholarship. The Scholarship, announced last year by acclaimed director and AFTRS alumna Gillian Armstrong, is intended to support students throughout their student journey by covering their tuition fees.

Osfield, who this year enters the AFTRS Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production program, was selected for the Scholarship based on his creative response to the story provocations in the AFTRS brand campaign, Storytellers Wanted.

Developed by ​72andSunny Sydney​, the ‘Storytellers Wanted’ campaign was directed by emerging filmmaker and AFTRS alumna, Vedrana Music, with mentoring by Gillian Armstrong. The campaign featured a number of vignettes, ‘stories waiting to be told’, and Storytelling Scholarship applicants were invited to complete a story.

Since its inception in 1973 as the national film, television and radio school, AFTRS has empowered Australian storytelling talent. This Scholarship aligns with the School’s determination to support the next generation of Australian talent, equip the industry with relevant skills essential to meet ever changing needs and challenges and ensure audiences are enriched by Australian stories.