NFSA blog entries by Imelda Cooney

The same week he won three Grammy awards in LA, Gotye shared his composition and performance techniques with 90 high-school students for NFSA Connects.

The first nationwide NFSA Connects session, dedicated to Rabbit Proof Fence, resonated strongly with students, says program coordinator Imelda Cooney.

The NFSA ventured to sunny Cairns for the 2012 Queensland Education, Science and Technology Network (QUESTnet) conference.

Director Kriv Stenders and editor Jill Bilcock discuss the making of Red Dog with Queensland high school students for the latest NFSA Connects.

The everyday lives of a group of Sydney private school girls, a renowned film director and an Indigenous actress couldn’t be any more different, yet they all found some common ground through the NFSA Connects program. NFSA Education Coordinator Imelda Cooney writes.

Rachel Perkins and Paul Kelly discuss One Night The Moon with students via web conference.

On Thursday September 16, highly-acclaimed violinist, Niki Vasilakis and producer Joanna Buggy discussed the documentary film 4 via videoconference with over 60 music and media students from around the state of South Australia, including students at the event’s location – Christies Beach High School, south of Adelaide.

Last Friday about 150 Drama and English students from nine high schools around NSW attended a Q&A with actor Aden Young and film director Ian Darling. This was School screen's most successful videoconference to date. Amid the thunderous applause there was one image that really made me smile – a handwritten sign held up to the camera that read: 'We Love You Aden’!