Aboriginal people have been master story tellers since the dreamtime, the chance to tell our stories on film is just an extension of our oral story telling history. Melissa Abrahams, Lester Bostock graduate.
INDIGENOUS MENTORSHIP NOW FORMS PART OF THE FIRST BREAK PROGRAM More Info Here
Supported by Screen NSW. Each filmmaker is mentored by an industry professional and supplied with equipment, stock and post production facilities.

Applicants are selected on their idea, relevant skills and how the process will impact their careers. People with experience in other artforms and practices are also encouraged to apply. To find out more call David Opitz

If you are interested in screening our works please contact us. View a selection of work here

Metro Screen also provides a range of scholarships in various areas. To find out more click here.

LESTER BOSTOCK INDIGENOUS MENTORSHIP
Each year Metro Screen with support from the NSW Film and Television Office runs the Lester Bostock scheme giving four indigenous filmmakers the opportunity to produce their first short film. Each filmmaker is provided with equipment, facilities hire, stock and post-production as well as a $2,000 budget and an industry mentor to help guide them through the process.  The following overviews the works produced by participants in 2009.

	The Caretaker It has been a long time since Willie 'The Kid' has entered the ring. But you can only run from your fears for so long and finally he must face a past he would rather forget. Filmmaker: Alanna Rose Mentor: Margot Nash
	Fault Jimmy is a man in his late 40`s, sitting alone and depressed in a small run-down room, Jimmy contemplates committing suicide over the remorse he feels from accidentally killing his childhood friend many years ago. There is a knock at the door Filmmaker: Martin Adams Mentor: Jason De Santolo
	Quarantine Quarantine the feeling of being powerless. Two teenage lovers find this out when they come in contact with a meteorite housing an intergalactic virus. Filmaker: Tyrone Sheather Mentor: Simon Portus
2008 WORKS
	Baby Girl Alana has kept her hurt buried deep inside and despite all her partying and risky behaviour the walls that keep her pain in start to crack. Only her sister can help her face the confusion of identity and loss and give her the clarity and courage to see the other side. Filmmaker: Nakkiah Lui Mentor: Darlene Johnson
	Mah Mah is the story of a family caught in a dilemma they are all trying to escape from. Two brothers bonded through blood and family adversity try to comprehend a world where their father is a violent drunk and their mother is battling to find a way out. Filmmaker: Daniel Teece-Johnson Mentor: Samantha Jennings
	Mulinjahli Muscle Got to Hustle Uncle Yarrei is a deadly Kung Fu master who is guided by the spirit of the Jabreen and when that Muliniahli muscle gets the hustle, nothing can stand in his way, not even the Pitt Street Boys. Filmmaker: Kylie Coolwell Mentor: James Marshal
	A Shearers Life: Introducing the Barker Brothers A Shearer’s Life: Introducing the Barker Brothers is the untold story of eight Aboriginal brothers working together as sheep shearers in Weilmoringle and Bourke, northwest of NSW. Filmmaker: Lorina Baker Mentor: Laszlo Szabo
2007 Works
	Blind Date Sometimes we meet a stranger who becomes unstrange. In the remote city lights, an unlikely date with destiny leaves an imprint on Rob's world forever. A startling revelation gives him a new direction toward his dreaming. Filmmaker: Rowena Lawrie Mentor: Samantha Saunders
	Flowerboy The Flower boy himself, so named by his mother, is not aware of his place in life. He thinks only of the hard walk up the hill, only of his most immediate sense of space and time. He must learn to look outside himself to see the effect his actions have on the world. Filmmaker: Daniel Randal Mentor: Dean Francis
	Kick It To Me Mick ‘Deadly’ Menzies is a retired football champion. He is determined that his son, Lance will follow in his footsteps. However his daughter, Grace has the talent. Filmmaker: Melodie-Jane Gibson Mentor: Catriona McKenzie
	Who Are You? Does society force people to hide parts of who they are within themselves? And, can those parts ever be allowed to exist as a whole? Who Are You gives a snapshot into a few peoples lives, prejudices and identity. Filmmaker: Mark McMillian Mentor: Alec Morgan
Selected 2006 Works
	Susan's Birthday Party From her first day at school Susan is thrown into the painful dilemma of thinking she has to choose between the acceptances of her disbelieving school friends or defiantly claiming her “Goori” identity. View Video Filmmaker: Maureen Logan Mentor: Alison Kelly
Selected 2005 Works
	Mabo Violent electrical storms across Australia mystically connect hundreds of Indigenous youths who set off on a graffiti awareness campaign. Using chalk, they write one word in beautiful copperplate … Mabo. View Video Filmmaker: Philip Mclaren Mentor: Lee Willis-Ardler
	Memory Memory is a film about the extraordinary resilience of love, and its power to transcend cultural boundaries. How does the death of someone we love affect us and move us to re-examine who we are and where we are going? View Video Filmmaker: Michelle Blanchard Mentor: Darlene Johnson
	Yearn Yearn is about the spoken and often unspoken disapproval often experienced by people who are “different”, and the solidarity and loyalty forged among those that share that mantle of exclusion. View Video Filmmaker: Kirstie Parker Mentor: Lee Willis-Ardler
Selected 2002 Works
	Aunty Vicki and the Doolagah Along the coast, and in the forests of NSW there is a spirit, a bad spirit. In 1932 a young girl had a frightening encounter with this spirit. He is called the Doolagah. Filmmaker: Thomas Avery Mentor: Alicia Walsh
	The Crossing When nothing can shield a father from loss, he allows the sadness to leave him hollow. But is confronting even the most overwhelming grief really more dangerous than emptiness Filmmaker: Emma Carroll Mentor: Tanith Carroll
Selected 2001 Works
	Listen Listen is an acoustical journey of discovery. From birth everyone has the gift of innocence, as time passes our gift can get lost but with the help from our own memories and spiritual assistance, all one has to do is listen. Filmmaker: Paula Maling Mentor: Dev Akim
	Starr Starr is a stylised film set in New York in the 1930s about a twenty-four year old high society socialite whose spirit is slowly drowned by the memories of her past. Filmmaker: Michelle Blakeney Mentor: Gillian Moody