The 2012 Dungog Film Festival Photos

The beautiful country town of Dungog

The Saturday Night Rock and Reel Party

Screen Actors Workshop director Alan Nurthen and Dungog Film Festival director Allanah Zitserman on the red carpet at the historic James Theatre, Dungog

Screen Actors Workshop director Alan Nurthen and coordinator Vera Polianskaia at the James Theatre, Dungog

Actor Frank Stead with tutor Alan Nurthen

Advanced students Christine Fullerton and Iwona Abramowicz: 2011 Studio Christmas party

Screen Actors Workshop co-ordinator Vera Polianskaia with advanced students Jasmina Savic & Jodie Campbell at the 2011 Australian Directors Guild Christmas party

Advanced adults clowning around after class.

Awards Night Archive Galleries on PicasaWeb

All the photos from the award’s nights taken by Ian Nicholson can be found here,
and the photos by Jodie Campbell can be found here.

Screen Actors Workshop Awards Night Archive

Daniel Skoric and Alan Nurthen

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