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FILMMAKER|CULTURAL PRACTITIONER[EMPLOYMENT]2014 Associate Producer/ Extras Casting Coordinator/ Stunt double for lead character Petal in ABC TVs MaximumChoppage, 6 part TV series

due to air in October, 2014.

AFTRS Casual Tutor-VariousWorkshopsforfilmmaking,editing,fightchoreography/stagecombat

Villawood Storytelling Project, Vietnamese interpreting facilitator, Information&CulturalExchange(ICE)2013 Vietnamese Community of Australia (VCA) NSW Chapter

-Vice-PresidentofExternalAffairs2013-2015Term. Artistic Director & Story devise, Women s Refugee Theatre Play, Immigrant & Refugee Womens Network. Show was performed on

Harmony Day, Fairfield, 2013.

Director/ producer for Cancer Council funded movie Change Of Our Lives

- Feb-Augworkingontheconceptdevelopment,scriptwriting,workshopdevelopmentandtrainingforthiscommunitybasedproject.

Roger Cormans movie Fist of the Dragon, shot in Nanhai, China .-Assistingthestuntsdepartmentasaworkshoptrainer,onset,aswellasfulfillingtheactingroleofZhen;killerassassin.Thismoviewillbereleasedin2014.

AFTRS Casual Tutor-MacArthurFilmmakingWorkshop,HornsbyGirlsHighSchool,FightChoreography/StageCombat

Foxtels Chatterbox TVs segment Women In Action, Youth; Lily Simpson, Volunteers; Wentworthville Community Gardens, Taboo;People who eat bugs

-Responsiblefortheproducing,hostingandandpostproductionofthesegmentsfortheshow.2012 Screen NSW

-EmergingProducerattachedtothecompanysdevelopmentexecutives.GraphicsdesignfororgseventsaswellascameraworkandpostproductionforInsideOutWorkshopsession.

Intern writing team, Matchbox Pictures for ABC TV series Maximum Choppage [working title]. Artistic Director/ Trainer facilitator, Press Play Theatre Project,

-Year-longtheatreprojectworkingwithyoungpeoplefromFairfield&LurneaHighSchoolincollaborationwithyoungpeoplefromtheregionalfarmingtownofGriffith.Finalshowwasonthe29thofJune,2014atCasulaPowerhouse.

2011 Producers assistant/ Researcher, SBS TV 3 x 60 min documentary Once Upon A Time in Cabramatta due to air nationally in 2012.- ThisshowexplorestheVietnameserefugee(atestcaseformulticulturalism)intakepostWhiteAustraliaPolicyandtheirexperiencetothepresentday.Iminvolvedintheresearch,interviewingprocessandonaculturaladvisorycapacity.

Founder of Digital Series Film Club, a film collective based in Western Sydney. Funded by Fairfield City Council. Urban Cultures Project Coordinator, Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE)

-WorkingwithinternationalCanadianartistsMCrapperTheNarcycistandmixedmedia,visualandmultimediaartist,SundusAbd-HadiincollaborationwithlocalartiststocreatenewworksforHipHopProjections6Exhibition

Multimedia/ film trainer, Canley Vale High School -Runningaseriesofweeklyworkshops/mentorshipsforyear10-12ondevelopingashortfilmthatreflectsontheirexperiences.

2009 Vietlish TV!-Vietnamesefirstonlineyouthbasedduallanguageonlinecontent.

2008 Producer, JTV/ ABC Downtown Rumble micro TV series2007-10 Youth Digital Cultures Project Coordinator, Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE)

-EmpoweringyoungpeoplefromWesternSydneyviadigitalartsandmultimedia2006 Film producer/ coordinator, Rumble Pictures, Cabramatta

-MakeaseriesofworksfromdocumentariestofeaturefilmsthatrepresentedtheAsian-Australianidentityonscreen.

[PROJECTS]2013

2011

Screen Acting Essentials; projecttoempowertheAsian-AustraliancommunitiesofWesternSydneyinactingandfightchoreographyQuest for Jackie TransmediaNation-widefilmartprojectthatisaboutdiversecommunitiesweavingtheirownprojectsandinitiativeswithHongKongcinemaandJackieChan.

2010 Koori StoriesInpartnershipwithPenrithCityCouncilandSpynsIncindeliveringdigitalandtraditionalartsbasedworkshopstoyoungKoorikidsinthePenritharea.

2009 Vietnamese Storycubes-$4000forVietnameseStorycubesnarrativestorytellingintergenerationalprojectwiththeeldersoftheVietnaneseCommunity.

Ninjas of DawnAperformativeflashmobbingsocialexperimenttotestthethemesofracism,indifference,alienationandTheOther.Pop Series: Making shorts that Speak Out! designandcoordinationofanAdvancedfilmmakingcourseforyoungpeoplefromculturallydiversebackgroundslivinginWesternSydney.6filmswerecollaborativelymadeArtstartNSWYouthandSkillsTrainingGrant-$55,000,Yearlongbase

fundingforyouthartsbasedtrainingindigitalmedia

2008 Mai Am Tan BinhArtist/digitalmediatrainerinHoChiMinhCity,Vietnamfacilitatingmoviemakingandzineworkshopswithstreetchildren.TheoutcomesincludingawardwinningshortfilmHappyDent.

Lattice: Sydney Proboscisled,withInformationandCulturalExchangeandtheBritishCouncilinSydney,aworkshopwithWesternSydneycreativepractitioners.PartoftheBritishCouncilsCreativeCityproject.

[PRESENTATION/CONFERENCES/ LECTURES/ WORKSHOPS]2013 September, Judging Panel for 2013 olourfest Pitching ompetition,Parramatta

July, Asian Australian Alliance for Community Developmentspeaking on Asian Australian Voices organized by the Australian Asian Alliance. 2012 'Creative Industries, Youth Culture and Identity Politics in Southeast Asia' presenting on VietnameseIndiefilmandAsianAustralianfilm.This

conference is a part of a series of events hosted by the Island Southeast Asia Centre along the theme of IntersectionsofArea,MediaandCultural

Studieswhich aim to critically question the established understanding of, and the relationship between, these three studies, with Southeast Asian

region as the object of investigation.

2011 Whats a Westie Story, as a part of the B-Movies initiative at Bankstown Arts CentreFacilitatedbyLinaKastoumis.Discussionsonmainstreamvscommunitystorytellingandhowgrassrootsfilm-basedinitiatives

canleavealastingimpression.

2010 The Transmedia Process workshopUniversity of Hong Kong, Dr Gina Marchetti, Dept, of Comparative Studies. I did a presentation on how themes can have different angles of

storytelling and how to employ different mechanisms to get your ideas out there.

Ideas to Realities nation-wide workshop in partnership with Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre, Darwin Community Arts,Perth Film Network, Community Arts- South Australia, Footscray Community Arts Centre and Hobart Salamanca Arts Centre. I

wasresponsibleforthedesignanddeliveryofworkshopsacrossthecountryonthethemeofhowindividualsideascanbecomeactivated.

2009 AUSTRALIAN youTHINK Youth Forum

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Representating culturally diverse young people on the issue of 'Violence and Safety' and 'Contributing to Our Democracy'.

Facilitated by Minister for Youth, Kate Ellis. Ref: Jo Bennett

Lilas womens creativity onference, 7-8 Mar 2009.Presentation: Digital storytelling and Grassroots Projects. Delivered to 30 community leaders, artists, activists who have

passion for social justice. Ref. Samia Hossain.

Creating Synergy: Creative ways forward in AOD and Mental Health, University of Wollongong, 1-3 July, 2009.Presentation: to over 100 practitioners, mental health workers, academics, governmental agencies on the outcomes of digital

storytelling. Ref. Heidi Freeman.

Creative Sydney: Telling Stories and Telling it Like it is Discussion, 2 June, 2009.Representation of culturally diverse young people on the diversity of creative culture in Sydney amongst renown media makers.

Multicultural Summit: From Reflection to Rejuvenation, 26-28 Oct 2009. QLD.Presentation: on Empowering Culturally Diverse Communities through the Digi tal Age and participation in debating the

controversial topic Multiculturalism is dead Long Live Social Inclusion.

Community Education Conference, Blue Mountains TAFE, Dec, 2009.Presentation: Facilitating Change through Community EducationRef. Brett Bellingham

Viral Ports, Virtual Currents: Interconnections of Media, the Arts and the Everyday in Southeast Asia and its Diasporas.University of California, Riverside.

Presentation: Vietlish: New Media in the Vietnamese Diaspora. Ref: Dr Ashley Carruthers.

2008 Fairfield Youth Advisory CommitteePresentation: Leadership through the Arts. Ref. Peter Hope

Youth Action Policy ConferencePresentation: Participation through the Digital Age. Ref. Peter Hope

Making Links Conference: Social Action and Technology Converge, 11-13 Nov, 08, University of Melbourne.Beyond Digital Stories: Real Opportunities for Diverse Communities

Ref: Lilliana Ruti

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Gen Y PanelRepresentation: culturally diverse young people, communities from migrant and refugee background. Ref. Steven Alward.

[FILOGRAPHY]2012 Gaffa

WinnerofHoytsPeoplesChoiceAwardsforthe2013JoyhouseFilmFestival

Co-Producer/ Actor Short Film, 6

mins

Craigfx Productions, Jusmedia, Fideo

FIlms

Hit GirlsWinnerofthe2013ActionofFilmFestival,LosAngeles

2013BreakoutActionStarFemale

2013BestVillain-Short

Producer/ Actor/ Co-

director

Short Film,

18 mins

Phoenixeye Productions, Jusmedia,

Fideo FIlms

Enter The Dojo Writer/ Producer Short Film Jusmedia, Fideo FIlms2011 Hot Bread Shop

Officiallyselectedforthe2011ColourfestFilmFestival

Director/ Writer Mock Short Dragon Vision Productions

Vietnamese Mosaic Writer/ Director/Producer

Short doco Phoenixeye Production

Quest for Jackie Chan Producer/ Director Trailer Phoenix Eye Production2010 Real or Imagine

WinnerofPopSeries:ShortsthatSpeakOut!Competition

Producer Short Drama

Information & Cultural Exchange

Bullies Director/ Writer Mock Short You Cake Productions Interpretations Director Mock Short You Cake Productions

Immersion Film Course Producer/ Editor Event Doco Asia & Entertainment Studios,Nanhai

The Fight Director/ Editor Short Film Urban Parkour GroupJokers Jam Producer/ Writer Event Doco Powerhouse Youth Theatre

2009 Vietnamese StorycubesScreeningat2009SouthEastAsian:TextRitual&Performance

Conference,Riverside,California

Director Short Doco Fairfield City Council

Moon Festival Producer/ Writer Short Doco Cabramatta Place Management2008 Happy Dent

BestFilm&AchievementinDirecting2008ShortcutsFilmFestival

Director/ Writer Short Doco-

drama

Mai Am Tan Binh

Maximum Choppage: Round 2 Producer Feature Film Rumble PicturesMore Than Words Producer Short Drama Rumble PicturesTed and IDowntown Rumble Producer TV Series ABC TV

2007 A Little DreamMetroScreenMulticulturalGrant

Director/ Writer Short Drama Metro Screen

The ElevatorPeoplesChoiceAwards,Y-FlicksFilmForum

Producer/ Editor Short Drama Information & Cultural Exchange

[ACHIEVEMENTS]2013 Winner for Breakout Female Action Star;Short feature category for Hit Girls film; 2013 Action on Film International Film Festival, Los Angeles

2011 NSW State Champion, Metro Screen National Pitching Competition

2010 Happy Dent,short doco, 2010 Shortcuts Film Festival, Best Film & Achievement in Directing Categories

2009 Young Leadership Rotary Award, humanitarian digital media arts workshops at Mai Am Tam Binh Orphan School

Fairfield City Councils Young Persons of the Year,nominee

WSROC Womens Leadership Award,Pay-It-Forward Category

1998 World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Hwa Rang TaekwondoBlack belt

- 1998 NSW Station Junior Champion (Orange Belt)

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REFERENCES]Mouna Zaylah

Community Cultural

Development Manager

Information & Cultural

Exchange (ICE)

Tiffany lee Shoy

Senior Cultural and Urban

Planner

Fairfield City Council

Danielle Antaki

Managing Director

Powerhouse Youth Theatre

Craig Anderson

Director/writer

Double the Fist & Myles

Review ABC TV Series

Antony Szeto

Director/ Producer

Ace Studios, Nanhai - China

Craig Graham

Executive Producer

Fredbird Entertaiment

Sue Clothier

Executive Producer

Northern Pictures

Trung Ly

Youth General Manager

Dong Tam Martial Arts Youth

Association