Madeleine Martiniello

Three artists, singer-songwriter Jess Ribeiro, muralist Joel Moore (aka Vans the Omega) and sculptor Pimpisa Tinpalit confront the challenge of creating a public artwork to reignite the search for those who have disappeared.

The story of the 83-year-old’s life, who arrived in Australia penniless in 1956 from Sicily and became a millionaire. Part biography, part cultural celebration, Madeleine Martiniello’s film traces Cozzo’s personal fortunes alongside those of the generations of migrants who have been drawn to his ornate, ostentatious wares, viewing ownership of them as a sign of success.

Tomato Day is a short study of the tension between nostalgia and the filmic image. Many hands at work labour over a family tradition as it is translated between the generations.

A room full of potential stars. But these ones have fur. Filming Dogs follows a small scruffy terrier called Ra as she attends an animal actor audition with three other dog actors. Ra is thirteen years old and is running out of time to realise the fame her human, the filmmaker, thinks she deserves. At its core, Filming Dogs explores the reasons for their humans seeking on-screen fame for their dogs and questions whether it is for us, for them, or for some other reason.