Ted O'Brien (Fairfax, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

STUFFit. That's the name of a fantastic film festival run out of my electorate in Fairfax: the STUFFit Student Film Festival. It is for year 7 to year 12 students to show their wares. This year it was, yet again, managed perfectly—well done to St John's College for doing just that. It was held at the Majestic Cinemas in Nambour. This year they had submissions from right across the word—from as close as New Zealand but also from Russia and the United States. I want to call out to the organisers, because, yet again, they have made this festival something special. In particular, I call out to Jasmine McCaul, Kathryn Keirnan-Molloy and Bernadette Natoli. But it's Olivia Claridge who I really want to acknowledge. This year 12 woman has been helping manage this festival since year 8, and this year she emceed it perfectly. If she goes forth to do other things in life, I say thank you to her and to her colleagues. Anyone in this space needs to remember the words of Steven Spielberg, who said, 'I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.' Let the younger people of this nation dream, and let them bring that to life through film.

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