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    You are the cheese to my macaroni: Preserving the archive of Australia’s oldest film school
    Hensler, D (University of Melbourne, 2016-06-01)
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    Producing the Self: an epistolary reflection of a PhD research journey
    Lyon, D (Centre of Visual Arts (CoVA) University of Melbourne and the University of Western Australia, 2021-11-26)
    In this letter to research graduates, author Donna Lyon embarks on a reflexive account of her PhD research journey. She explores the methodological challenges of producing a practice-led digital archive research project, for pedagogical, research and engagement purposes. Alongside this, is a reflective discussion on the personal and professional discoveries that she made along the way. The author shifts from the pragmatism of being an effective industry producer to one who introduces broader reflections of her processes and their implications on the practice, enhancing the action-based nature of the exploration. This precipitated a broader reflective practice, combining the authors personal experiences of publicly claiming her experiences as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and how it informed her working methods and relationship to the research and films in the archive. As the films in the archive were transformed from old media into new media, so too was the researcher’s personal and professional identity as she began to express and re-claim self.
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    The (Officially) Curated Student Film Archive
    Hensler, D (The University of Melbourne, 2016-12-23)
    The [Officially] Curated VCA Student Film Archive aims to organise, curate and showcase the many quality student films made at VCA. The project is about unlocking the VCA Film School archive for the first time to create new intersections between expert knowledge, curatorial practice and student-generated content. Unprecedented online access will be granted to the graduate student film works of Australia’s oldest film school (the archive contains more than 1,700 short films dating back to 1967). This hidden collection will now be made available so that new audiences discover the content and teaching, learning and research opportunities can be created.
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    The Postman
    Hensler, D ; Bostock, A (The University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts, Film and Television, 2006)
    An elderly postman lives alone and lonely following the death of his wife. An act of kindness towards a young boy opens up his life again through the game of chess. But when the boy moves away, the post takes on a new significance for the postman.
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    Just Desserts
    Hensler, D ; Barlett, G ; Karikari, N (Velvet Films, 2009)
    Just Desserts' is a short film which plays as a darkly comedic thriller. Set in a remote truck stop cafe in Australia's rural hinterland it tells the story of two middle aged sisters and their struggle to overcome the ghosts of their past. The film stars Colette Mann, Wendy Hughes and Stephen Leeder. Collette recieved a Best actress Award at Young At Heart Film Festival for her role as Frances. The film was funded by Film Victoria, Velvet films and Thirdrow films and was written by Gillian Bartlett, produced by Donna Lyon for Velvet Films and directed by Nigel Karikari. 'Just Desserts' has screened widely at international festivals including Interfilm Berlin, Rhode Island, Hollyshorts, Flickerfest and was selected as the supporting short for Bruce Beresford's epic biopic 'Mao's Last Dancer' at the 2011 London Australian Film Festival.