Brave Archer Films

27/03/2024

I am excited to share with you the name and the poster for our brand new feature documentary film which is currently in post-production 🎥🎞

Emerson School and Brave Archer Films® present
'Unlocking The Potential: The Vital Role of Specialist Education.'

The inspiring story of Emerson School, a beacon of specialist education, and its profound impact on the lives of students with additional learning needs.

Trailer coming soon..

Official page: https://www.facebook.com/unlockingthepotentialdocumentary

26/10/2023

Not long to go 🥹 Our film Giving Back: Students Who Returned As Teachers is premiering Australia wide tomorrow at 10:30am 🍻

30/06/2023

I'm excited to announce that our film "Giving Back: Students Who Returned as Teachers" has won another award in Paris at the 2023 Around International Film Festival😎

🏆 Honorable Mention - GLOBE AWARD

A total of 19 awards so far in the film festival circuit 🥳

Congratulations to Dandenong North Primary School, the leaders, the teachers and everyone involved! Your stories and humanitarian work continue to inspire hearts around the world! 👏👏😊😊

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRQR5qwxvho

TV Premiere in Oct on SBS and SBS On-Demand.. 🥳🥳🥳🥳

14/06/2023

I'm proud to announce that our film "Giving Back: Students Who Returned as Teachers" has won two awards at the 2023 Vegas Movie Awards😎

🏆 BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM
🏆 BEST SCREENPLAY FROM A MOVIE

A total of 18 awards so far in the film festival circuit 🥳

Congratulations once again to Dandenong North Primary School, the leaders, the teachers and everyone involved! Your stories and humanitarian work continue to inspire hearts around the world! 👏👏👏😊😊😊

TV Premiere in Oct on SBS and SBS On-Demand.. 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Vegas Movie Awards

06/06/2023

I'm proud to release a mini documentary (14min) I made recently for "The Principals Association of Specialist Schools" to help raise awareness about the important role specialist schools play in helping students with disability thrive in their learning.

Plot: Six alumni from three specialist schools in Melbourne, Victoria, share their heart-warming learning journey and highlight the crucial need for specialist schools.

Six alumni from three specialist schools in Melbourne, Victoria, share their heart-warming learning journey and highlight the crucial need for specialist sch...

09/03/2023

The awards just keep coming! Our film has won another two awards at the 2023 Golden Giraffe Internatioanl Film Festival😎

🏆 Honorable Mention: BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM
🏆 Honorable Mention: BEST INSPIRATIONAL

A total of 11 awards so far and we are not even half way throught the film festival circuit 🥳 Congratulations Dandenong North Primary School, your stories and humanitarian work continue to win hearts around the world! 👏👏👏😊😊😊

Follow the Films Official page: https://www.facebook.com/GivingBackTheDocumentary

There is a childrens book now available based on the principal duo, Kevin and Jenny from Dandenong North Primary School, who have gone above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of children at their school. Its called "The Mackays Are On Their Way." Written and illustrated by the amazing Azemina Tresnjic👏😊
https://www.amazon.com.au/Mackays-Are.../dp/0645722715/

09/03/2023

Im excited to share some more great news! Our film has won another two awards at the 2023 Festigious International Film Festival!

🏆 Best Director
🏆 Best Editing

Congratulations Dandenong North Primary School, your stories and humanitarian work continue to win hearts around the world! 👏👏👏😊😊😊

09/03/2023

Here we go again.. Giving Back: Students Who Returned as Teachers has WON three awards at the 2023 Fox International Film Festival

🏆BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM
🏆BEST EDITING
🏆Honorable Mention BEST DIRECTOR

Once again A HUGE congratulations to Dandenong North Primary School, the leaders both past and present, the teachers, the students, the staff and everyone featured in the documentary! Your stories and humanitarian work continues to win hearts around the world! 🥳🥳🥳

01/03/2023

I am proud to announce that Giving Back: Students Who Returned as Teachers has WON its 4th Award at the 2023 Cannes World Film Festival.

🏆BEST HUMANITARIAN FEATURE FILM

A HUGE congratulations to DNPS, the leaders both past and present, the teachers, the students and everyone featured in the documentary! What a fantastic recognition for the humanitarian work that you do! This award is for you! 🥳🥳🥳

Here is the link to the official announcement:
https://www.cannesworldfilmfestival-archive2023.com/january-2023-winners

Please share and tag anyone I may have missed!

13/02/2023

I am proud to announce that Giving Back: Students Who Returned as Teachers has WON not one, but three awards at the 2023 FimCon Awards

🏆BEST PICTURE
🏆BEST DOCUMENTARY
🏆BEST DIRECTOR

These are some of the most prestigious award categories at film festivals and we took home all three. What a fantastic way to kick off the film festival season. Here is the link to the official announcement: https://www.filmcon.net/post/January-2023

A HUGE congratulations to DNPS, the leaders, the teachers, the students and everyone featured in the documentary! What a fantastic recogition for everyone to celebrate! 🥳🥳🥳

02/09/2022

What a very special day for everyone! :-) https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/entertainment/2022-08-29/world-premiere-for-inspiring-doco/

09/08/2022

Another great article by the Star Journal ''The End of An Era'' Front page and continuation on page 10.. https://issuu.com/starnewsgroup/docs/2022-08-09_djs_657

29/07/2022

Beautiful news article by Star Journal about the launch of Singfest: The Literacy of Music on SBS on Monday Aug 1st at 2pm. I had the honour of being interviewed for this last week. 🙏😊
Here is the Online Version:
https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/entertainment/2022-07-24/film-sings-to-the-heart/

30/05/2022

I am very excited to PREMIERE the TRAILER to our latest documentary film entitled 'Giving Back: Students Who Returned as Teachers'

The YouTube Link below will go live and Premiere at 7pm tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w__sxCQPfsQ

Dandenong North Primary School and Brave Archer Films® present 'Giving Back: Students Who Returned As Teachers.' This heart-warming film tells the story of students who became teachers and returned to their former primary school to 'give back' and make a difference to following generations.

Like our page: https://www.facebook.com/GivingBackThedocumentary

Plot Summary:
This inspiring documentary film takes us on a journey into the world of education and the crucial role it plays in social development. This heart-warming film tells the story of students who became teachers and returned to their former primary school to 'give back' and make a difference to following generations. Dandenong North Primary School, a multi-cultural school situated in a Melbourne suburb, welcomes all children and their families with open arms. The school's goal is to give children the best start on a path of lifelong learning. The importance of learning and 'giving back' is the heart of this unique and uplifting educational film, made by multi-award-winning documentary filmmaker, Amel Tresnjic.​

For more info about the school visit: https://www.dandenongnorthps.vic.edu.au/

For latest updates on the film visit: https://www.bravearcherfilms.com

19/01/2022

The film is now available on SBS on Demand by searching the title or on the following direct link:
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1989373507614/talk-for-life

I am SUPER EXCITED to announce that our film 'Talk For Life' has been picked up by SBS and will have a TV PREMIERE on the International Day of Education, this coming Monday the 24th January @ 2:30pm. After the TV Premiere the film will be available to watch over the next 12 months on SBS ON DEMAND! 😊🎬🎥📺🍿🍻

17/09/2021

Talk For Life: English as an Additional Language is currently screening online from the 6th - 23rd Sep at the prestigious 2021 Gold Movie Awards® 🎬🙏

To watch Talk For Life and fellow Official Sections from all around the world, subscribe to their Flick Fest platform @
https://theflickfest.com/collections/gold-movie-awards

Nominations will be announced on September 20th 😀🤞

The 5th Annual Gold Movie Awards® ceremony will be broadcast live from the Palazzo Guarnieri, Italy on September 24th, 4am Aussie time 😀🤞

28/08/2021

I’m absolutely STOKED to announce that Talk For Life has WON the BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Award at the 2021 Madrid International Film Festival 🎉🥂🙌🏼

This is the film's 22nd Award! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Our little doco from down under was competing with some heavy Hollywood competition. In the category of Best Feature Documentary, we were nominated with Samuel L. Jackson's high budget documentary feature 'Enslaved' as well as 'My Promise to PJ' a documentary made by Daniel Baldwin, featuring his brother Alec Baldwin 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

It was an honor to simply be nominated alongside such high profile talent and high budget documentaries! In the end Talk For Life won the judges hearts 🎉🎉🎉🎉 🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰

Once again A HUGE congratulations to DNPS and everyone featured in the documentary! This is all because of YOU! Its your story, your passion and love for what you do that shines through the documentary and wins hearts all around the world 🥰 NOT EVEN Samuel L. Jackson or the Baldwin brothers can compete with that 😎

Thank you Film Fest International for yet another fantastic film festival! And congrats to all the winners and nominees🎞🎬🥂🥰🥳

06/08/2021

Editing has begun on Giving Back: Students Who Returned As Teachers 🤗

05/06/2021

I’m absolutely proud to announce that Talk For Life has WON the Science and Education Award at the 2021 Nice International Film Festival 🎉🥂🙌🏼

This is the film's 21st Award! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

A HUGE congratulations to DNPS and everyone involved in the documentary! This is all because of YOU! This award recognises and celebrates the tremendous success of the EAL program! Absolutely amazing! Its your passion and love for what you do that shines through the documentary and wins hearts all around the world 🥰

Thank you Film Fest International for yet another fantastic film festival! And congrats to all the winners and nominees🎞🎬🥂🥰🥰🥰

31/05/2021

Talk For Life is currently screening Online in France (May 31st - 4th June) at the 2021 Nice International Film Festival and is nominated in 4 categories🎬🙏

To watch Talk For Life and fellow nominees from all around the world, get your screening pass @ https://www.filmfestinternational.com/pro.../screening-pass/

Winners will be announced on Sat 5th June 3am Aussie Time 😀🤞🤞🤞🤞

21/05/2021

Today's behind the scenes of Giving Back: Students Who Returned As Teachers.

This heart-warming film tells the story of students who became teachers and returned to their former primary school to 'give back' and make a difference to following generations 🙂
Like our official page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/GivingBackTheDocumentary

21/05/2021

Today I had the privilege in interviewing The Hon. Gabrielle Williams. Gabrielle is the State Member for Dandenong, Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, Minister for Women and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.

Gabrielle, thank you for sharing your inspiring journey with me and thank you for the wonderful work you do for the Dandenong community! You have my vote 🙏😊

"Giving Back: Students Who Returned As Teachers. This heart-warming film tells the story of students who became teachers and returned to their former primary school to 'give back' and make a difference to following generations" 😊

Like our official page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/GivingBackTheDocumentary

17/05/2021

Filming continues on Giving Back: Students Who Returned As Teachers.

This heart-warming film tells the story of students who became teachers and returned to their former primary school to 'give back' and make a difference to following generations 🙂
Like our official page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/GivingBackTheDocumentary

07/05/2021

Filming continues on Giving Back: Students Who Returned As Teachers. 🙂

This heart-warming film tells the story of students who became teachers and returned to their former primary school to 'give back' and make a difference to following generations 🙂

Like our official page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/GivingBackTheDocumentary

03/05/2021

Filming continues on Giving Back: Students Who Returned As Teachers. This heart-warming film tells the story of students who became teachers and returned to their former primary school to 'give back' and make a difference to following generations 🙂

Like our official page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/GivingBackTheDocumentary

12/04/2021

I’m absolutely honored to announce that Talk For Life has WON Best Feature Documentary Film at the 2021 North Europe International Film Festival 🎉🥂🙌🏼

This is the film's 20th Award! 🤯🤯🤯

Here is a little reaction clip from the live awards ceremony where the win was announced 😀🥰🙏 Thank you Melissa Tresnjic Ahmed Besirevic and Mina Tresnjic for joining me early in the morning. You have made this one a very special one 🥰🥰🥰

Once again A HUGE congratulations to the EAL teachers and leaders of DNPS! This is all because of YOU! Its your passion and love for what you do that shines through the documentary and wins hearts all around the world 🥰

Beyond blessed and honored. Thank you Dan and Steve @ Fusion International Film Festivals and the festival jury! And congrats
to all the winners and nominees🎬🥂🥰🥰🥰

12/04/2021

I’m absolutely honored to announce that Talk For Life has WON Best Feature Documentary Film at the 2021 North Europe International Film Festival 🎉🥂🙌🏼

This is the film's 20th Award! 🤯🤯🤯

Once again A HUGE congratulations to the EAL teachers and leaders of DNPS! This is all because of YOU! Its your passion and love for what you do that shines through the documentary and wins hearts all around the world 🥰

Beyond blessed and honored. Thank you Dan and Steve @ Fusion International Film Festivals and the festival jury! And congrats
to all the winners and nominees🎬🥂🥰🥰🥰