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Huna Amweero Huna Amweero i(13008229 works by)
Born: Established: 1988 ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Lebanese ; African-American
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BiographyHistory

A graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Huna Amweero holds both a Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting (2012) and a Diploma in Screenwriting. She is also the author of short films Embrace (2013) and Bo Mi (2013).

She has been a recipient of the Emerging Filmmakers Fund from Screen NSW (2014).

Huna is the daughter of Nicola Joseph.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Blaze ( dir. Del Kathryn Barton ) Australia : Causeway Films , 2022 13008260 2022 single work film/TV

'After accidentally witnessing a woman being raped, a 12 year-old girl left catatonic with shock, struggles to make sense of what she saw and ultimately finds renewal in the inestimable world of her imagination.'

Source: Screen Australia funding approval.
2023 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
2023 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
2022 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Director
2022 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Film
2022 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Original
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