Nicole Gulasekharam – The Quirky Best Friend

Nicole Gulasekharam

Writer | Producer | Actor | The Quirky Best Friend

Nicole has been semi-obsessed with the arts industry and community from a very young age. She has primarily been working as an actor, appearing in shows such as Barracuda, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Wentworth, Matching Jack, Small Time Gangster, and As The Bell Rings.In 2019, Nicole co-wrote and co-produced a six-part narrative comedy web series Delete History, which has been touring the festival circuit and is now available on YouTube. She is super chuffed to be part of CinefestOZ this year with her comedy short film The Quirky Best Friend.

Instagram: @nicole_gula

Schedule meeting

Zareh Nalbandian

2018

Michael Caton

2018

Sigrid Thornton – Jury Chair

2018

Ewen Leslie

2017

Cappi Ireland

2017

Veronica Fury

2017

Reg Cribb

2017

Scott Hicks – Jury Chair

2017

Damian Walshe-Howling

2016

Sue Taylor

2016

Garry Phillips

2016

Emma Booth

2016

Gillian Armstrong – Jury Chair

2016

Margaret Pomeranz

2014

Sarah Snook

2015

Sue Milliken

2014

Benjamin Illos

2014

Marta Dusseldorp

2014

Bruce Beresford – Jury Chair

2014

Annie Murtagh-Monks

2015

Liz Kearney

2015

Wayne Blair

2015

David Wenham – Jury Chair

2015

Cart

Wishlist

Cart

Wishlist

Account

1%

2018

Ladies in Black

2018

The Merger

2018

WINNER – Jirga

2018

Australia Day

2017

Jungle : MIFF@CinefestOZ

2017

Three Summers

2017

WINNER – Ali’s Wedding

2017

Jasper Jones

2016

Spin Out

2016

The Death and Life of Otto Bloom

2016

WINNER – Girl Asleep

2016

WINNER – Putuparri and the Rainmakers

2015

Backtrack

2015

Now Add Honey

2015

Pawno

2015

The Daughter

2015

The Waler: Australia’s Great War Horse

2014

The Reckoning

2014

Son of a Gun

2014

Felony

2014

My Mistress

2014

WINNER – Paper Planes

2014

2010 – Steve Bisley

Screen Legends

2011 – David Wenham

Screen Legends

2011 – Fred Schepisi

Screen Legends

2012 – Bryan Brown

Screen Legends

2013 – Jack Thompson

Screen Legends

2014 – Bruce Beresford

Screen Legends

2014 – Joel Edgerton

Screen Legends

Measure for Measure: MIFF@CinefestOZ

2019

2015 – Hugo Weaving

Screen Legends

2016 – Gillian Armstrong

Screen Legends

Judy & Punch

2019

Hearts and Bones

2019

The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson

2021, Film Prize Finalists

WINNER! Nitram MIFF@CinefestOZ

2021, Film Prize Finalists

Here Out West

2021, Film Prize Finalists

WINNER! H is for Happiness: MIFF@CinefestOZ

2019

River

2021, Film Prize Finalists

GO!

2019

2017 – Jacqueline McKenzie

Screen Legends

2017 – Scott Hicks

Screen Legends

2018 – Sigrid Thornton

Screen Legends

Ben Young

2019

Marta Dusseldorp

2019

Alex Dimitriades

2019

Rachel Ward – Jury Chair

2019

2021 – Isla Fisher

Screen Legends

2019 – Kelton Pell

Screen Legends

Western Australian Museum: Distant Discoveries

Free, Cinesnaps, Digital Pods

Busselton Jetty for Schools

Free, Cinesnaps, Digital Pods

Screen Performance: School to Industry

General, CineOnline

Cinesnaps Project Breakdown Document

Free, Cinesnaps, Digital Pods

Goolarri Media: Careers in the Industry

Free, CineOnline, IndigifestOZ

Where Are They Now?

CineOnline, General

IndigifestOZ Experience

Free, CineOnline, IndigifestOZ

Living Regionally & Working in Film

General, CineOnline

Director’s Approach with Antony Webb

Premium, CineOnline

Our Voices on Screen #2

CineOnline, IndigifestOZ

Creative Licensing in Music Documentaries

Premium, CineOnline

No Stories about us, without us!

Premium, CineOnline

Strengthening First Nations Storytelling

Premium, CineOnline, IndigifestOZ, Industry

Bringing it Home

Premium, CineOnline, Industry

Australianness: The On and Offshore of it

Premium, CineOnline

BINGE – Meet the Streamer

Premium, CineOnline

“Lifetime Guarantree” Short Film

Premium, CineOnline

Industry Session -Book to Screen Adaptations

Premium, CineOnline

Directors Spotlight with Zak Hilditch

Premium, CineOnline

Holy Foley

Digital Pods

The Power of Sound

General, CineOnline

The Internet and Your Digital Footprint

General, CineOnline

Post Production: Make The Cut

CineOnline, Premium

Photos in Film

General, CineOnline

Editing: Getting to Know the Software

General, CineOnline

I Want To Make A Film About Women

Premium, CineOnline

Down To Earth – Short Film Experience

Premium, CineOnline

Our Voices On Screen #1

Free, CineOnline, IndigifestOZ

Shoot to Win: Filmmaking Masterclass with Myles Pollard

Premium, CineOnline

Helen Shervington

CinefestOZ, Guests

Jub Clerc – CinefestOZ Board

David Barton – CinefestOZ Board

Emma Scotney – CinefestOZ Board

CinefestOZ, Guests

Warren Griffiths – CinefestOZ Board Secretary

Jennifer Burrows – CinefestOZ Board Treasurer

Margaret Buswell – CinefestOZ Deputy Chair

CinefestOZ, Guests

Pauline Vukelic – CinefestOZ Board

CinefestOZ, Guests

Diana Wearing Smith – CinefestOZ Board

CinefestOZ, Guests

Susie Annus – CinefestOZ Board

CinefestOZ, Guests

Dot West – CinefestOZ Board

CinefestOZ, Guests

Duncan Ord – CinefestOZ Board

CinefestOZ, Guests

Gary Evershed – CinefestOZ Board

CinefestOZ, Guests

Olivia Nardini – Swimming for Gold

Kelton Pell – Koorda

Annie Murtagh-Monks – Cinesnaps Jury

Jub Clerc – Sweet As, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalist Guests

Daisy Axon – H is for Happiness

Emma Jackson – Deb

Antony Webb – Carmentis

Kate Separovich – Good Night

Short Film

Sam Lara Industry Panel Guest

2023 Myles Pollard – Cinesnaps Chair

Screen Legends

Zak Hilditch

Festival

Zak Hilditch

Julia Redwood – Industry Panel Guest

Matthew Horrocks – Industry Panel Guest

Paul Wiegard (virtual)

Joel Pearlman (virtual)

John Sheedy – Industry Panel Guest (online)

Mike Baard – Industry Panel Guest (online)

Lisa Hoppe – Industry Panel Guest (online)

Nick Forward – Industry Panel Guest (online)

Jamie Hilton

Anne Robinson – Industry Panel Guest (Online)

John Fairhead

Industry

Chanel Bowen

Industry, Guests

Mark Boskell – Industry Panel Guest

Stuart Morrice – Industry Panel Guest

Steve Jaggi – Industry Panel Guest (Online)

Graeme Mason – Industry Panel Guest (online)

Cassandra Nguyen – Hold Up

Sam Siversson – The Cat woman

Short Film

Sharnya Thomson Yates – CHOICE

Matt Hodgkinson- Tent Girl

Jessica Russel-Hy_Brian

Deland Tay- Hold Up

Jacqueline Pelczar-Sparkles

Leslie Hornung- Open Up

Tristan Winter – A Handful of Toenails

Alex Philp – Pools

Alison Rodrigues- Hold Up

Stephanie Davis – Antecedents

Samuel Rodwell- Inferno

Jay Jay Jegatheva – The Saint

Short Film

Mimi Helm- Tent Girl

Samuel Herriman – Elagabalus

Cody Greenwood

Radheya Jegatheva – The Saint

Short Film

Taihra Swaine – Peanut

Alzbeta Rekosh – Peanut

Brooke Tia Silcox – Freedom Swimmer

Short Film

Kelton Pell

Patrons

Luke Carroll – Short Film Jury Member

Kate Walsh – Short Film Jury Member

Ben O’Shea – MC

Festival

Kate Walsh – Producer, Actor

Taryne Laffar – Jury Chair

Macario De Souza – 6 Festivals

Feature Film Guests, Short Film Jury

John V. Soto – AVARICE

Feature Film Guests

Lewis Tolley – (Not So) Great Expectations

Short Film

Lesley Pinder – Breathe

Short Film

Lawrence Phelan – Favour on the Fourth Floor

Short Film

Kristen Settinelli – Learning The Curvature Of The Earth

Short Film

Krew Boylan – Seriously Red, Short Film Jury Chair

Film Prize Finalist Guests, Short Film Jury

Kristina Ceyton – Of An Age, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Kasimir Burgess – Franklin, MIFF@CinefestOz

Feature Film Guests

Karina Banno – The Party Job

Short Film

Madeleine Jurd – Confidant

Short Film

Briege Whitehead – Beyond The Milky Way, VR Experience

Industry

Meredith Emmanuel – Gravel Road

Feature Film Guests

Megan Smart – Stonefish and MC

Short Film, Festival

Nick Batterham

Festival, 2023

Emma Booth

2022, Film Prize Jury

Melissa Kelly

Film Prize Jury, 2022

Sara Edwards

Festival, 2023

Sean McDonald

Festival, 2023

Matt Vesely

Festival, 2023

2022 – Richard Roxburgh Jury Chair

2022, Film Prize Jury, Screen Legends

Meyne Wyatt

2022, Film Prize Jury

Mahmudul Raz – Hash Browns

Short Film

Madeleine Stewart – Inspire Me

Short Film

Claire Fletcher – Look The Part

Short Film

Jesse James – Bitter Sweet

Short Film

Jason van Genderen – Everybodys Oma

Feature Film Guests, Short Film Jury

Adam Piron

Industry, 2022, Film Prize Jury

Eve Beck – Confidant

Short Film

Douglas Watkin

Short Film Jury

Del Kathryn Barton – BLAZE

Feature Film Guests

Chris Thompson – Learning the Curvature of the Earth

Short Film

Brodie Poole – General Hercules

Feature Film Guests

Andrew Stodart – GAMMA

Short Film

Allegra Teo – The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay

Schools

Ben Young – Hounds Of Love

Feature Film Guests

Bettina Hamilton

Festival, 2023

Monique Wilson – Pieces

Feature Film Guests

Martin Wilson – Pieces

Feature Film Guests

Alena Lodkina – Petrol, MIFF@CinefestOz

Feature Film Guests

Alexandra Nell – Hash Browns

Short Film

Amanda Morrison – Wirnitj

Short Film

Jackson Tozer – HatchBack

Hayley Surgenor – Breathe

Short Film

Harry Quinlan – Favour on the Fourth Floor

Short Film

Gizela Maartens – GAMMA

Short Film

Elias Anton – Of An Age, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Dr Andrew Lu – MIFF Board Member

Partners

Daniel Webber – Seriously Red

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Christopher Kamen – Franklin, MIFF@CinefestOz

Feature Film Guests

Chris Paik-Swan – Bittersweet

Short Film

Christie Hammond – (Not So) Great expectations

Short Film

Carlos Sanson – Sweet As, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Cal McLean – Hash Browns

Short Film

Dana Joliffee – (Not So) Great Expectations

Short Film

Darius Devas – Unravelling

Feature Film Guests

Cathy Rodda

Festival, 2023

Mark Woods

Festival

Hon Jackie Jarvis

Partners, Partners

Leigh Dawson – Public Engagement Director

Partners, Partners

Lanie Chopping – Director General

Partners, Partners

Caroline Bainbridge – Unravelling

Feature Film Guests

Angela Bates – Head of First Nations at Screen Australia

Industry, Partners

Amanda Maple Brown – Evicted! A Modern Romance

Feature Film Guests

Kathryn Vinella

Festival, 2023

Mikey Hamer – Harsh Climate, Harsh Truth

Short Film

Matt Nable – Transfusion

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Lachlan Mcleod – Clean

Feature Film Guests

John Schwartz – Transfusion

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Jessica Carrera – Seriously Red

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Tony Ayres

Industry, 2022, Film Prize Jury

Richard Todd

Schools

Nathan Jacobs

Partners, Partners

Clare Plueckhahn

Festival, 2023

David Bromley

Festival, 2023

Delaney Murphy

Festival, 2023

Tasma Walton, Sweet As, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Tristan Winter – MC

Festival

Cathy Henkel – MC

Festival

Liz Kearney – Sweet As, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Sue Thomson, Under Cover, MIFF@CinefestOz

Feature Film Guests

Teresa Zolnierkiewicz

Partners, Festival

Zara Zoe

Schools, Short Film

Tania Beeson

Festival

Steve Badenhorst

Partners, Partners

Rikki Lea Bestell

Partners, Partners

Gillian Alexy – Avarice

Feature Film Guests

Emma Fletcher

Schools

Emma Vickery – Peregrinations of a Citizen Botanist

Short Film

Pippa Grandison – The Party Job

Penelope McDonald – Audrey Napanangka

Feature Film Guests

Patrick Townsend – The Purchase

Short Film

Noel Smith – Gloriavale

Feature Film Guests

Nikola Mateja -Bittersweet

Short Film

Nicole Ferraro – Pieces

Feature Film Guests

Nick Batzias – Greenhouse By Joost MIFF@CinefestOz, Clean

Feature Film Guests

Isabel Turner – I Am Ghost

Short Film

Nicholas Dunlop – Our Law

Feature Film Guests, Industry

Michael Wrenn – 6 Festivals

Feature Film Guests

Ismail Khan – Sunnies

Short Film

Nick Lacey – Ghosted

Short Film

Goran Stolevski – Of An Age, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Ryan Harrison – The Party Job

Short Film

Roslyn Walker – Everybody’s Oma, Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

Feature Film Guests

Rob Murphy – Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

Feature Film Guests, Short Film Jury

Dianna La Grassa

Industry

Diana Fisk – Under Cover, MIFF@CinefestOz

Feature Film Guests

David Elliot-Jones – Clean

Feature Film Guests

David Vincent Smith – Good Night

Short Film

Will Suen – Evicted! A Modern Romance

Feature Film Guests

Thom Green – Of An Age, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Taryne Laffar – Our Law

Feature Film Guests

Taylor Broadley – I Am Ghost

Short Film

Sophie Saville – Inspire Me

Short Film

Shantae Barnes-Cowan – Sweet As, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Sam Field – Our Law

Feature Film Guests

Ryan Hodgson – Pieces

Feature Film Guests

Rowan Devereux – Evicted! A Modern Romance

Feature Film Guests

Duncan Ragg – Unravelling

Feature Film Guests

Nathan Lacey – Ghosted

Short Film

Susie Vickery – Peregrinations of a Citizen Botanist

Short Film

Shannon Wilson-McClinton – 6 Festivals

Feature Film Guests

Narelda Jacobs – Indigenous Short Film Jury Chair and MC

Short Film Jury, Festival, Industry, Schools

Ethan Marrell, Ozzyman – MC

Schools, Festival

Geoff Hutchison – Short Film Awards MC

Asher Yasbincek – RAMS

Aidan O’Bryan – RAMS

Jub Clerc – Director

Jub Clerc

Penny Smallacombe – Industry Panel Guest (online)

Jodie Bell

Industry, Schools

Annie Murtagh-Monks – MC

Festival, Guests

Carmen Braidwood – Opening Night MC

Clarence Ryan – Moon Rock for Monday

David Dare Parker – Photography Exhibition

Matthew Eels – RAMS In Conversation MC

Mark Naglazas – Dirt Music In Conversation MC

Jessie James – Cinesnaps MC Clone

Jessie James – Cinesnaps MC

Sophia Forrest – Festival Ambassador

Ambassadors, Guests

Hon Adele Farina MLC

Cassandra Jordan

Hon Donald Punch MLA

Partners

Gabrielle Cole

Devina McPherson

Partners

Alexandra Biddle

Franziska Wagenfeld

Peter “Willie” Rowe

Matthew Horrocks

John Atkins

Partners

John Driscoll

Partners

Michael Ottaviano

Partners

Cr Grant Henley

Mike Archer

Partners

Deputy Mayor Greg Stocks (City of Albany)

Partners

Hon Libby Mettam MLA

Bruce Manning – Great Southern Development Commission, CEO

Partners

Hon David Templeman MLA

Partners

Myles Pollard – Cinesnaps Patron

Patrons, Guests

Barry House – CinefestOZ Patron

David Wenham – CinefestOZ Patron

Patrons

Emma Booth – CinefestOZ Patron

Patrons, 2022, Guests

Alex Wiliams – Festival Ambassador

Ambassadors, Guests

Brooke Thomas – Industry Program Manager

Guests, Industry

Travis Jeffery – Festival Ambassador

Ambassadors, Guests

Julia Redwood

Karla Hart

Jaimen and Jess Hudson – Jaimen Hudson: From Sky to Sea

Carole McKee – CHOICE

Transfusion

Film Prize Finalists, 2022

Alex Thomson – The Quirky Best Friend

Emilia Jolakoska – In Australia

Judy Davis – Nitram

Nick Batzias – Nitram (virtual)

Jospeh Nizeti – River (virtual)

Virginia Whitwell – Nitram | Short Film Jury Chair (virtual)

Mercy Cornwall – Dive Club

Jo-anna McGowan – River (virtual)

Edward Morgan – Cadet

Claire Leach – CHOICE

Sweet As MIFF@CinefestOZ

Film Prize Finalists, 2022

Of An Age MIFF@CinefestOZ – WINNER!

Film Prize Finalists, 2022

Shayda MIFF@CInefestOZ – Winner!

2023, Film Prize Finalists

The Rooster MIFF@CinefestOZ

Film Prize Finalists, 2023

Seriously Red

Film Prize Finalists, 2022

Monolith

Film Prize Finalists, 2023

Bromley: Light After Dark

Film Prize Finalists, 2023

Luisa Martiri – Pools

Chad O’Brien – Wirun

Ebony McGuire – Wirun

Marko Cvijanovic – Kafana

Alzbeta Rekosh – Hash Browns

Guests, Short Film

Ian Brodie

Miranda Otto – Festival Guest

Scott Browne – Rio Tinto

Partners

Ainslie Bourne – Rio Tinto

Partners

Paul Rogers – Carers WA

Genna Chanelle Hayes – AKONI

Tasma Walton

Film Prize Finalists

Tina Fielding

Nadia Tass (virtual)

Noah Shilkin

Renee Webster

Dan Brown

Ian Booth

Chris Veerhuis

Partners

Gabrielle Cole

Dr Jonathan Messer

Jane Macey – Rio Tinto

Karla Hart

Ambassadors

Glenn Gainor (virtual)

Kook Manuer – Two Sands

Samantha Marlowe – Girl Like You

Emily Rose Brennan – Homespun

Tyroe Muhafidin – Two Sands

Sophia Armstrong – Homespun

Christian Horgan – MC

Festival

Poppy van Oorde-Grainger – Two Sands

Louise Bertoncini – Murder on the Dancefloor

Jeff Harrison (virtual)

Justin Kurzel – Nitram (Virtual)

Essie Davis – Nitram (Virtual)

Perun Bonser – Star Dreaming

Devina McPherson

Viv Smith (virtual)

Matthew Deaner

Industry

Tania Chambers

Industry

Alan Poul – Industry Guest Speaker (virtual)

Tania Tysoe – Raising Joey

Stephanie Senior – Raising Joey

Chris Veerhuis – Short Film Jury Member | Feature Facing Monsters

Tait Brady – Short Film Jury Member

John Harvey – Short Film Jury Chair

Rove McManus – Gala Night MC

Festival

Mark Morrisey

Vince Carter – On My Father’s Country

Paul Nunnari

Tracey Corbin-Machette

Industry, Short Film

Paul Mahoney – Ruby’s Choice

Michael Bud – Ruby’s Choice (virtual)

Jessica Butland – Ruby’s Choice

Jennifer Friend – Raising Joey

Nadia Tass – Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

Susanne Morrison – Facing Monsters

Bec Bignell – Homespun

Grant Henley – Mayor, City of Busselton

Partners

Zak Hilditch

Georgia Rodgers – Love You Like That

Simon Collins – MC and Q&A facilitator

Frances Elliott – Girl Like You

Nadia Tass

2021

Julia Redwood

Judi Levine

Tina Fielding – Sparkles

Greer Simpkin – The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson

Isla Fisher

Joel Jackson – Albany Ambassador

Guests, Ambassadors