Student Achievements
“Rain Falls Still” - Short Film by NHS graduate Bạch Đăng Tùng (Ringo)
Celebrating Student Achievements Outside of School
Regularly we love to profile the amazing things our students do outside of school, from achievements and competitions they win, to just the general celebrations of the good work they do in the wider community. If you also wish to (humbly) brag about your student’s amazing outside of school talents, please fill out this brief survey, or reach out to me via email: https://forms.office.com/r/nNG6bn0SLj
Whilst we do not have to publish them here, we do still love hearing about and celebrating the amazing things our students do outside of school.
Dean Ashton
This week’s brags:
Dance:
Nina Noakes is a talented dancer and performer, currently doing 20 hours a week
of training. Here is a photo of her performing the lead role as the titular Grinch in her dance school’s performance last year, a role that not only showcased her dance skills but also her Jim Carrey-Esque comedic bent. By all accounts she was hilarious and did a fabulous job. Cannot wait to see what they roll out for the 2025 performance!
Film:
Bạch Đăng Tùng (Ringo) is an NHS graduate from 2021 who recently not only graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts last year but has recently had success with his graduate film “Rain Falls Still” which will be playing at the Melbourne International Film Festival this year as part of their ‘Accelerator
Shorts’ program. This is after also being selected for the Sydney Film Festival and Kurzfilm Festival in Hamburg. Great work Tùng/Ringo! From MIFF:
“A monk wearing a white rose prepares food as an offering in a Buddhist temple while black-and-white dreams of a rainy day wash over him.
A languid, impressionistic feast for the senses, this cinematic slow-cooker observes as a monk prepares Vietnamese rolls, bamboo shoots soup and green papaya salad for the Vu Lan Festival, the Buddhist Vietnamese celebration dedicated to honouring ancestors and offering appreciation to parents.”
For those interested in a meditative, quiet and introspective piece of cinema, here’s the link to the MIFF shorts program. https://miff.com.au/program/film/rain-falls-still