Kate Snashall

Published on: October 2019

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-108100


Kate Snashall

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore)

—I acknowledge Kate Snashall, a budding young filmmaker in my electorate, whose award-winning short film 718 Thousand Hours is motivating her peers to experience life outside of their screens. Exploring the idea that the average lifespan is 718,000 hours, Kate's film shows a self‑awareness far beyond the expectations of her youth. I am pleased to see Kate's talent being recognised, having won the 2019 Best Kids Director and Best Screenplay awards at the SmartFone Flick Fest, an event showcasing films which, like Kate's, are made entirely with smartphones.

While 718 Thousand Hours itself in many ways challenges young people to look up from their devices, Kate believes that a smartphone's true value lies in the tools it provides us to do what we're passionate about, in her case, filmmaking. After winning the People's Choice Award at the REELise film festival in Sydney, 718 Thousand Hours is now an interstate hit, having been screened at the 2019 Adelaide International Youth Film Festival. I'm sure Kate's parents are extremely proud and I know Queenwood Girls School, where she's a student, will continue to encourage her creativity in the years to come. Congratulations to Kate Snashall.

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