Tamara Fowle, a Gold Coast teacher, won the "WTF award" at the Knog Film Festival in Melbourne for her short film "I Do". The film was shot in low light and showed epic action. Fowle is halfway through studying screen and media at TAFE and created the film with her brother, his fiancee, and her boyfriend. Malaysia Airlines will end its service between Brisbane and Kuala Lumpur in August as part of cost-cutting measures, disappointing Brisbane Airport officials.

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TAMARA Fowle has been
filming homemade doc­
umentaries since she was
seven. Now the Gold Coast
teacherhas taken out a major
prize at the Knog Film Festi­
val in Melbourne.
And not just any award -
but the "WfF".
"The WTF award is pre­
sented to the entry the judges
didn't expect to see," Ms
Fowle said
The three-month world­
wide online mm competition
wrapped up this month
with official events held in
Melbourne, Munich, Manila,
Paris, London and San Fran­
cisco. W inners were an­
nounced this week.
" I liked the entry require­
ments," Ms Fowle said. "It
had to be shot in low light
and showepic action
Her film, I Do, is about a
guy who is running away
from commitment just as he's
about to get married
"I rounded up my brother,
his fiancee and my boyfriend,
which was a very interesting
mix with the subject of the
film," the Mermaid Beach
resident said
"Then three early morn­
ings of 4am filming later, I
had the footage I �ed."
Ms Fowle, who works
part-time as a special needs
and drama teacher at two
schools, is halfway through a
full-time diploma of Screen
and Media atTAFE Queens­
land Coomera campus.
" I studied education at
university and afterfive years
into my career I was feeling
uncertain so through the
advice ofa careers cOWlSellor
who suggested studying film,
I enrolled atTAFE," she said
"The Knog competition
was the first film festival my
teachers told us about and I
really wanted to enter.
"I have made films since
primary school both in front
and behind the camera, but
most were school projects or
silly YouTubevideos.
"I had always'seen making
Tamara Fowle. who recently won the wrF award at the Knog Fiim Festival in Melbolme.
films as more of an eqjoy­
ment or hobby and never
considered it as a career."
TAFE Queensland CEO
Jodi Schmidt describedTam­
ara's story as "inspiring" and
was an example of the versa-
tile subject offerings at Gold
CoastTAFE.
Ms Fowle has also worked
on a mm for Gold Coast Hos­
pital Foundation and is work­
ing on a training video for the
Queensland Police Service.
"I Do was my very first
short film entry and it defi­
nitely made me realise when
you have like-minded and re­
liable people involved your
storyboard can be trans­
formed into afilm,N she said.
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MALAYSIA Airlines will axt
its service between Brisbam
and Kuala Lumpur from Au·
gust as part of a massive cost·
cutting drive.
The airline has confirmec
its last service to Brisbane wil
be on August 8.
Anyone with tic)cets fo1
after that date will be eligiblt
for a refund, or will be accom·
modated on otherflights.
In a statement, a spokes·
woman said Malaysia Airline:
had "revised its flight networl
in Australia to focus on profit
able destinations and services"
"Malaysia Airlines regret!
the inconvenience caused tc
passengers as a result of thest
changes, and assures custom­
ers holding tickets to and frorr
Brisbane will be eligible for �
refund or re-accommodatec
on alternative flights," tht
statement said.
Brisbane Airport Corpor·
ation media manager Leonit
Vandeven said they were "dis·
appointed and surprised" tc
learntheir25-year partnershi1
with the airline was over.
"This is a loss for Queens·
land and for Malaysian travel
lers to Queensland," she said
Malaysia Airlines has strug·
gled to recover from last year'i
MH370 and MH17tragedies.