ira friedberg*
irafriedberg@gmail.com / instagram
WRITING AND AWARDS
FICTION
MARS IN A RED BRICK FLAT, Novel
The State Library of New South Wales
Summer Fellowship (Stipend + Professional Development)
2025
HALF EMPTY, HALF FULL, Short Fiction
IWC Young Creatives
Writing Category / Runner-Up
2024
ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM, Short Fiction
Honi Soit Writing Competition
Fiction Category - Finalist
2024
MARS IN A RED BRICK FLAT, Novel
The State Library of New South Wales
Summer Fellowship (Stipend + Professional Development)
2025
HALF EMPTY, HALF FULL, Short Fiction
IWC Young Creatives
Writing Category / Runner-Up
2024
ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM, Short Fiction
Honi Soit Writing Competition
Fiction Category - Finalist
2024
ESSAYS AND CRITICISM
SITE OF EXHIBITION, Experimental Arts Writing
Kudos Emerging Awards
Writing Category / Finalist
ZEITPUNKT, Berlinale Reflection/Review
PERFECT DAYS, Film Review
Tharunka
WORK, DAYDREAMS, AND IDLENESS, University of Sydney Honours Thesis 2024
AN ORWELLIAN BUS TOUR FROM SHANGHAI TO BEIJING, Travel Writing,
Astray Magazine
SITE OF EXHIBITION, Experimental Arts Writing
Kudos Emerging Awards
Writing Category / Finalist
ZEITPUNKT, Berlinale Reflection/Review
PERFECT DAYS, Film Review
Tharunka
WORK, DAYDREAMS, AND IDLENESS, University of Sydney Honours Thesis 2024
AN ORWELLIAN BUS TOUR FROM SHANGHAI TO BEIJING, Travel Writing,
Astray Magazine
Brand Videography
A sample of the promotional video work I do by commission, in this case, done for a bar in Terrigal.
the hottest day on planet earth
A short film about the weather and cities. An experimental essay and meditation on the uncomfortable pleasures of the climate crisis. In an entropic six minutes, it reflects on nature, architecture, and art, asking if recording and aestheticising the current world makes one implicit in its ongoing destabilisation.
- Screened at opening night of the Inner West Film Fest 2024
- Finalist in the USU Creative Awards 2024
- Librarian's Choice in Inner West Council 2023 Young Creatives Awards
- Installed at AD Space in 2024 as part of "A Slightly Damaged House" group art exhibition.
Director / Editor (2024).
*me: independent writer, film and video maker, photographer, etc. I work professionally in film and television development as a reader and note-taker, and teach workshops on writing and film.
I acknowledge and pay respects to the Gadigal and Wangal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country upon which I was raised. Sovereignty was never ceded.
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