Tess Hutson

Tess is a Melbourne based writer, director and producer. Her work includes short films and documentaries that have screened internationally at festivals including Melbourne International Film Festival, Munich Filmschoolfest, St Kilda Film Festival, Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, and Clipped Music Video Festival (Vivid Sydney). She is an alumnus of the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney, and works as a lecturer and tutor at The University of Melbourne.

The Uncle Vanya Project

An intimate portrait of the processes behind a site-specific version of Chekhov’s seminal work Uncle Vanya, performed in the historic home of painters Hans and Nora Heysen as part of the 2019 Adelaide Festival.


2022 / 90 mins / Australia / English / 1:78.1


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A Place To Stand

Filmmaker Tess Hutson goes on a deeply personal journey to investigate how violence manifests in relationships, families, and communities. A Place To Stand (working title) interrogates physical and non-physical violence in relationships, intimately exploring how trauma reverberates through generations.


In development with assistance from Screen Australia, Film Victoria and the New Zealand Film Commission

A Weapon

A filmmaker attempts to make sense of a subarctic landscape with a complex history.


2020 / Australia & Canada / English / 1.78:1


A version of this work was screened at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, 2018. It was developed during the 2018 Weight of Mountains Residency.

Euxine

In 1874, the crew of the British collier Euxine had to abandon ship. Lost at sea on a longboat, they resort to extreme measures in an attempt to survive.


Producer: Alexandra George


2014 / 9 mins / Australian / English, German / 1.77:1


St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2016

Tokyo Lift-Off Online Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 2016

Reelgood Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2016

Munich Filmschoolfest, Munich, Germany, 2015

Dungog Festival, Dungog, Australia, 2015

Melbourne International Film Festival, Accelerator Program, Melbourne, Australia, 2015

From Afar

Official Music Video: LUCIANBLOMKAMP 'From Afar'


Australia / 1.78:1


Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2015

Clipped Music Video Festival (Vivid Sydney), Sydney, Australia, 2016

The Overman

Official Music Video: LUCIANBLOMKAMP ‘The Overman’


Australia / 1.78:1


Clipped Music Video Festival (Vivid Sydney), Sydney, Australia, 2016

Youth

2013 / 10 mins / Australia / English / 2.35:1


Producer: Ruby Railey


12th International Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris, France, 2014


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