ira friedberg*
irafriedberg@gmail.com / instagram










the hottest day on planet earth
A short film about the weather. 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.
directed and edited by Ira Friedberg.
music by Joel Wilkinson.
KULESHOV / BONFIRE
The graduation film of the BA Screen Production course at the University of New South Wales. It was written, directed, and produced by me.
An impromptu trip to an ex’s house, with the goal of exchanging personal belongings and ending communication for good, is bound for fiery disappointment. And that's just the way it has to be.
PUBLISHED WRITING AND AWARDS
FICTION
‘Bad Times in Red Brick Flats’
The State Library of New South Wales
Summer Fellowship (Stipend + Professional Development)
2025
‘half empty, half full’
IWC Young Creatives
Writing Category / Runner-Up
2024
‘On the Threshold of a Dream’
Honi Soit Writing Competition
Fiction Category - Finalist
2024
‘Bad Times in Red Brick Flats’
The State Library of New South Wales
Summer Fellowship (Stipend + Professional Development)
2025
‘half empty, half full’
IWC Young Creatives
Writing Category / Runner-Up
2024
‘On the Threshold of a Dream’
Honi Soit Writing Competition
Fiction Category - Finalist
2024
NONFICTION
‘Manufacturing Memories: A Snapchat Story’
Honi Soit Writing Competition
Nonfiction Category / Finalist
2024
Perfect Days Review
Tharunka
Sydney Film Festival Coverage
2023
‘Site of Exhibition’
Kudos Emerging Awards
Writing Category / Finalist
2023
‘An Orwellian Bus Tour From Shanghai to Beijing’
Astray Magazine
2020
‘Manufacturing Memories: A Snapchat Story’
Honi Soit Writing Competition
Nonfiction Category / Finalist
2024
Perfect Days Review
Tharunka
Sydney Film Festival Coverage
2023
‘Site of Exhibition’
Kudos Emerging Awards
Writing Category / Finalist
2023
‘An Orwellian Bus Tour From Shanghai to Beijing’
Astray Magazine
2020
COMMERCIAL WORK
Freelance videography:
Videography, interview, and editing assistant:
Production Assistant: