ira friedberg* 

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PUBLISHED WRITING AND AWARDS














blue chip



A homeless leasing agent, an entitled ex, and an exhausted food delivery rider are each drawn to a recently vacated apartment.


Writer / Director / Editor (2025)



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.

Director / Editor (2024).


*me: emerging and independent writer, film and video maker, photographer, etc. I also work professionally in film and television development as a note-taker and reader.


 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.

© 2025

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