by Vera Bertola

YOUNG Ingleburn filmmaker Eva Acharya found the glamour and hype that surrounds Hollywood movies was not the reality when she started work on her first movie.

Ms Acharya has just completed the Redfern-based Participate Film Academy feature film course which promises to teach students “how to make a movie, while you actually make a movie”.

The course’s focus is for students to write, produce, direct, shoot, edit, promote and release an original 90-minute feature during their 12 months at the academy.

The 2008 class will premiere Sweet Marshall at a red carpet event at the Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park, on April 22. Ms Acharya can’t wait for her family and friends to see the results.

She was the movie’s co-writer and co-director, and her first formal taste of movie-making has encouraged her to continue to pursue a career in the competitive field.

Ms Acharya said there was little of Hollywood’s glamour to be found in long days, tight schedules, people’s emotions, dealing with day-to-day issues and other challenges.