programs The Dungog Film Festival's education programs include the Student Program, In The Raw - live script reads, Master Classes, Workshops, Seminars and Meet the Filmmaker sessions (in collaboration with iTunes). Other programs are Speed Auditioning, Rural Schools Program and the Dungog Collection on iTunes. Dungog Film Festival's Rural School's program gives students in regional communities the opportunity to be mentored by industry professionals in screen arts. DFF has also run workshops on film editing, visual effects and postproduction run by volunteers from the University of Newcastle. In 2010, Dungog Film Festival also partnered with Jennifer's Words and managed a mentoring program where students from Dungog High School scripted, filmed and edited an advertisement, which was screened at the closing night of the Festival. In the Raw The festival's In the Raw script development program presents live script readings of some of Australia's most exciting new screenplays, read by professional actors. It offers a unique opportunity for audiences to witness first-hand the development of some of the most promising yet-to-be produced screenplays, as well as the chance to actively take part in a discussion regarding their development. This program allows writers, actors and producers to road test their work on a real audience before heading into production. Two screenplays previously read at "In the Raw" have gone into production: Pauline Chan's Mei Mei (starring Claudia Karvan and Guy Pearce) and Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty (starring Emily Browning, Michael Dorman and Ewen Leslie). Speed auditioning In its inaugural year, 2010, "Speed Auditioning" had an overwhelming response from young actors around Australia. This program offers budding talent the chance to get their name up in lights, in a "so you think you can act" competition. Actors brave a two-minute, open, speedy audition, with only ten finalists invited to the festival to compete in the final round. At the festival, the finalists chose a genre and were given a scene to read to camera. They also performed the scene live for the judges. These included Jeremy Hartley Sims, Nadia Tass, Brendan Cowell, Rowan Woods, Denise Roberts, Cameron Daddo and CEO of Paramount Mike Selwyn. This program gives young actors an unparalleled chance to shine in front of the Australian film industry and a wide audience. Community involvement Each year young people from the local community join up with the festival's volunteer program. During the 2010 festival over 150 community members aged from 16