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QPIX Ltd. is delighted to announce the return of its hugely successful indigenous film course, BLACK PEARLS.  For full details enquire by calling 3848 8000 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . QPIX is seeking applications now.

The course will run for its 2nd year this year with the enthusiastic support of the Department of Education and Training.

‘There is no course like BLACK PEARLS anywhere in the country, so it’s fantastic that BLACK PEARLS is back in March 2010,’ said Mr Kerry O’Rourke, CEO of QPIX Ltd.

‘We are very grateful to the Department for their vision in supporting it,’ said Mr O’Rourke.

Because the BLACK PEARLS course is subsidised by the Department, successful applicants are only required to pay a small administration fee for a course valued at around $13,000 per student.

The first BLACK PEARLS in 2009 produced such a high standard of work that the National Indigenous TV Network (NITV) will broadcast 3 hours of that first BLACK PEARLS content nationally in May this year.

BLACK PEARLS is so intensive and tightly focused industrially, that students are already underway as producers when they graduate.

BLACK PEARLS students produce music video clips, television commercials, documentaries and short dramas within the course.

‘For a culture with strong ties to story telling, it is so important that indigenous Australians have the training to tell stories through the powerful communication channels of the internet, film and TV,’ said Mr O’Rourke.

BLACK PEARLS is a nationally recognised program that awards its students with a Certificate IV in Screen and Media (CUF40107) when they graduate, but the quality of the training places graduates at a far higher skill level than that.

'We urge aspiring indigenous film and TV makers from all over Queensland to apply.  Our 2009 BLACK PEARLS’ students came from as far away as Townsville, Mossman and Hopevale to attend the course so any Indigenous Queenslander can make it happen,’ said Mr O’Rourke.

QPIX Ltd is asking for expressions of interest and will accept up to 24 students for the 2010 BLACK PEARLS course.

For full details enquire by calling 3848 800 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

QPIX is seeking applications now.