Rae Choi is a Chinese-Australian filmmaker and lawyer, based in Magandjin/Meanjin (Brisbane, Australia). She produced short film MY HOME IS A DOG THAT LIVES INSIDE ME (2017) and worked with the same team on independently produced feature film, PARIS FUNERAL, 1972 (2021). Both projects were shot on 16mm with non-actors and filmed abroad (Japan, France and Italy).
In 2021, Rae wrote and directed her first short WHEN THE SKY WAS BLUE, funded by Screen Queensland and now available to stream on SBS on Demand. The film was nominated for an Australian Writers’ Guild Award and was a finalist at the Screen Producers Australia Awards after screening at various international festivals, and broadcast across the UK. She went on to co-write and produce VIV’S SILLY MANGO (2022) for ABC ME and Screen Australia’s joint initiative The Kaleidoscope Project.
In 2022, Rae was selected for AFTRS’ QLD Talent Camp and accepted into PlatformBUSAN at the Asian Contents & Film Market. Following a Producer’s attachment with Singaporean-based Momo Film Co, Rae completed an internship with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation.
Rae is a 2023 recipient of Screen Australia's Enterprise program and is currently the development producer at Good Apples Pictures.
AWARDS, GRANTS & PROGRAMS
Recipient of 2023 Screen Australia’s Enterprise People program
Finalist for 2022 SPA Awards for Short Film Production of the Year with WHEN THE SKY WAS BLUE
Nominated for 55th AWGIE Awards 2022 for Best Short Film with WHEN THE SKY WAS BLUE
Participant of 2022 AFTRS Talent Camp (Queensland)
Recipient of 2021 Screen Queensland RIDE Shorts initiative for WHEN THE SKY WAS BLUE
Recipient of 2021 ABC Me and Screen Australia’s joint initiative The Kaleidoscope Project for VIV’S SILLY MANGO
YOUNG ROCK (Universal Studio Group TV series) Producer’s Attachment through Screen Queensland’s SQ Attach program
Recipient of 2020 Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artists Fellowship to undertake Producer’s Attachment and mentorship with Singapore-based production company Momo Film Co.