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Name;
Filipe Filihia
Course;
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
Discipline;
Set & Costume Designer/Maker
Period drama scene with actors in Victorian attire, one reading a letter, amidst a warmly lit stage with antique props.

Set Design ‘Little Women’

Marmee reads a letter to the girls from their father, who is off at war.

Photo: Ben Fon

Detailed miniature set model of a vintage interior with patterned wallpaper and a classic bookshelf.

Set Design ‘A Mile In Her Shadow’

Set Concept Model, The Lawler, Southbank Theatre 1:50

Photo: Amanda Hitten

Mannequin dressed in a vibrant yellow and purple plaid costume with a sparkling collar and metallic pockets.

Production Studio 3 ‘Boundless Blouse’

Studio Work

Photo: Amanda Hitten

Performer in futuristic attire with helmet and shield, set against a backdrop of vintage newspaper clippings.

Senior Costumier 'BTEX'

White Two Piece Set, ‘The White Devil’ . For Sam Blunn, Designed by Miriam Clare

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Close-up of a satin garment with seam details, highlighting costume craftsmanship.

Senior Costumier 'BTEX'

White two piece set, ‘The White Devil’ stitching detail

Photo: Amanda Hitten

Two actors in a romantic stage moment, one in a flowing lilac gown with ruffles, the other in a dark suit.

Costume Maker 'Merrily We Roll Along'

Gussie’s Broadway Star Robe. Lavender Triacetate, Hand-Stitched Feather Boa Hems

Photo: Drew Echberg

Dance performance with a group in earth-toned costumes, forming a circle around a central figure against a backdrop of sheer, flowing curtains.

Set and Costume Design, ‘Footprints’

Choreographer Ngioka Bunda-Heath. Dancers raise a veil from the sand

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Dance performance with a group in earth-toned costumes, forming a circle around a central figure against a backdrop of sheer, flowing curtains.

Set and Costume Design, ‘Footprints’

Choreographer Ngioka Bunda-Heath. Dancers gather together at the end of the dance.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

A portrait image of Filipe Filihia

Filipe Filihia is a set and costume designer working in Melbourne who explores their intersectional heritage through experimental design and storytelling.

Recently completing studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, he is hoping to continue their practice of bringing marginalized communities to the forefront of the theatrical world.

Their credits include LELE (2022/2023) with Western Edge Youth Arts, and 'Footprints', choreographed by Ngioka Bunda-Heath, a production within the 2022 VCA Dance graduation season 'Alter Kinetic'.

Further work includes an internship with Sophie Woodward on Red Stitch Actors' Theatre's 'Monument' by Emily Sheehan, and Costume Construction for Joel Bray's 'Brolga: A Queer Koori Wonderland' as part of the 2023 Fringe Festival.

Email;
Filipefilihia1@gmail.com
Period drama scene with actors in Victorian attire, one reading a letter, amidst a warmly lit stage with antique props.
Detailed miniature set model of a vintage interior with patterned wallpaper and a classic bookshelf.
Mannequin dressed in a vibrant yellow and purple plaid costume with a sparkling collar and metallic pockets.
Performer in futuristic attire with helmet and shield, set against a backdrop of vintage newspaper clippings.
Close-up of a satin garment with seam details, highlighting costume craftsmanship.
Two actors in a romantic stage moment, one in a flowing lilac gown with ruffles, the other in a dark suit.
Dance performance with a group in earth-toned costumes, forming a circle around a central figure against a backdrop of sheer, flowing curtains.
Dance performance with a group in earth-toned costumes, forming a circle around a central figure against a backdrop of sheer, flowing curtains.

Set Design ‘Little Women’

Marmee reads a letter to the girls from their father, who is off at war.

Photo: Ben Fon

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A portrait image of Filipe Filihia