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A short film projected onto a silo in Geraldton will end the UWA Gives Back Centenary program, with echoes of the spectacular launch of the year with LUMINOUShall.

LUMINOUS Dreams is the culmination of a community project with the City of Geraldton and local schools by the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts.

The project looked at the role of urban design in the regeneration and identity of the mid-west port city as it undergoes significant growth.

Thousands of locals were expected to gather on the recently-developed foreshore park to watch the film, while listening to the soundtrack on local FM radio.

Students from five local private and public high schools provided a range of images with which the film described as fictional narrative in the speculative fiction genre, which was chosen for its appeal to young people.

Assistant Professor Anthony Duckworth -Smith from UWA's Australian Urban Design Research Centre co-ordinated the project, with the enthusiastic support of the City of Greater Geraldton.

UWA graduate and author Annabel Smith created the film's narrative and alumni Sohan Ariel Hayes and Cat Hope worked on vision and sound with mid-west artists Anthea DeSilva and Rose Holdaway co-ordinating input from the schools.