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'Donate to somebody that you'll never know'

Filmmakers are trying to promote the touchy issue of organ donation to young Australians.

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The Filmlife project has awarded the best film award to kidney transplant recipient Brooke Huuskes for his short film Somebody That You'll Never Know.

The film is a parody of Australian Artist Gotye's global hit Somebody That You Used to Know.

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"I definitely thought, if I do a parody of one of the biggest songs that has hit the world in the last year or so, it will really resonate with a lot of people in that target age group of 16 to 28," Huuskes told SBS.

Almost 1,600 Australians are waiting for organ transplants but less than 60 percent of families give consent after death.

Transplant nurse Lizzie Barrett says obtaining consent from grieving relatives is difficult.

"We really need to be having these widespread conversations so that people who can donate organs have discussed that with their families before the time comes," she said.


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