Nicky Bentham, Sara McFarlane.

Nicky Bentham and Sara McFarlane: The two Aussie producers with Oscar-nominated shorts

Australia has two hopes in the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short category next week: ‘Red, White and Blue’, produced by the US-based Sara McFarlane and ‘The After’, produced by the UK-based Nicky Bentham. Both producers chat to IF.

Nicky Bentham was introduced by a mutual friend to photographer Misan Harriman during the UK summer of 2020.

The Neon Films founder and producer had been struck by Harriman’s photographs of the Black Lives Matter protes...