Kath Shelper goes from ‘The New Boy’ to ‘The Royal Hotel’

Scarlett Pictures’ Kath Shelper may have made a decision a few years ago to retire from producing, yet she’s helped to bring to screen two of the most anticipated Australian films of late: Warwick Thornton’s The New Boy, which lands in cinemas on Thursday after a Cannes berth, and Kitty Green’s upcoming The Royal Hotel.

When Shelper decided hang up her producing hat, she kept only one project, The New Boy, on her slate. It’s one she has been working on with Thornton for 18 ...