Producers Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell and director Bruce Beresford aim to start shooting 'Monash', a biopic of Sir John Monash, hailed by many as the foremost Allied military commander in World War 1, in Europe in the northern spring.
Adelaide-based producer Gena Ashwell is the inaugural recipient of Placement L.A, an annual professional placement in Los Angeles for established female producers from South Australia.
Editor-turned-director Sean Lahiff's environmental horror/thriller 'Carnifex' and Brenda Matthews and Nathaniel Schmidt's feature doc 'The Last Daughter' will each screen at the Adelaide Film Festival in October.