Years of perseverance in developing feature films and TV series with multiple collaborators are paying off for producer Tania Chambers.
Australian children’s TV series rarely venture into the fast-paced action adventure genre. Rarer still is a teenage protagonist who is highly intelligent and passionate about science
"This was a movie that was always incredibly audience-focused. From the point of idea, to every day in my writing, on set and in post. I'm always thinking about audience."
Renée Webster’s WA-shot debut feature How to Please a Woman will get the ball rolling at next month's CinefestOZ Albany, with organisers today unveiling the full program for the four-day event.
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.
Confirmed as head of children’s production at the ABC earlier this month, Libbie Doherty is on the look-out for comedies and factual entertainment programs.
Writer/director Renée Webster and producers Tania Chambers of Feisty Dame Productions and Judi Levine of Such Much Films are the recipients of Screenwest's 2019 West Coast Visions initiative.