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INDUSTRY PLACEMENTS
JULY 2015
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WILLIE BINGHAM
Genre Horror Absurdist
Writer/Director Matthew Richards
Producer Brendan Guerin
Synopsis In the future, amputations replace incarceration and the death penalty. Based on the short story The Wilbur Bledsoe Amputations by Michael L Fawcett.
ELVIS
Genre Drama
Writer/Director Lucy Gaffy
Producer Kiki Dillon
Executive Producer Michaela Perske
Synopsis Trapped in a seaside caravan park, little Elvis thinks up a scheme to break free, determined to make a better life for herself.
A TERRIBLE BEAUTY
Genre Science Fiction
Writer/Director Sarah-Jane Woulahan
Producers Anna Kojevnikov, Sally Storey
Synopsis After her father destroys her prototype ‘Soulmate’ robot, a replacement for her dead mother, Olivia questions her fundamental belief in a world without suffering and the nature of love.
WHIRLPOOL
Genre Drama
Writer/Director Corrie Jones
Producers Melissa Kelly, Jaclyn Hewer
Synopsis After Regan’s father is killed in a fire, Regan and her friend, Lucas, set out to seek retribution on the couple who they believe are responsible for his death. Based on the short story Cumberland Breakdown by Joyce Carol Oates.
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Director Miranda Nation (Perception) will be mentored by director Cate Shortland (Lore, Somersault) and will be attached to Cate on the feature film Berlin Syndrome.
Director Lynnette Wallworth (Coral: Rekindling Venus) will work with Founding Director Michelle Satter at the Sundance Institute and participate in the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, Sundance Documentary Edit Lab and JauntVR.
Animation director Pia Borg (Abandoned Goods) will spend six months between Manchester and Florence at Feature Expanded, an intensive training program for filmmakers developing and producing a feature film.
Director Victoria Cocks (Wastelander Panda) will work with producer Ian Collie and director Kieran Darcy-Smith during the pre-production, production and post-production of the Jack Irish television series.
Producer Alex Barnes (The Turning: Immunity) will spend eight months in Los Angeles working across the development and production slate of Trigger Street Productions (House of Cards, Captain Phillips).
Producer Khoby Rowe (Grey Bull) will undertake a six-month placement with Los Angeles producer/development executive Keith Quinn in partnership with Zodiak Media (Being Human, Wallander, Saint-Tropez).
April 2015
Director Corrie Chen will be attached to director Shawn Seet during the pre-production, principal photography and post-production of the Channel 7 mini-series Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door.
Director Billie Pleffer will be attached to director Glendyn Ivin (Gallipoli, Puberty Blues, Last Ride) on the six-part miniseries The Beautiful Lie.
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