As a solo producer, Unicorn Films. Lizzette Atkins has a remarkably diverse and prolific development slate.
Atkins is preparing projects for directors Sue Brooks, Matthew Saville and Ana Kokkinos plus a slate of low-budget horror movies. While they span a variety of genres, Atkins says there is a common thread: all are director-driven.
She founded Unicorn Films last year after nine years as a partner in Circe Films, whose credits include Jon Hewitt.s steamy thriller X, Lawrence Johnston.s Night and Eddie Martin.s Lionel, a feature documentary on Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose.
Her latest production, Anna Broinowski.s Aim High in Creation! had its world premiere on Wednesday at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The most advanced project on her slate is Brooks. Driving Back from Dubbo, the saga of a 15-year-old girl who runs away with her best friend to see her favourite band, prompting her parents...
Atkins is preparing projects for directors Sue Brooks, Matthew Saville and Ana Kokkinos plus a slate of low-budget horror movies. While they span a variety of genres, Atkins says there is a common thread: all are director-driven.
She founded Unicorn Films last year after nine years as a partner in Circe Films, whose credits include Jon Hewitt.s steamy thriller X, Lawrence Johnston.s Night and Eddie Martin.s Lionel, a feature documentary on Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose.
Her latest production, Anna Broinowski.s Aim High in Creation! had its world premiere on Wednesday at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The most advanced project on her slate is Brooks. Driving Back from Dubbo, the saga of a 15-year-old girl who runs away with her best friend to see her favourite band, prompting her parents...
- 8/7/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian playwright Andrew Bovell recognizes that there may be a competitive factor lurking beneath Australia's theatre industry's struggle to transcend boundaries on the international stage. In a talk with Variety, he explains the struggles and rewards of being part of that "other" culturally rich English-speaking region and what it means to be recognized by his counterparts in New York and the U.K.
In an excerpt from the Variety report, Buvell explains "We write in the same language, so we're competing...I would imagine the U.K. has the richest writing culture in the English-speaking world. So why do an Australian play when there are so many writers here? But when theaters recognize something of value -- and this is the same in New York -- they immediately find a place for it."
The "value" that Bovell alludes to is easily be applied to his own critically acclaimed work -...
In an excerpt from the Variety report, Buvell explains "We write in the same language, so we're competing...I would imagine the U.K. has the richest writing culture in the English-speaking world. So why do an Australian play when there are so many writers here? But when theaters recognize something of value -- and this is the same in New York -- they immediately find a place for it."
The "value" that Bovell alludes to is easily be applied to his own critically acclaimed work -...
- 10/1/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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