Fresh faces lead the cast of the ABC and Fremantle Australia’s children’s comedy-drama The Pm’s Daughter, now shooting in Canberra.
Cassandra Helmot will play Cat Parkes Pérez, a young activist whose relatively normal teen life is thrown into disarray when political turmoil strikes and her mother (Claire Fearon) is unexpectedly thrust into the role of Prime Minister.
Major disruptions begin to occur at Canberra landmarks – all seemingly designed to directly sabotage the Pm. Cat and her new friends, Sadie (Natalie English) and Ollie, set out to track down and unmask a rogue faction within a youth action group called Action Uprising. The clues will take them across every inch of the capital and lead them to investigate even their own schoolmates.
Nya Cofie (The Unlisted) and Amelie James-Power also star as Cat’s classmates Miro and Georgina, joining an adult cast of Anthony Brandon Wong (The Family Law...
Cassandra Helmot will play Cat Parkes Pérez, a young activist whose relatively normal teen life is thrown into disarray when political turmoil strikes and her mother (Claire Fearon) is unexpectedly thrust into the role of Prime Minister.
Major disruptions begin to occur at Canberra landmarks – all seemingly designed to directly sabotage the Pm. Cat and her new friends, Sadie (Natalie English) and Ollie, set out to track down and unmask a rogue faction within a youth action group called Action Uprising. The clues will take them across every inch of the capital and lead them to investigate even their own schoolmates.
Nya Cofie (The Unlisted) and Amelie James-Power also star as Cat’s classmates Miro and Georgina, joining an adult cast of Anthony Brandon Wong (The Family Law...
- 7/5/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Warwick Thornton in 'We Don't Need A Map'..
Director Warwick Thornton decided to make his latest documentary We Don.t Need A Map.following backlash he received when he compared the Southern Cross to a swastika..
Then nominated for Australian of the Year, Thornton said in 2010: "Aboriginal people have used the Southern Cross for the last 40,000 years as a beacon guiding them to travel through country for survival, and I'm starting to see that star system symbol being used as a very racist nationalistic emblem - and that is seriously worrying me.
"We don't want to turn the Southern Cross into a swastika - that's bloody important..
Thornton told If that the reaction to those comments in the media afterwards frightened him.
.I got scared. Then it took a year or two, and then I got angry. I.m not good at turning being afraid into energy,...
Director Warwick Thornton decided to make his latest documentary We Don.t Need A Map.following backlash he received when he compared the Southern Cross to a swastika..
Then nominated for Australian of the Year, Thornton said in 2010: "Aboriginal people have used the Southern Cross for the last 40,000 years as a beacon guiding them to travel through country for survival, and I'm starting to see that star system symbol being used as a very racist nationalistic emblem - and that is seriously worrying me.
"We don't want to turn the Southern Cross into a swastika - that's bloody important..
Thornton told If that the reaction to those comments in the media afterwards frightened him.
.I got scared. Then it took a year or two, and then I got angry. I.m not good at turning being afraid into energy,...
- 6/6/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Kiara Milera on the set of Warwick Thornton's 'Sweet Country' in 2016, with Michael Fairbairn, Dylan Rivers and Drew English. (Photo credit: Tanith Glynn-Maloney).
The South Australian Film Corporation (Safc) has selected four indigenous filmmakers for a writing residency at Adelaide Studios. new Pirrku Kuu Hub..
The Pirrku Kuu Hub, a dedicated story room for Aboriginal screen makers, is a key initiative of Safc.s Aboriginal Screen Strategy.
As well as access to the space, the four.—.Kiara Milera, Joel Brown and brothers Edoardo and Michael Crismani.—.will participate in Safc-led professional development opportunities throughout the year.
Edoardo Crismani's documentary The Panther Within premiered on Nitv in March, and his short drama 440 was selected for the Safc.s Aboriginal Short Film funding initiative in 2016.. . Michael Crismani wrote, directed and produced short film I Kept the Beat, which aired last year on Nitv and Sbs On Demand, for the Nitv/Safc Microdocs Initiative.
The South Australian Film Corporation (Safc) has selected four indigenous filmmakers for a writing residency at Adelaide Studios. new Pirrku Kuu Hub..
The Pirrku Kuu Hub, a dedicated story room for Aboriginal screen makers, is a key initiative of Safc.s Aboriginal Screen Strategy.
As well as access to the space, the four.—.Kiara Milera, Joel Brown and brothers Edoardo and Michael Crismani.—.will participate in Safc-led professional development opportunities throughout the year.
Edoardo Crismani's documentary The Panther Within premiered on Nitv in March, and his short drama 440 was selected for the Safc.s Aboriginal Short Film funding initiative in 2016.. . Michael Crismani wrote, directed and produced short film I Kept the Beat, which aired last year on Nitv and Sbs On Demand, for the Nitv/Safc Microdocs Initiative.
- 4/18/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Kiara Milera on the set of Warwick Thornton's 'Sweet Country' in 2016, with Michael Fairbairn, Dylan Rivers and Drew English. (Photo credit: Tanith Glynn-Maloney).
The South Australian Film Corporation (Safc) has selected four indigenous filmmakers for a writing residency at Adelaide Studios. new Pirrku Kuu Hub..
The Pirrku Kuu Hub, a dedicated story room for Aboriginal screen makers, is a key initiative of Safc.s Aboriginal Screen Strategy.
As well as access to the space, the four.—.Kiara Milera, Joel Brown and brothers Edoardo and Michael Crismani.—.will participate in Safc-led professional development opportunities throughout the year.
Edoardo Crismani's.documentary.The Panther Within.premiered on Nitv in March, and his short drama.440.was selected for the Safc.s Aboriginal Short Film funding initiative in 2016.. . Michael.Crismani.wrote, directed and produced short film.I Kept the Beat,.which aired last year on Nitv and Sbs On Demand, for the Nitv/Safc Microdocs Initiative.
The South Australian Film Corporation (Safc) has selected four indigenous filmmakers for a writing residency at Adelaide Studios. new Pirrku Kuu Hub..
The Pirrku Kuu Hub, a dedicated story room for Aboriginal screen makers, is a key initiative of Safc.s Aboriginal Screen Strategy.
As well as access to the space, the four.—.Kiara Milera, Joel Brown and brothers Edoardo and Michael Crismani.—.will participate in Safc-led professional development opportunities throughout the year.
Edoardo Crismani's.documentary.The Panther Within.premiered on Nitv in March, and his short drama.440.was selected for the Safc.s Aboriginal Short Film funding initiative in 2016.. . Michael.Crismani.wrote, directed and produced short film.I Kept the Beat,.which aired last year on Nitv and Sbs On Demand, for the Nitv/Safc Microdocs Initiative.
- 4/18/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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