It was hailed as a watershed moment for Australian television writing. “Some of the finest small screen storytelling this country has ever seen,” wrote Crikey. “Worthy of a standing ovation,” said the Sydney Morning Herald. The first series of Redfern Now screened in 2012, and took out the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama as […]
Sydney Writers’ Festival – Is REDFERN NOW changing landscape of Australian TV?
Now in its second season, this highly acclaimed drama series doesn’t shy away from the big issues, tackling homophobia, depression, alcohol abuse, heartbreak and more. It has been particularly lauded for its powerful storytelling and tightly woven narratives. In this panel the writers of REDFERN NOW, Steven McGregor and Jon Bell, discuss how they have […]
Sydney Writers’ Festival – Three Australian Storytellers Conquer the World: Small Start, Global Finish
In a panel discussion on what makes a story universal, film producer, Ross Grayson Bell (FIGHT CLUB), talks to: award-winning author Graeme Simsion, about the success of his novel THE ROSIE PROJECT; author Hannah Kent about her sensational, debut novel, BURIAL RITES, which has just been optioned in Hollywood by Jennifer Lawrence, and film producer […]
Sydney Writers’ Festival – Panel Discussion on THE TALL MAN
On National Sorry Day, when we remember the mistreatment of Indigenous Australians, we invite you to a provocative re-examination of the 2004 death in custody of Palm Island resident, Cameron Doomadgee, as retold in the book and documentary THE TALL MAN. Join the film’s director Tony Kravitz (DEAD EUROPE), producer Darren Dale (REDFERN NOW) and […]
Sydney Writers’ Festival – THE TALL MAN Panel Review by Cristen Boorman
I love the Sydney Writers’ festival, there is something for everyone’s tastes. I haven’t been to the festival in a couple of years, so when my friends sent around their preferences for what they were going to see at the festival, I went online and had a look at what was on offer. I basically […]
Sydney Writers’ Festival – Found in Translation: Do Film Adaptations Add Value to Literary Classics?
Join Australian screenwriters Craig Peace, co writer with Baz Luhrmann of the highly anticipated adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY, and Michael Petroni, who adapted the third instalment in C. S. Lewis’ beloved NARNIA CHRONICLES: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER; Jane Scott producer of MAO’S LAST DANCER and the current Head of Screenwriting […]
Sydney Writers’ Festival – Adaptations: Have We Lost the Plot?
73% of all Academy Award Winning Best Pictures are adaptations. So why then do we do so few? Of the 200 Australian films released between 1999-2008 only 38 were adaptations. With a vibrant local literary scene and a resurgent film industry riding high on the successful adaptation of MAO’S LAST DANCER, we bring together: director, […]
Sydney Writers’ Festival Panel – Adaptations: Have We Lost the Plot? (Review by Neil Peplow)
Gillian Armstrong was in fine form when posed with a question from the audience as to whether the world ‘needed’ another adaption of LITTLE WOMEN… On a gorgeous, balmy, Sydney Sunday afternoon a capacity crowd turned out for the AFTRS sponsored panel on adaptations at the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Chaired by Ross Grayson Bell, AFTRS Head […]