SWEET COUNTRY
Kiki and Kitty
INAUGURAL 2018 AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCREEN FORUM
FOUR DAYS OF PREMIERES, RETROSPECTIVES, PANELS,
MASTER CLASSES & INDUSTRY NETWORKING //
HELD MARCH 19-22, 2018
PREMIERES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
BREATH
BY SIMON BAKER
NEW YORK PREMIERE
SWEET COUNTRY
BY WARWICK THORNTON
U.S. PREMIERE
MOUNTAIN
BY JENNIFER PEEDOM
RETROSPECTIVES
30TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHAME (1988) WITH
DEBORRA-LEE FURNESS
FULLY RESTORED VERSION OF
STARSTRUCK (1982)
BY GILLIAN ARMSTRONG
NEW FILMMAKER
U.S. PREMIERE
ALI'S WEDDING
BY JEFFREY WALKER
NEW AUSTRALIAN TV/DIGITAL SERIES
FEATURED SPEAKERS
SIMON
BAKER
Actor and director
(L.A. CONFIDENTIAL,
THE MENTALIST, BREATH)
JENNIFER PEEDOM
Award-winning documentary filmmaker (SHERPA, SOLO, MOUNTAIN)
WILLEM
DAFOE
Award-winning actor (MISSISSIPI BURNING,
THE ENGLISH PATIENT)
narrator of MOUNTAIN.
WARWICK THORNTON
Award-winning director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (SAMSON & DELILAH, SWEET COUNTRY)
DEBORRA-LEE FURNESS
Award-winning actress and producer (NEIGHBOURS, FALCON CREST, SHAME, JINDABYNE)
GILLIAN ARMSTRONG
Award-winning director and producer (LITTLE WOMEN, MY BRILLIANT CAREER, STARSTRUCK, HIGH TIDE)
KATE
DENNIS
Emmy-nominated director (THE HANDMAID'S TALE, GLOW, I'M DYING UP HERE)
JENNIFER
FOX
Award-winning producer and cinematographer (THE TALE, BEIRUT: THE LAST HOME MOVIE, MY REINCARNATION)
MARK
JOHNSON
Academy Award®-winning producer (RAIN MAN, GOOD MORNING VIETNAM, DOWNSIZING,
BREATH)
SHEILA
NEVINS
President of HBO Documentary Films, Winner of 32 Emmy Awards and 26 Academy Awards®
JOHN
SEALE
Academy Award®-winning cinematographer
(MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, THE ENGLISH PATIENT, WITNESS)
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS & MODERATORS
PANEL MODERATORS & DISCUSSION LEADERS
Lesli Klainberg - Executive Director, Film Society of Lincoln Center
Kent Jones - Director of the New York Film Festival
Graeme Mason - CEO of Screen Australia
Debra Richardson - CEO of Ausfilm
Jenny Cooney - Journalist, podcaster and interviewer
Raphaela Neihausen - Executive Director of DOC NYC
Kitty Green - Independent filmmaker (CASTING JON BENET)
Laura Eason - Screenwriter (HOUSE OF CARDS)
Tom Quinn - CEO of distribution company NEON
John MacFarlane - Producer, POV Digital.
Evan Shapiro – Founder, EShap.TV
Sophie Tedmanson - Deputy Editor, Vogue Australia
Rosie Lourde - Production Investment Manager, Screen Australia, and actor, writer and producer (STARTING FROM NOW)
ADDTIONAL SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
Tom Williams - Producer of BREATH
Kirsten Tan – Independent filmmaker (director and cinematographer)
Shruti Ganguly – Independent filmmaker and VR maker
Amanda Naseem - Executive Producer, VICE Media
Troy Queen - Executive producer
Deidre Brennan - General Manager, Universal Kids at NBCUniversal Media
Alastair McKinnon - Head of Content, Investment & Planning, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Rachel Gardner and Robin Scholes - Producers of THE NEW LEGENDS OF MONKEY
Donna Andrews –Producer of RONNY CHIENG: INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
Vassiliki Khonsari – Producer, writer and director across multiple screens, co-Founder of iNK Stories
Duncan Ransom - CEO, The Endless Collective
Marli Scharlin - Creative Director, Eko
Anna Dokoza - Producer (FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, LADY DYNAMITE)
Jenny Halper - Director of Production and Development, Maven Pictures
Simone Pero - President, New York Women in Film & Television, and producer of THE TALE