The Women’s Direction is focused on supporting female film directors. On this blog you can find more information about how to get started in the industry via our New Filmmakers Guide, as well as explore the work of some up and coming female directors you might not have heard of yet in our Featured Female Filmmakers series.
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“Life made me become a film director” says this week’s featured director Luana Di Pasquale. We spoke about Keep Mum her new short film exploring the psychological impacts of a cycle of domestic violence.
The debut directing credit from Rachel Griffiths, Ride Like A Girl is the story of Australian jockey Michelle Payne and her journey towards becoming the first ever female to win the biggest horse race in the country, The Melbourne Cup. Staring Sam Neil, Magda Szubanski and Teresa Palmer as Michelle, the film is a quintessential …
There is a desperate need for unique storytelling to make a comeback in cinema. In this modern age movie goers are drowning in Superhero films and Disney remakes and it is leaving many of us gasping for fresh air. This week I got to take a deep breath for the first time in a while …
McKenzee has always been a creator. Never enjoying any time where she wasn’t writing, singing, acting, making a film or generally pulling a story out of nothing and bringing it to life. McKenzee’s ultimate goal is being able to create and share stories with the world, and after discovering behind the scenes footage from her favourite movies it was decided that this would be her preferred avenue for doing so.
Since then she has acquired a Bachelor of Media, made video promos for theatre company’s, started and abandoned a Youtube channel, designed soundscapes for stage productions, made one short film, has fought with a half finished novel and started a blog tailored to bringing awareness to the gender disparity present within the film industry.
With an aim to go into film directing herself one day McKenzee began writing The Women’s Direction to not only create awareness but to hopefully add to the empowerment of other female filmmakers so as to end the gender inequality and pave the way for any other aspiring women like herself.
