Dop Anna Howard and Shelly Lauman (Photo: Nicholas Prokop).
Writer-director Shelly Lauman hopes to secure Us representation and support for her first feature after Fox Searchlight acquired worldwide rights to her short film Birdie.
After the deal was announced at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Birdie screened in the Short Cuts competition, Lauman is spending a week in Los Angeles meeting with producers, managers and other industry contacts.
Produced by Lizzie Cater, Birdie had its first international screening in Toronto following the world premiere at Miff.
Funded by the inaugural $20,000 Australian Directors Guild/Metro Screen Production Fellowship, the psychological thriller follows a young woman who meets a man as she descends the stairs to an underground platform, leading to a subtle and sinister game.
Starring Maeve Dermody, Sam Parsonson, Joshua Brennan, Eden Falk and Lynette Curran, Birdie was one of two shorts acquired by Fox Searchlight in Toronto; the...
Writer-director Shelly Lauman hopes to secure Us representation and support for her first feature after Fox Searchlight acquired worldwide rights to her short film Birdie.
After the deal was announced at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Birdie screened in the Short Cuts competition, Lauman is spending a week in Los Angeles meeting with producers, managers and other industry contacts.
Produced by Lizzie Cater, Birdie had its first international screening in Toronto following the world premiere at Miff.
Funded by the inaugural $20,000 Australian Directors Guild/Metro Screen Production Fellowship, the psychological thriller follows a young woman who meets a man as she descends the stairs to an underground platform, leading to a subtle and sinister game.
Starring Maeve Dermody, Sam Parsonson, Joshua Brennan, Eden Falk and Lynette Curran, Birdie was one of two shorts acquired by Fox Searchlight in Toronto; the...
- 9/16/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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