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In this session, Independent Director, Producer and Actor, Rosie Lourde, will be in conversation with producers Lisa Shaunessy (The Furies) and Ashley McLeod (Sweet River).
Using their two films as case studies, the speakers will talk about how low budget drama projects can be financed outside the regular sources of funding, revealing the alternative and innovative ways they approached financing their projects.
The session aims to help filmmakers understand the compatibility of different kinds of alternative finance sources with specific kinds of project. Subject-matter, themes, target audience, location and many other factors come into play when considering which potential investors to pitch to - and how to pitch to them. This webinar will show attendees how to identify key elements of a project and translate those into viable finance and pitching strategies.
The Furies movie poster
Sweet River production shot
Speakers
Rosie Lourde is a content creator traversing roles, formats and genres. Rosie recently directed her first feature, romcom Romance On The Menu which will be released as a Netflix movie in September; was as a writer/director on horror anthology series Deadhouse Dark which will premiere at CanneSeries 2020; and was writer, director and producer of virtual reality film Breach. Digital series Starting From Now(which she acts in and producers) has amassed over 135 million views online, sold to SBS and won numerous awards. Rosie was also producer on indie feature Skin Deep, and acted in mumble core feature Chocolate Oyster which screened at Sydney Film Festival 2018. She was formerly the Investment Manager of Online Production at Screen Australia, as well as a co-Vice President of WIFT NSW and has recently joined the Gender Taskforce.
Ashley’s film career has provided him with solid grounding and extensive experience. From his first big break as a sound recordist on multi award winning Burke’s Backyard through to developing and writing a feature film screenplay while establishing his locations company, when he sold it to move into producing, it was positioned as Australia’s leading location company. Ashley has encountered almost every imaginable scenario through his rise to producing. It is with this wealth of knowledge and production experience that sets Ashley apart.
Ashley has produced over 2000 TVCs for national and international brands. In 2019 Ashley produced his first feature film which was sold to Netflix as a Netflix Original and streamed in 2020. Sweet River had a theatrical release across America in April 2021 and has won numerous awards at international film festivals. Ash has a number of projects in development, is currently in pre-production on BIG RED, a comedy horror genre film.
Partner at Australian production and distribution company, ARCADIA, Lisa produced 2067 (XYZ/RLJE Films/Netflix), starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten and Deborah Mailman, which debuted as the No 1 movie on Netflix (ANZ) and No 2 on iTunes (US), following its theatrical release. Lisa also produced the critically acclaimed Killing Ground that premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2017 (IFC Midnight) with Joe Weatherstone; The Furies (Sitges Film Festival, 2019, Shudder/StudioCanal); AACTA award-winning series Hipsters (SBS, 2015), hosted by Samuel Johnson; Black & White & Sex (IFF Rotterdam 2013, co-producer) and ASC award-winning documentary Slammin’ Sam (Foxtel, 2013). She is currently in post-production on Sissy (XYZ, LevelK & Arcadia), that stars The Bold Type’s Aisha Dee, and co-stars Hannah Barlow who co-writes and co-directs with Kane Senes.
Formerly a producer at Russell Crowe’s South Sydney Media, Lisa was an executive on The Water Diviner. Prior to this, Lisa headed up Hugh Jackman’s Seed Productions that produced Jackman starrers Deception and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, as well as An Aussie Goes Barmy, An Aussie Goes Bolly and An Aussie Goes Calypso for Foxtel.
Lisa is a graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and a TAP alumni.
Sponsors and Partners
Partnership
Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University is a multi-campus university on Australia’s east coast. We are proud of our reputation as a progressive institution and pride ourselves on our rich academic portfolio covering a wide range of disciplines.
The creative hub on our Lismore campus has modern purpose-built facilities for our contemporary music, media and visual arts students. This includes access to the latest video, audio and creative technology and software; radio and television studios; recording and production studios; a digital arts and design computer lab; and professional-standard concert and exhibition spaces in Studio One29.
The Southern Cross partnership with Screenworks adds a valuable dimension to the learning experience. Through Screenworks mentoring opportunities, our creative arts students gain insights from screen industry leaders and professionals who are based in the Northern Rivers region. They can establish industry connections and develop valuable professional networks.
Southern Cross University is proud to work with our partners to develop and enable creative futures for our graduates.
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