Congratulations to Rachel Gardner, who has been selected by ACE
(Ateliers du Cinéma Européen) to attend Paris-based and
Zurich-based workshops in March 2010 and join the ACE Producer
Network.
The following producers have been granted NZFC finance through
the Early Development Fund: Arani Cuthbert for One of Us
(with writer Norelle Scott & director Chris Dudman); Robin
Murphy for Shopping (with writers/directors: Mark Albiston
& Louis Sutherland) and for Don't Fence Me In (with
writer Brian Challis & director Miles Murphy); Sue Thompson for
Sweetwater (with co-producers Jonathan Dowling &
Andrew Beattie and writer/director Andrew McKenzie); Michelle
Turner for Shang High 85 (with writer Nick Ward &
writer/director Ellory Elkayem); and Angela Littlejohn for The
True Picture (with writer Dianne Taylor & director Kirsten
Green).