Script to Screen brings you our next TALK online. We have taken the opportunity to invite Australian powerhouse creatives – showrunner/screenwriter/director/producer Tony Ayres (Stateless, The Slap, The Home Song Stories) and producer Kristina Ceyton (The Nightingale, The Babadook) to discuss Building a Slate You Believe In with moderator Karin Williams.
Despite the pandemic impacting screen production, distribution and exhibition, the development process for screen projects is able to continue and in some cases thrive. In this TALK, the panel will delve into curating the talent you work with and how to decide which projects to work on.
Now more than ever a captive audience demands engaging content. Tony Ayres and Kristina Ceyton’s feature films and television series demonstrate each of their abilities to produce projects that please both audiences and critics.
Tony is well known for creating some of Australia’s most revered film and television drama including The Home Song Stories, Nowhere Boys, The Slap, Glitch and most recently Stateless – created and executive produced with Cate Blanchett and Elise McCredie. Stateless is a series about the people caught up in Australia’s immigration system, it premiered at Berlinale this year and Netflix acquired global rights (release date soon to be announced).
Kristina’s most recent films, allegorical thriller The Babadook, historical thriller The Nightingale (both directed by Jennifer Kent) and Buoyancy (dir. Rodd Rathjen) about 14-year-old Chakra who is sold as slave labour to the captain of a Thai fishing vessel, all deal with challenging subject matter and have gone on to be award-winning films.
The projects you choose to put your time into can and should be well-considered, as is the work of these two admired and tenacious filmmakers. They will share what they have learned so you too can build a slate you believe in.
Wed 27 May
2:00pm – 3:00pm NZST – TALK + Live Q&A
Script to Screen Livestream
There are two ways to join this Script to Screen Livestream:
ZOOM – You pre-register via Zoom and can ask questions, spaces are limited to 100.
FACEBOOK – You can watch the talk live on our facebook page, you don’t need to register and you can ask questions.
For Non-Facebook Users, if you miss out on a pre-registration on Zoom you can still tune into the TALK via this link to Facebook. You do not need to create a Facebook account to watch. Ignore any Facebook prompts to Log In/Create New Account, or click ‘Not Now’ if the option appears. Click play once the live broadcast has started. You will not be able to ask questions during the live stream when you do not have a Facebook account.
