Recently the short film The Female Gaze was screened at two international film festivals, Sunny Side of the Doc in France and the Seoul Women’s International Film Festival. The Female Gaze features the work of six iconic female directors discussing whether there is such a thing as a ‘female gaze’ and if so how it impacts the filmmakers’ output and world view. Lisa French is the writer and director and I am a co-producer and editor on this project. The Female Gaze features interviews from Kim Longinotto (UK), Gillian Armstrong (Australia), Nishtha Jain (India), Phie Ambo (Denmark), Ileana Stanculescu (Romania), Pirjo Honkasalo (Finland), Marie Mandy (Belgium/France), and Nancy Kates (USA).

Secret Life of the Screenwriter is a feature documentary focussing on one of Australia’s most prominent screenwriters, Jan Sardi, former President of the Australian Writers Guild and writer of Shine, for which he was awarded an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. Jan also wrote The Notebook, Love’s Brother (which he also directed) and Mao’s Last Dancer.

We All Have Autism follows the story of Aaron who was diagnosed with autism when he was four years old. I made a program Autism – The Early Signs in 1989, and followed it up in 2004 with a second program, Autism – The Teen Years. The current documentary tells how Aaron has progressed over the years with the support of his family, parents Paula and Clyde, and brothers Aiden and Levi. The family relocated from Melbourne to London in 2010, and part of the story is how they help Aaron with the assistance of local government funding. Aaron and his family returned to Melbourne, and are now living in Sydney.