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Blame the Rabbit
October 2023 updated August 2024
Blame The Rabbit wins the Adelaide Film Festival 2023 Short Film Prize tied with our good friends The Unrequited Life of Farrah Bruce. The Film has since screened competition at Flickerfest, St Kilda Film Festival and will screen later in 2024 at Cinefest Oz and the Cyprus International Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 SASA (South Australian Screen Awards) along with awards for Best Composition and Best Sound Design.
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Altitude boards sales on true crime docu-drama ‘Speedway’
February 2023
UK outfit Altitude Film Sales has boarded Speedway, a true crime docu-drama from first-time Australian filmmakers Luke Rynderman and Adam Kamien, and will present first footage to buyers at the European Film Market.
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
November 2022
Highview Productions & Closer Productions announced they have optioned the rights to The Dictionary of Lost Words, the best-selling novel by South Australian author Pip Williams, the first Australian novel to feature in Rhys Witherspoon’s Book Club.
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SBS Emerging Writers Scheme
October 2022
Highview Productions has been chosen as the South Australian company in the next round of the SBS Emerging Writers Scheme in conjunction with Screen Australia & SAFC. Renowned playwright, theatre director and actor Elena Carapetis will commence in January 2023.
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The Tourist – First review
January 2022
The first review is in for The Tourist and its 4 stars! More information here
A Sunburnt Christmas – First review
December 2020
The first review is in for A Sunburnt Christmas and its 4 stars!
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The Tourist is announced in The Hollywood Reporter
February 2020
CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation Kate Croser said “It is fantastic to see acclaimed South Australian Producer Lisa Scott partner with the Emmy-award winning producers of Fleabag to bring this series to South Australia.”
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