Mary Musolino is an Actor, Writer and Director living in Melbourne, Australia. She has worked both in front of and behind the camera on more than 30 short films. Mary has also featured as an actress in 3 feature films.
Old habits is her directorial debut.
Film has been instrumental in shaping me as a person and as a creator. I endevour to create films that give something to others, like so many films have given to me.
A beach-side change-room becomes a confessional for two sisters, who are forced to decide if they have the strength to endure their respective marriages or the courage to leave.
Denise is the President of Devilhouse Films and Director and Producer of the web series #Me4TV – next gen talk show. She is also a Producer of So This Is it Then, Wrapped, Sunshine Backpackers, Red Wire, Knock Knock and Initiation. She is a former journalist, magazine editor and crisis communications and reputation management consultant, and she manages a small group of talented Australian actors.
Bet the Demon Wins aims to highlight the impact gambling has on families; an issue that heavily impacted our family.
A teenager struggles to fight off the demons that have come to haunt her following rejection by her gambling addicted father and betrayal by her sister.
Penelope Berkemeier (Director) is a graduate of Sydney Film School and the Actor’s Centre of Australia, where she trained both on and offstage. She has worked in the Australian film industry for over ten years, an experienced 1st, 2nd & 3rd Assistant Director of countless features, short films, webseries and television series, including “Home & Away”, “Love Child”, “The Secret Daughter”, “54 Days”, “Skin Deep” and “Love Is Now.” “Remote Access” marks Penelope’s directing debut.
In the Blue Mountains of Australia, police must interview a broken couple to determine who is responsible for two brutal murders. Were they innocent bystanders of a domestic violence incident, or did something more sinister occur?
“Why Saying “Get Off the Internet” is Terrible Advice for Victims of Online Harassment”
Cinema Femme Magazine
“Women in Key Creative Roles: Film Industry”
Current Affairs UTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGCRn7UbtDs&feature=youtu.be
“Sydney Arts Guide Review”
Sydney Arts Guide
“Behind the Scenes Interviews Segment 1”
“Behind the Scenes Interviews Segment 2”
“Behind the Scenes Interviews Segment 3”
Photo: Lenee Son (left) and Elina Gress (right)
BIOGRAPHY OF LENEE SON
Lenée is a Khmer Krom settler who grew up in Surrey on unceded Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo, and Kwikwetlem territories. She has a Bachelors of Journalism and minor in Sociology from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Her work as a freelance multimedia journalist has appeared in publications such as rabble.ca, Multimedia Photojournale, The Volcano, Westcoast Food, and Inside Vancouver. When she’s not working on multimedia projects, Lenee is committed to anti-poverty community organizing in Surrey and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
She/Her pronouns.
BIOGRAPHY OF ELINA GRESS
Elina is a freelance multimedia journalist, primarily photojournalist, in the search for a greater understanding of our world. She has a deep interest in the complexities of the human population. Telling people’s stories from their perspective and not her own. Telling stories that can change people’s hearts and minds through photography and documentary. That said, Elina has a passion for wildlife conservation and preservation; not to mention the determination to protecting our one and only home. Earth.
ELINA – I didn’t know January and I never heard about her murder. This made me cringe. Why was January murdered? Why did I not hear of this? Why was her murder not covered as strongly as other news items? These are all concerns I had when Lenée and I were approached to do this film. This is why I am doing this. January was a person; a human being. Her life was just as valuable as yours and mine. The purpose of this film is not to generate fame or profit, but to educate our population about transgender rights and lives. There is no ‘script’. Just real people. This film is a platform for trans* women of colour to share their voices in a safe environment. The lives of trans* women of colour are important and that’s something I want to make clear in this film. This is for January.
LENEE – Her name was January. She was loved by her friends and family. She was fearless and compassionate. When I interviewed people who knew her, they described her as a “bright light” whose energy and personality radiated in a crowded room. At just 26 years old, she was lost too soon. I wanted to tell January’s story because I was saddened to learn of the loss of another transgender woman at the hands of gender violence. Trans women are being murdered at an unprecedented rate. For racialized trans girls living in poverty like January, transphobic violence is also inherently connected to race, gender, and class. As an immigrant from the Philippines, a sex worker, and trans girl, January navigated through these multiple structures of oppression. My Name Was January is a memorial of January’s life and light. It is a call for justice for January and for all our sisters who have lost their lives to transmisogyny. It is a refusal to lose another sister to gender violence.
