To mark the release of Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie’s Dead Aunt) on 19th July, we’ve been 3 copies to give away on DVD.
School captain Ellie (Sophie Hawkshaw) has a serious crush on her classmate Abbie (Zoe Terakes), and is worrying over inviting her to the Year 12 formal. When Ellie accidentally spills the beans to her mum (Marta Dusseldorp) and outs herself in the process, things start to get complicated and a little bit spooky. Enter her deceased aunt Tara (Julia Billington), a lesbian activist from the ‘80s who returns from the dead to act as a kind of fairy godmother to Ellie, guiding her through the trials and tribulations of her first love.
Sophie Hawkshaw plays Ellie and non-binary actor Zoe Terakes, is Abbie (ABC’s Janet King). Julia Billington is Aunt Tara and Marta Dusseldorp is Erica, Ellie’s mother. Marta is one of Australia’s most recognised actresses,...
School captain Ellie (Sophie Hawkshaw) has a serious crush on her classmate Abbie (Zoe Terakes), and is worrying over inviting her to the Year 12 formal. When Ellie accidentally spills the beans to her mum (Marta Dusseldorp) and outs herself in the process, things start to get complicated and a little bit spooky. Enter her deceased aunt Tara (Julia Billington), a lesbian activist from the ‘80s who returns from the dead to act as a kind of fairy godmother to Ellie, guiding her through the trials and tribulations of her first love.
Sophie Hawkshaw plays Ellie and non-binary actor Zoe Terakes, is Abbie (ABC’s Janet King). Julia Billington is Aunt Tara and Marta Dusseldorp is Erica, Ellie’s mother. Marta is one of Australia’s most recognised actresses,...
- 7/12/2021
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Monica Zanetti’s Ellie and Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt) opens in UK cinemas today via Kaleidoscope, with Arcadia Films also announcing a range of sales in other territories, including the US.
The queer rom-com, written and directed by Monica Zanetti, follows Ellie (Sophie Hawkshaw), a high-school high-flyer who aces her academic work but can’t figure out a way to talk to Abbie (Zoe Terakes), the person with whom she’s hopelessly in love – or ask them to the formal.
Then a miracle happens: her dead lesbian aunt Tara (Julia Billington) returns as fairy godmother to offer plain-speaking advice from beyond the grave, but she hasn’t dated since the 1980s, and Gen Z dating norms aren’t easy for her to grasp.
Marta Dusseldorp, Rachel House, and Bridie Connell also star.
MahVeen Shahraki and Patrick James are the producers for Brazen Lot, with executive producers Brian Cobb, Steve Jaggi,...
The queer rom-com, written and directed by Monica Zanetti, follows Ellie (Sophie Hawkshaw), a high-school high-flyer who aces her academic work but can’t figure out a way to talk to Abbie (Zoe Terakes), the person with whom she’s hopelessly in love – or ask them to the formal.
Then a miracle happens: her dead lesbian aunt Tara (Julia Billington) returns as fairy godmother to offer plain-speaking advice from beyond the grave, but she hasn’t dated since the 1980s, and Gen Z dating norms aren’t easy for her to grasp.
Marta Dusseldorp, Rachel House, and Bridie Connell also star.
MahVeen Shahraki and Patrick James are the producers for Brazen Lot, with executive producers Brian Cobb, Steve Jaggi,...
- 6/11/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
What is it with adults? At the times in teenagers' lives when they most need to figure things out on their own, they're always intruding, offering advice that might have worked a century ago but would make you a laughing stock now, trying to micromanage your love life long after they've forgotten what it's like to be in your position. Yes, Ellie (Sophie Hawkshaw) is a lesbian, and yes, that still comes with challenges that straight people don't have to face, but it's not like it was in the past and the last thing she needs is her aunt Tara (Julia Billington) sticking her nose in - especially as Tara has been dead since before she was born.
Monica Zanetti's sweet-natured teen romcom has been a hit at LGBTQ+ festivals around the world and is now ready for a wider audience. It's a largely character-driven piece focused on Ellie and her.
Monica Zanetti's sweet-natured teen romcom has been a hit at LGBTQ+ festivals around the world and is now ready for a wider audience. It's a largely character-driven piece focused on Ellie and her.
- 6/9/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Joel Edgerton will produce and star in Thomas M Wright’s ‘The Unknown Man’.
Amid turbulent times for the sector, Screen Australia has some positive news, announcing production funding for three feature films, four television series, a children’s series and two online projects.
Overall, the projects, including Thomas M Wright’s The Unknown Man, produced by See-Saw Films and Anonymous Content, and starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris, will share in $8.5 million of production funding.
Other projects include family drama The Midwife from Playmaker Media for Nine; a comedy created by Kitty Flanagan called Entitled for the ABC, and the debut feature film from artist Del Kathryn Barton, Puff, produced by Causeway Films.
“We’re blown away by the projects in this slate and it’s great to see such a wide range of genres. I am particularly delighted to support Puff, the directorial debut of renowned artist Del Kathryn Barton,...
Amid turbulent times for the sector, Screen Australia has some positive news, announcing production funding for three feature films, four television series, a children’s series and two online projects.
Overall, the projects, including Thomas M Wright’s The Unknown Man, produced by See-Saw Films and Anonymous Content, and starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris, will share in $8.5 million of production funding.
Other projects include family drama The Midwife from Playmaker Media for Nine; a comedy created by Kitty Flanagan called Entitled for the ABC, and the debut feature film from artist Del Kathryn Barton, Puff, produced by Causeway Films.
“We’re blown away by the projects in this slate and it’s great to see such a wide range of genres. I am particularly delighted to support Puff, the directorial debut of renowned artist Del Kathryn Barton,...
- 4/20/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Sophie Hawkshaw (L) and Zoe Terakes in ‘Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt)’.
Since Zoe Terakes came out, the proudly gay actor has not been offered any screen roles as straight characters – but that has not hindered the 19-year-old’s flourishing career.
There is no such discrimination in the theatre world and Zoe is currently performing in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge at the Ensemble Theatre, directed by Iain Sinclair.
She made her stage debut as Catherine, a college student who is romantically involved with Italian immigrant Rodolpho, in the Old Fitz Theatre production of the play while she was studying for the Hsc.
Miller’s play has been a talisman for her as she appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company production, also directed by Sinclair, earlier this year.
Terakes is gratified by the growing acceptance of Lgbtqi actors and storylines but she tells If: “In the...
Since Zoe Terakes came out, the proudly gay actor has not been offered any screen roles as straight characters – but that has not hindered the 19-year-old’s flourishing career.
There is no such discrimination in the theatre world and Zoe is currently performing in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge at the Ensemble Theatre, directed by Iain Sinclair.
She made her stage debut as Catherine, a college student who is romantically involved with Italian immigrant Rodolpho, in the Old Fitz Theatre production of the play while she was studying for the Hsc.
Miller’s play has been a talisman for her as she appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company production, also directed by Sinclair, earlier this year.
Terakes is gratified by the growing acceptance of Lgbtqi actors and storylines but she tells If: “In the...
- 8/4/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sophie Hawkshaw (L) and Zoe Terakes in ‘Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt)’.
Since Zoe Terakes came out, the proudly gay actor has not been offered any screen roles as straight characters – but that has not hindered the 19-year-old’s flourishing career.
There is no such discrimination in the theatre world and Zoe is currently performing in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge at the Ensemble Theatre, directed by Iain Sinclair.
She made her stage debut as Catherine, a college student who is romantically involved with Italian Rodolpho, in the Old Fitz Theatre production of the play while she was studying for the Hsc.
Miller’s play has been a talisman for her as she appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company production, also directed by Sinclair, earlier this year.
Terakes is determined to overcome the attitude prevalent in sections of the screen industry that gay actors can’t be convincing as straight characters.
Since Zoe Terakes came out, the proudly gay actor has not been offered any screen roles as straight characters – but that has not hindered the 19-year-old’s flourishing career.
There is no such discrimination in the theatre world and Zoe is currently performing in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge at the Ensemble Theatre, directed by Iain Sinclair.
She made her stage debut as Catherine, a college student who is romantically involved with Italian Rodolpho, in the Old Fitz Theatre production of the play while she was studying for the Hsc.
Miller’s play has been a talisman for her as she appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company production, also directed by Sinclair, earlier this year.
Terakes is determined to overcome the attitude prevalent in sections of the screen industry that gay actors can’t be convincing as straight characters.
- 8/3/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Julia Billington
When Julia Billington was at the National Institute of Dramatic Art there was a tacit belief among sections of the screen industry that a gay actor could not come out.
“It wasn’t spoken about but it was an undercurrent, a hangover from the past decade,” she tells If. “If you were queer, you should keep it on the down-low.”
Since she graduated from Nida in 2008 clearly there has been growing acceptance of the Lgbtqi community, although it’s far from universal.
Citing the 38.4 per cent of respondents who voted no in the same sex marriage plebiscite in 2017, she says: “We can pat ourselves on the back but there is still a long way to go.”
Currently Billington is relishing playing Tara, a lesbian who died in the 1980s and is reincarnated as a fairy godmother in Monica Zanetti’s rom-com Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt).
Adapted...
When Julia Billington was at the National Institute of Dramatic Art there was a tacit belief among sections of the screen industry that a gay actor could not come out.
“It wasn’t spoken about but it was an undercurrent, a hangover from the past decade,” she tells If. “If you were queer, you should keep it on the down-low.”
Since she graduated from Nida in 2008 clearly there has been growing acceptance of the Lgbtqi community, although it’s far from universal.
Citing the 38.4 per cent of respondents who voted no in the same sex marriage plebiscite in 2017, she says: “We can pat ourselves on the back but there is still a long way to go.”
Currently Billington is relishing playing Tara, a lesbian who died in the 1980s and is reincarnated as a fairy godmother in Monica Zanetti’s rom-com Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt).
Adapted...
- 4/28/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Top (l-r) Sophie Hawkshaw, Zoe Terakes; Bottom (l-r) Rachel House, Marta Dusseldorp.
As a teenager Monica Zanetti searched in vain for gay rom-coms which she could watch with her mother, while Neil Armfield’s same-sex romantic drama Holding the Man was a major influence.
That has inspired the writer-director to make her feature directing debut on Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), which, unlike Armfield’s film has a happy ending.
Shooting in Sydney started today, starring Marta Dusseldorp, fellow Janet King alumni Julia Billington, Kiwi Rachel House, Zoe Terakes and newcomer Sophie Hawkshaw.
Zanetti adapted the screenplay from her eponymous play which was staged in 2017 at The Depot Theatre in Marrickville, her second feature credit after Jonnie Leahy’s 2014 drama Skip Deep.
Hawkshaw’s Ellie is 18 and struggling to find the courage to ask classmate Abbie (Terakes) to the formal. Luckily her aunt Tara (Billington), a lesbian who died in the 80s,...
As a teenager Monica Zanetti searched in vain for gay rom-coms which she could watch with her mother, while Neil Armfield’s same-sex romantic drama Holding the Man was a major influence.
That has inspired the writer-director to make her feature directing debut on Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), which, unlike Armfield’s film has a happy ending.
Shooting in Sydney started today, starring Marta Dusseldorp, fellow Janet King alumni Julia Billington, Kiwi Rachel House, Zoe Terakes and newcomer Sophie Hawkshaw.
Zanetti adapted the screenplay from her eponymous play which was staged in 2017 at The Depot Theatre in Marrickville, her second feature credit after Jonnie Leahy’s 2014 drama Skip Deep.
Hawkshaw’s Ellie is 18 and struggling to find the courage to ask classmate Abbie (Terakes) to the formal. Luckily her aunt Tara (Billington), a lesbian who died in the 80s,...
- 4/23/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Road movie All About E will premiere at Trundle in Far West Nsw, where the film was shot, on October 24, before a national roll-out via on-demand platform Tugg.
Director Louise Wadley,. producer Jay Rutovitz and cast members. Mandahla Rose, Simon Bolton and Brett Rogers will attend the screening at Trundle Memorial Hall.
Rose (Wastelander Panda) plays young Arabic Australian Elmira, or E as she insists on being called, a sexy DJ at Sydney's top gay nightclub who has her pick of the girls.
But she doesn't have a clue about how much of a mess her life has become. She's not .out. to her traditional Lebanese family, she's abandoned her beloved classical music and she's lost Trish (Julia Billington), the one relationship that really mattered to her.
When she stumbles on a stash of cash, she and her best gay friend and husband of convenience, Irishman Matt (Rogers) are forced...
Director Louise Wadley,. producer Jay Rutovitz and cast members. Mandahla Rose, Simon Bolton and Brett Rogers will attend the screening at Trundle Memorial Hall.
Rose (Wastelander Panda) plays young Arabic Australian Elmira, or E as she insists on being called, a sexy DJ at Sydney's top gay nightclub who has her pick of the girls.
But she doesn't have a clue about how much of a mess her life has become. She's not .out. to her traditional Lebanese family, she's abandoned her beloved classical music and she's lost Trish (Julia Billington), the one relationship that really mattered to her.
When she stumbles on a stash of cash, she and her best gay friend and husband of convenience, Irishman Matt (Rogers) are forced...
- 10/7/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Wolfe Releasing has acquired North American rights to the Australian lesbian crime caper that will screen at Frameline and Outfest this summer.
All About E follows an Arab-Australian DJ on the run with her gay best friend who chances upon a bag of cash.
Mandahla Rose, Julia Billington, Brett Rogers and Simon Bolton star.
Louise Wadley wrote and directed All About E and Jay Rutovitz of Girls’ Own Pictures produced.
The film premiered at Sydney’s Mardi Gras Film Festival and Melbourne’s Queer Film Festival in Australia.
Wolfe Releasing president Jim Stephens negotiated DVD, VOD and all digital platforms with Rutovitz and plans an early 2016 release.
“A About E is a fun look at culture and identity in Australia, with terrific performances and beautiful cinematography, set against the backdrop of Australia’s varied landscapes,” said Stephens.
“Wolfe Releasing was always our number one choice for North America, and we couldn’t be more delighted to have...
All About E follows an Arab-Australian DJ on the run with her gay best friend who chances upon a bag of cash.
Mandahla Rose, Julia Billington, Brett Rogers and Simon Bolton star.
Louise Wadley wrote and directed All About E and Jay Rutovitz of Girls’ Own Pictures produced.
The film premiered at Sydney’s Mardi Gras Film Festival and Melbourne’s Queer Film Festival in Australia.
Wolfe Releasing president Jim Stephens negotiated DVD, VOD and all digital platforms with Rutovitz and plans an early 2016 release.
“A About E is a fun look at culture and identity in Australia, with terrific performances and beautiful cinematography, set against the backdrop of Australia’s varied landscapes,” said Stephens.
“Wolfe Releasing was always our number one choice for North America, and we couldn’t be more delighted to have...
- 6/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The producers of All About E intend to open the lesbian love story/ road trip/ thriller on about 40 screens next year, all via cinema-on-demand platform Tugg.
Formerly known as The Trouble With E, writer-director Louise Wadley.s film follows a beautiful, sexy DJ named E, who goes on the run after she stumbles on a stash of cash.
Adelaide actress Mandahla Rose plays the title role with Nida graduate Julia Billington as Trish, E.s lover, with whom she has a messy break-up.
The cast includes fellow Nida grad Brett Rogers as Matt, E.s gay best friend who marries her to get a visa, Kim Antonios-Hayes as her mother Nadine, Lex Marinos as her father and Simon Bolton as Johnny Rock, a villain who runs a nightclub as a front for peddling drugs.
The first feature from Wadley and her producing partner Jay Rutovitz.s Girls. Own Pictures,...
Formerly known as The Trouble With E, writer-director Louise Wadley.s film follows a beautiful, sexy DJ named E, who goes on the run after she stumbles on a stash of cash.
Adelaide actress Mandahla Rose plays the title role with Nida graduate Julia Billington as Trish, E.s lover, with whom she has a messy break-up.
The cast includes fellow Nida grad Brett Rogers as Matt, E.s gay best friend who marries her to get a visa, Kim Antonios-Hayes as her mother Nadine, Lex Marinos as her father and Simon Bolton as Johnny Rock, a villain who runs a nightclub as a front for peddling drugs.
The first feature from Wadley and her producing partner Jay Rutovitz.s Girls. Own Pictures,...
- 11/27/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Lex Marinos has joined the cast of The Trouble with E, a female-driven road movie/romance that started shooting in Sydney today.
It.s the first feature from Girls. Own Pictures, a company formed by writer-director Louise Wadley and her producing partner Jay Rutovitz.
Adelaide actress Mandahla Rose plays E, a sexy DJ who stumbles on a stash of cash and is forced on the run into the Outback.
In her film debut, Nida graduate and stage actress Julia Billington plays Trish, E.s lover, with whom she has a messy break-up.
Marinos and Kim Antonia-Hayes play E.s parents. .I'm delighted to have an actor of Lex's calibre. He brings a depth and gravitas to all his performances,. Wadley tells If.
Wadley says Brett Rodgers has gained 12 kgs to play Matt, a flame-haired, tubby Irishman who is E's gay best friend and marries her to get a visa.
Wadley...
It.s the first feature from Girls. Own Pictures, a company formed by writer-director Louise Wadley and her producing partner Jay Rutovitz.
Adelaide actress Mandahla Rose plays E, a sexy DJ who stumbles on a stash of cash and is forced on the run into the Outback.
In her film debut, Nida graduate and stage actress Julia Billington plays Trish, E.s lover, with whom she has a messy break-up.
Marinos and Kim Antonia-Hayes play E.s parents. .I'm delighted to have an actor of Lex's calibre. He brings a depth and gravitas to all his performances,. Wadley tells If.
Wadley says Brett Rodgers has gained 12 kgs to play Matt, a flame-haired, tubby Irishman who is E's gay best friend and marries her to get a visa.
Wadley...
- 11/13/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Julia Billington will play the co-lead in The Trouble with E, a road movie/romance from writer-director Louise Wadley.
Due to start shooting in Sydney and western Nsw on November 18, the film will feature Adelaide actress Mandahla Rose as E, a beautiful, sexy DJ who stumbles on a stash of cash and is forced on the run into the Outback.
In her film debut, Billington will play Trish, E.s lover, with whom she has a messy break-up. .She is strong, full of conviction, humour, and also vulnerable. It's a beautiful cocktail to play,. says Julia of her character.
A Nida graduate, Billington has numerous stage credits with companies including Bell Shakespeare, Sydney Theatre Company and the Darlinghurst Theatre. She received rave reviews for her portrayal in My Name is Rachel Corrie, a one-woman show documenting the tragically short life of the young peace activist.
The cast includes Brett Rodgers as Matt,...
Due to start shooting in Sydney and western Nsw on November 18, the film will feature Adelaide actress Mandahla Rose as E, a beautiful, sexy DJ who stumbles on a stash of cash and is forced on the run into the Outback.
In her film debut, Billington will play Trish, E.s lover, with whom she has a messy break-up. .She is strong, full of conviction, humour, and also vulnerable. It's a beautiful cocktail to play,. says Julia of her character.
A Nida graduate, Billington has numerous stage credits with companies including Bell Shakespeare, Sydney Theatre Company and the Darlinghurst Theatre. She received rave reviews for her portrayal in My Name is Rachel Corrie, a one-woman show documenting the tragically short life of the young peace activist.
The cast includes Brett Rodgers as Matt,...
- 10/23/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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