Don’t F with Me! creator Fiona Percival (centre) with Cathy Beitz (L) and Julie Byrne (R).
The winners of the 2020 Lottie Lyell Award were announced today, with three South Australian women filmmakers sharing in $30,000 to develop their screen projects.
Now in its second year, the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) Lottie Lyell Award has expanded by $10,000 from its initial $20,000 in order to fund two additional projects, chosen from a pool of 26 applications.
Rochelle Siemienowicz is Screen Content Lead at Screenhub. She is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema and was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates'. Rochelle has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, is out with Midnight Sun on October 1, 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk
