Lizzette Atkins
ProducerTowards the end of 2002, Lizzette Atkins and Beth Frey formed their production company CIRCE FILMS PTY LTD. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Circe Films is engaged in the development and production of feature films, television dramas and documentaries.
In 2004/2005 their documentaries ‘Passport to Parenthood’, ‘Undercover Angels:Sex, Spies and Surveillance’ and the AFI award winning ‘Vietnam Nurses’ screened on national television. Their multi award winning one hour TV drama ‘Stranded’ went to air early 2006. It also screened at the London and Shanghai Film Festival and won 3 AFI Awards, (Best Short Drama, Best Screenplay and Best Actor), the IF Award for Best Short ‘Drama and a Television Logie for Best New Talent.
The documentary series “Do Not Resuscitate” directed by Davor Dirlic premiered on national television in 2006 and was selected to screen at the prestigious NZ Docs Oct 2007. Recently completed is the feature film “Night” directed by Lawrence Johnston. “Night” was selected to screen in Visions at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007 and was nominated by the Joris Ivens Award at IDFA in late 2007. It was released theatrically in early 2008. The documentary series “Wedding Sari Showdown” went to air January 2008. Both her feature documentaries “Rock n Roll Nerd” and “Lionel Rose” will premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2008.
CIRCE FILMS has a slate of feature films and several documentaries in development and financing including the feature projects, The Shelter with writer/ director Samuel Macgeorge, Kid Snowball with writer John Brumpton and director Matthew Saville. (Noise). Jericho has been recently selected for SPARK workshop 2008 and The Serpent directed by Ben Hackworth has been chosen as part of the L’Atelier Program in Cannes 2008.