Briony Kidd Explained

Briony Kidd
Occupation:Film director
Yearsactive:2000–present

Briony Kidd is an Australian director based in Hobart, Tasmania. She has a Bachelor of Film and TV from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.

Career

Kidd's film, The Room at the Top of the Stairs, was selected to screen at the 2011 HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles,[1] and for the touring Viscera Film Festival and the Pittsburgh Horror Film Festival.[2]

In 2014, Kidd was a part of the production company, Van Demon Dames. The group's first project was to film a trilogy of short horror films, including Kidd's Watch Me.[3]

Writing and theatre

Kidd reviewed films for The Jakarta Post from 2004 to 2008.

In 2010, Kidd's article in the Mercury urged film-goers to support Australian-made movies, citing the example of Sean Byrne's The Loved Ones struggling with the timing of its release and small distribution.[4]

Her play, Death by Television, featured in the 2011 Tasmanian Theatre Company's Festival of New Tasmanian Theatre.[5]

In 2015, she co-produced a podcast series about contemporary art in Tasmania.[6]

In 2015, Kidd wrote The Pit, the first horror-themed performance for the Radio Gothic collective.[7] [8] [9] She directed two further performances in 2017.[10]

In 2016, she wrote for the Guardian about the visibility of the aesthetic of the Tasmanian gothic, and how this links with the Stranger With My Face festival.[11]

Kidd has written articles for SBS in July 2015 about gender inequalities in the film industry;[12] in June 2016 on Studio Ghibli's decision to not recruit female directors;[13] and in August 2018 on director Matthew Newton's redemption arc.[14]

Filmography

!Year!Title!Role
2000Meeting Shark
2002Learning the ropesDirector
2003Starring XavierExecutive producer
2006Sam and PiccoloWriter
2010The Room at the Top of the StairsWriter
2015I Am UndoneProducer
2015A Night of Horror Volume 1Producer
2015GrillzCo-producer
2016Watch MeProducer, director, editor
2016The Motel At The End Of The WorldCo-producer, director, writer

Award nominations and funding

Kidd has received funding from Screen Tasmania in 2001,[15] [16] 2003,[17] 2004,[18] 2009,[19] 2011,[20] 2014,[21] and 2016.[22]

In 2015, Kidd received funding from Screen Australia through the Gender Matters - Brilliant Stories initiative, towards The Motel At The End Of The World.[23] [24] [25] For the same film, she received mentorship through Screen Tasmania's Pitch, Plot and Produce cultural program.[26]

Activism

In October 2009, Kidd began a petition and Facebook page campaign to save the State Government Offices building, known as 10 Murray Street, Hobart.[27] The 1966 building was scheduled for demolition to allow for development for Parliament Square. The group fought against the planning decisions on the basis that the building has cultural and architectural significance.[28] As part of the advocacy, Kidd organised an art exhibition, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, within the National Trust's Heritage Festival.[29] She continued as spokesperson for the 500 member 'Save 10 Murray' group,[30] who appealed against the altered plans in July 2010.[31] After Tasmania's Planning Tribunal gave final approval for the redevelopment in December 2011, Kidd said that it implied that heritage listing didn't mean very much,[32] and that the legal case had repercussions for other listed buildings in Tasmania.[33] Kidd was listed as number 9 in Tasmania's Top 10 2012 Movers & Shakers for her work as group spokesperson and in changing public opinion about heritage values.[34]

Inspired by Viscera Film Festival,[35] Kidd and Rebecca Thomson co-founded the Hobart-based Stranger With My Face International film festival in 2012.[36] The festival focuses on horror films directed by women.[37] In an interview with Jason Di Rosso on ABC radio national, Kidd discussed how the festival counteracts a male focus in the genre.[38] In 2013, the festival was voted in the Top 5 Coolest Women's Film Festivals by Movie Maker Magazine readers.[39] The festival website states that the event may return in late 2018 or early 2019, depending on funding.[40]

In November 2013, Kidd wrote an opinion piece for the Guardian about the challenges involved in decriminalising abortion in Tasmania.[41]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Tasmanian gothic tempts Hollywood. Martain. Tim. 5 August 2011. The Mercury (Hobart). 21.
  2. News: Dying for a black comedy. Thow. Penny. 1 October 2011. The Mercury (Hobart). 47.
  3. News: Scream queens. Martain. Tim. 16 August 2014. The Mercury (Hobart). 4.
  4. News: All about bums on seats. Kidd. Briony. 13 November 2010. The Mercury (Hobart). 29.
  5. News: Invasion of privacy. Thow. Penny. 17 September 2011. The Mercury (Hobart). 51.
  6. News: Art for everyone: Tasmanian arts community launches contemporary podcast. Peck. Damien. 2015-06-04. ABC News. 2018-08-09. en-AU.
  7. News: Mind how you go in the dark. Thow. Penny. 9 June 2016. The Mercury (Hobart). 30.
  8. News: Tasmanian theatre so fresh its raw. 20 March 2015. Mercury.
  9. Web site: Radio Gothic Salamanca Arts Centre. www.salarts.org.au. en-AU. 2018-08-09.
  10. News: Fright and sound. Abey. Duncan. 12 June 2017. The Mercury (Hobart). 5.
  11. Web site: How Tasmania became the gothic muse of Australian film and TV. Kidd. Briony. 2016-11-24. the Guardian. en. 2018-08-09.
  12. News: Reading between the credits for Australian women directors. Kidd. Briony. 14 July 2015. SBS Movies. 2018-08-09. en.
  13. News: Studio Ghibli's slight on female directors ignores the women who've made it great. Kidd. Briony. 10 June 2016. SBS Movies. 2018-08-09. en.
  14. News: Matthew Newton is directing Jessica Chastain's next film. Should the road back really be this short? (Opinion). Kidd. Briony. 3 August 2018. SBS Movies. 2018-08-09. en.
  15. News: Filmmaker credits success to support. Vowles. Gill. 24 February 2008. Sunday Tasmanian (Hobart).
  16. Web site: August 2001 Screen Tasmania. www.screen.tas.gov.au. en. 2018-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828163936/https://www.screen.tas.gov.au/funding/funding_approvals/august_2001. 2018-08-28. dead.
  17. Web site: April 2003 Screen Tasmania. www.screen.tas.gov.au. en. 2018-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828174547/https://www.screen.tas.gov.au/funding/funding_approvals/april_2003. 2018-08-28. dead.
  18. Web site: July 2004 Screen Tasmania. www.screen.tas.gov.au. en. 2018-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828144925/https://www.screen.tas.gov.au/funding/funding_approvals/july_2004. 2018-08-28. dead.
  19. Web site: Short Drama Initiative 2009 Screen Tasmania. www.screen.tas.gov.au. en. 2018-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828181113/https://www.screen.tas.gov.au/funding/funding_approvals/august_2009. 2018-08-28. dead.
  20. Web site: 2011-12 Financial Year Screen Tasmania. www.screen.tas.gov.au. en. 2018-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828171020/https://www.screen.tas.gov.au/funding/funding_approvals/industry_and_enterprise_development_2011_-_2012_ytd. 2018-08-28. dead.
  21. Web site: 2013-14 Financial Year Screen Tasmania. www.screen.tas.gov.au. en. 2018-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828180154/https://www.screen.tas.gov.au/funding/funding_approvals/2013-2014_financial_year. 2018-08-28. dead.
  22. Web site: 2015-16 Financial Year Screen Tasmania. www.screen.tas.gov.au. en. 2018-08-09.
  23. Book: Annual Report 2015/2016. Screen Australia. 2016. 72. 1837-2740.
  24. Web site: Motel at the End of the World - Screen Australia. Screen Australia. 2018-08-09.
  25. News: Funding a screen saver for women. Hope. Emma. 16 July 2016. The Mercury (Hobart). 17.
  26. News: Filmmakers in spotlight. Barker. Alicia. 2015-12-12. The Examiner. 2018-08-09. en.
  27. News: Bid to save building goes online. Stedman. Michael. 27 October 2009. The Mercury (Hobart). 13.
  28. News: Ten Murray redevelopment heads for court. 15 March 2011. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News.
  29. News: Push to save 10 Murray Artists organise exhibition in praise of high-rise block. Brown. Damien. 4 March 2010. The Mercury (Hobart). 21.
  30. News: Aird steps in over Square knock-back. 8 July 2010. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News.
  31. News: Parliament precinct project scuttled It's back to square one Project back to square one. Neales. Sue. 8 July 2010. The Mercury (Hobart). 1.
  32. News: Parliament Square redevelopment clears last hurdle. 2 December 2011. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News.
  33. News: Appeal to save building. 23 December 2011. The Mercury (Hobart). 9.
  34. News: Tasmania's Top 10 2012 Movers & Shakers. 29 December 2012. The Mercury (Hobart). 36.
  35. News: A horrifying sexual revolution. Fitzgibbon. Rebecca. 17 February 2012. The Mercury (Hobart). 42.
  36. Web site: Women make a scene on the horror film circuit - and everyone should be afraid. Wilson. Jake. 2016-04-25. The Sydney Morning Herald. en. 2018-08-09.
  37. News: The waning shadow of the Tasmanian Gothic. Watts. Richard. 15 June 2018. ArtsHub Australia. 2018-08-09.
  38. Web site: Interview with Briony Kidd, Stranger With My Face Film Festival. 2016-04-07. Radio National. en-AU. 2018-08-09.
  39. News: Hobart horror among the best in film fests. Hope. Emma. 23 November 2013. The Mercury (Hobart). 9.
  40. Web site: Stranger With My Face is on hiatus — Stranger With My Face. www.strangerwithmyface.com. en-US. 2018-08-09.
  41. Web site: Abortion in Tasmania is decriminalised, but it wasn't an easy battle Briony Kidd. Kidd. Briony. 2013-11-24. the Guardian. en. 2018-08-09.

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