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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, and for the touring Viscera Film Festival and the Pittsburgh Horror Film Festival.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Filmography

Award nominations and funding

Kidd has received funding from Screen Tasmania in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2016.

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

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. 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. As part of the advocacy, Kidd organised an art exhibition, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, within the National Trust's Heritage Festival. She continued as spokesperson for the 500 member 'Save 10 Murray' group, who appealed against the altered plans in July 2010. 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, and that the legal case had repercussions for other listed buildings in Tasmania. 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.

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

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

References

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

External links

• Official twitter
• Archived website

• Australian film directors
• Living people