What this year’s Tropfest winning film tells us about mothers in the screen industry

By Sheree Gregory, Senior Lecturer Human Resource Management, University of Newcastle
Michelle O'Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University

Lianne Mackessy’s film Crescendo won top prize at this year’s prestigious Tropfest short-film festival – a significant personal and industry milestone.

The film’s central figure mirrors Mackessy – a women navigating the imperfect, complicated and often chaotic terrain of raising children while working in a screen industry dominated…

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