behind the scenes > The crewProducers Jeff Canin and Cathy HenkelProducers Jeff Canin and Cathy Henkel of Hatchling Productions have been producing documentaries for television and educational and training videos since 1992. They produced WALKING THROUGH A MINEFIELD for VSBS television in 1999 and the award winning LOSING LAYLA for ABC TV. It won the 2001 ATOM award for Best Documentary, was highly commended in the Dendy Awards and was nominated for an AFI (Australian Film Institute) award. The film has sold internationally in fifteen countries including sales to ARTE in Europe and HBO in the US. THE MAN WHO STOLE MY MOTHER’S FACE was a finalist in the Cape Town World Cinema Festival and was selected for screening at Hot Docs, the Canadian International Documentary Conference and the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Find out more about Hatchling Productions… Writer and director Cathy HenkelTHE MAN WHO STOLE MY MOTHER’S FACE was written and directed by Cathy Henkel who has fourteen years experience in the industry. Her directing credits include HEROES OF OUR TIME, TAPA TRADITION and WALKING THROUGH A MINEFIELD. Directors of photography Cathy Henkel and Ian MillerCathy Henkel has worked as a cinematographer since 1992, shooting almost all the educational and training videos she has directed for Hatchling Productions. She was also director/DOP on the documentary WALKING THROUGH A MINEFIELD for SBS and DOP on LOSING LAYLA for ABC. Cathy shot most of the personal interview material with her family and friends and much of the police investigation in THE MAN WHO STOLE MY MOTHER’S FACE. Ian Miller, one of South Africa's most experienced and sought-after cinematographers, worked as DOP on the second trip to Johannesburg and filmed all the streetscapes, the recreation images, and the secondary stories featuring the playwright and the mother of the twins. Sound recordists Jeff Canin and Tony BensusanJeff Canin was sound recordist for the Australian footage and on the first trip to Johannesburg and Tony Bensusan recorded the sound for the second trip. Narration/script consultants Mike Rubbo and Barry StephensMike Rubbo has worked as commissioning editor for ABC and Director of the National Film Board of Canada. Mike's credits include MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING, a documentary aboutWilliam Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, which pre-sold to the BBC, PBS and TV Ontario. Barry Stevens has won many awards for writing, and directing documentaries including OFFSPRING which won the audience award at IDFA (Amsterdam) 2001 and was a finalist for the Silver Wolf Award. Editor James BradleyJames has edited many documentaries for television, including the AFI award-winning film 5O YEARS OF SILENCE in 1994, and the feature film RADIANCE, for which he was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Achievement in Editing. Production manager Aliison KellyAliison Kelly has worked on most Hatchling Productions projects over the past four years as production manager and director of educational programs. She is on the board of Northern Rivers Screenworks and is currently developing a children’s television series and her first documentary as director. International distributor Jan RofekampThe international distributor for the film is Jan Rofekamp of Films Transit International. Jan has many prestigious and award-winning documentaries in his catalogue. He distributed the previous Hatchling Productions documentary, LOSING LAYLA, which sold in more than 15 countries. Subject matter experts Charlene Smith and Vivien Clear (NSW Women's Health)Charlene Smith, who featured in the documentary, has won numerous Woman of the Year and Person of the Year awards for her work as a campaigner for human rights, particularly in relation to sexual violence and HIV. She has also won many awards for her journalism including the 2000 CNN African Journalist of the Year award. Charlene's high profile in South Africa was of crucial importance in dealing with authorities in the police and judicial system. She attended the Australian launch of the film in Byron Bay during the international human rights' conference, ‘Activating Human Rights and Diversity’, in July 2003. Vivien Clear advocated on behalf of the film through Women's Health NSW and, in her role on the Activating Human Rights and Diversity conference committee, played a key role in bringing Charlene to Australia in 2003 to speak after the film was screened. Vivien has worked in gender and human rights for many years specialising in sexuality, HIV and AIDS, women's health and sexual violence. This has involved development of prevention programs, community development and consultancy including human rights and gender advocacy on a national and international level. She was nominated for an Australian Human Rights Medal for Sexual Abuse Prevention in 1998. Vivien is the Sexuality, Sexual Abuse, Health and Gender Specialist at Women's Health NSW and is coordinating how Women's Health NSW will respond to meet the needs of women who, after seeing the documentary or visiting this web site, seek assistance. Musicians The music is a mix of African music, Chopin and suspense music.
The African music was sourced in a number of locations, including Tzaneen, Alexandria,
Tembisa, and Soweto, as well as the music of Melbourne-based African musician,
Valanga Khosa, and his partner, Andrea Watson. The suspense music was written
by local musician, Andrew Richards, and the Chopin piano pieces were played
by Deirdre Paillas and Laura Henkel. Find out more... |
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