by FilmInk Staff
“I’m incredibly grateful to have such a talented team backing my vision and working so hard to bring this story to life,” says Zoe Pepper in a statement. “The cast and crew are doing an amazing job. It’s quite surreal to see this world I’ve concocted come to life. I’m equal parts terrified and excited to kick off filming.”
Pepper’s Birthright screenplay received $750k through Screenwest’s West Coast Visions initiative, ‘designed to uncover, inspire and develop talented and motivated WA filmmakers with distinctive visions to produce their debut feature film in WA’. Further funding is courtesy of Screen Australia.
Birthright pits millennials against boomers as professional couple Cory and Jasmine are forced to move back in with Cory’s parents after he loses his job and Jasmine is 8 months pregnant. According to the media release, ‘as their stay extends, Cory fixates on his parents’ wealth and decides the only way to achieve the success he always imagined, is to do something unimaginable.’
Filming is taking place in the Perth Hills over 5 weeks, with producer Cody Greenwood, co-producer Kate Neylon, executive producer John Maynard, editor Luca Cappelli, director of photography Michael McDermott ACS, production designer Ocea Sellar and costume designer Texx Montana.