Steve Vidler’s 2019 film Standing Up For Sunny, which centred on a comedian with cerebral palsy, ignited in the director a passion for bringing stories of people with disability to screen, driving forward his next project, Always & Everywhere.
The feature, written by Chris Phillips, is inspired by a life-changing event from her childhood and the ‘magical healing qualities’ of Sydney’s Currawong Beach.
The script has been through various different options since 2005 (under the title Six Weeks in Heaven), but Vidler’s suggestion to Phillips, his partner in Sidekick Pictures, that the young main character be reworked to have Williams Syndrome, has given it new momentum.
The film centres on Celeste, a 9-year-old girl whose quirky expressiveness, enthusiasm and lack of social boundaries makes her an outcast. When her beloved teen brother Hal is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Celeste vows to help him achieve three rites-of-passage wishes. So when...
The feature, written by Chris Phillips, is inspired by a life-changing event from her childhood and the ‘magical healing qualities’ of Sydney’s Currawong Beach.
The script has been through various different options since 2005 (under the title Six Weeks in Heaven), but Vidler’s suggestion to Phillips, his partner in Sidekick Pictures, that the young main character be reworked to have Williams Syndrome, has given it new momentum.
The film centres on Celeste, a 9-year-old girl whose quirky expressiveness, enthusiasm and lack of social boundaries makes her an outcast. When her beloved teen brother Hal is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Celeste vows to help him achieve three rites-of-passage wishes. So when...
- 10/5/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
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