What this year’s Tropfest winning film tells us about mothers in the screen industry
- Written by Sheree Gregory, Senior Lecturer Human Resource Management, University of Newcastle
TropfestLianne 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...





