Jane Fraser, CEO of Fremantle Press, flew to Melbourne for Books at MIFF earlier this month.
One of the sessions I was most looking forward to was the producer pitching session. From 132 book submissions, producers chose just seven to pitch directly to the audience. One of those seven titles was the brilliant 2015 YA novel Carousel by Brendan Ritchie. Carousel was championed by Coeli Cutcliffe, a development executive from Porchlight Films, as a contemporary Breakfast Club, ‘with the potential to make audiences think, laugh, cry, be afraid and fall in love.’
You can read more about her trip over on the Fremantle Press website.
‘A contemporary Breakfast Club’ – Carousel pitched for the screen during books at @MIFFofficial c/o @FremantlePress https://t.co/VrjihFmxws
— Brendan Ritchie (@BrendanRitchie) August 14, 2017