WOW PATRON

WOW is happy to welcome Gretel Killeen as WOW Patron for the 18th WOW Film Festival 2012.

Gretel Killeen is a household name in Australia, known to some for her hosting of one of the nation’s history-making TV shows, known to others for her best-selling books, her work as a journalist, humorist and film director, her doco making in Africa and India, travel writing in Namibia, Lebanon and Antarctica, or live performances in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq.

She’s a mother, an artist and a business woman and is currently completing writing and directing her first feature film, Jimmy and Gret Don’t Do Sex.

Quote / Gretel Killeen

'The World of Women Film Festival is a terrific initiative and I’m excited to be the patron for WOW in 2012. Focusing on seeing the world through the eyes of women, this festival is not only a celebration of our wonderful female filmmakers but also gives us an intimate insight into the societies in which we live, where women are often the unnoticed, yet essential, heartbeat.

WOW is a short film festival of laughs, tears and revelations making the world as seen through women’s eyes accessible to all - and in so doing encouraging others of all class, creed, ethnicity and age to also strive to have a voice.'