Tina Fielding in Out of Here.

Western Australian filmmaker, actress and artist, Tina Fielding has released a new web series Out of Here, the highly-anticipated follow-up to her groundbreaking 2021 short film, Sparkles (Flickerfest 2021, Slamdance International Film Festival 2022, Winner WA Screen Culture Awards For ‘Outstanding Achievement In Writing’, Special Jury Prize Pride Queer Film Festival 2021, Best Director Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2022).

Out of Here received principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with Screenwest and Lotterywest through the Out Now initiative, created to support LGBTQIA+ stories and talent.

Tina, who identifies as living with disability and is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, is excited to bring her second project to the screen that portrays a gay woman who lives with Down syndrome.

“Believe in yourself, show yourself, accept and respect yourself. In all the films you have or haven’t seen, it’s not just one person behind it all. I learned that it’s about teamwork from all cast and crew. They all help me to become a better writer and actress and to push my limits and abilities.” said Tina.

Out of Here is a 4-part web series that follows Billie (Tina Fielding) a young, gay woman living with Down syndrome who goes to Gay Pride to find ‘her people’ and ends up having a wild and colourful adventure with new friends and finds her first love.

The series also stars Cam Appleby as Tiger, Aiden Hawke as Crimson Reign, Sarah Nelson as Davina, Adam Poole as Edward and Nicola Bartlett as Mrs Jones and was written by Tina Fielding, directed by Jacqueline Pelczar and produced by Sophia Armstrong of Blackwood River Films.

Out of Here was one of three successful projects that received $100,000 production funding via Out Now, a Screenwest and Screen Australia initiative designed to support LGBTQIA+ stories that highlight diversity in the screen industry.

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“Tina and Jacqueline are such brilliant creatives and it is so wonderful to have had the opportunity to work with them and make this project through the Out Now initiative with Screenwest and Screen Australia’s support. I think Out of Here is such a fun, heartfelt and honest representation of what this community means to Tina.” said Sophia.

“It was pure joy to once again give vision to writer/actor Tina Fielding’s story. This series rewrites the traditional fairytale as it’s historically been told, and exists as a celebration of the queer communities. We hope that the love and joy that went into making this series is felt by the audiences.” said Jacqueline.

Sophia launched Blackwood River Films in 2021 which has since produced Out of Here and received development funding through Screenwest and Screen Australia for multiple other web projects including I’d Rather Eat Cake about a young woman’s asexual awakening. In 2024 Sophia plans to take I’d Rather Eat Cake into production and continue to work on larger projects in the production department to level up her skillset.

Jacqueline is an award-winning director, best known for the previously mentioned short film Sparkles and the web series Single Ladies. Jacqueline continues to advocate for less fortunate members of our community, working alongside non-profits to tell stories often left unheard. Jacqueline is also writing and developing her debut feature film.

Tina is an award-winning writer and actress who has quickly become one to watch. 2021 was a huge year for Tina professionally. Having completed filming on Sparkles, Tina won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing at the 2021 Screen Culture Awards. This production was supported by Screenwest, through its Elevate70 program. In 2024 Tina plans to continue writing and acting and would like to step into long-form works in the not-so-distant future.

Out of Here is a Blackwood River Films production, with principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with Screenwest and Lotterywest.