She'll Want More is a queer female-led film production company with an appetite for unique voices telling bold visionary stories
Melissa Anastasi writer I director I producer
Melissa is an award-winning queer Greek-Australian director, writer and producer. Her works are intimate narratives which take a considered approach to identity and the nuances of relationships, subtly exploring cultural, social and psychological factors on the interpersonal.
She is currently developing the psychological horror film Shadow Play for SWM Films, in association with Breathless Films. Melissa’s feature film Once Upon a Time You Loved Me participated in the prestigious Venice Biennale College Cinema Development Program.
Melissa’s short films have screened extensively at local and international film festivals including; BFI London Film Festival, Uppsala, Oldenburg, Sydney Film Festival, Cork, Tampere, and New Directors. Melissa’s short film Chlorine, was awarded the Australian Directors Guild Award, and was nominated for an AACTA Award.
She has directed and produced commissioned works for ATYP, Griffin Theatre Company, and a range of other organisations. Melissa studied directing in the AFTRS Graduate Diploma program, where she was awarded the Foxtel Scholarship, the Kenneth Myer Award for rising talent, and the EU Film Award. Later, Melissa was the recipient of a Creative Fellowship from AFTRS, where she completed the film work Sleepwalking. Chlorine, was the recipient of the Lexus Sydney Film Festival Fellowship.
Aimee Tracton I writer I producer
Aimee Tracton is a queer Gadigal-based psychologist and early-career screenwriter and creative producer who draws on her passion for healing and the human psyche, taking a deeply character-based and emotionally nuanced approach to storytelling.
Aimee’s short film Soft Gaze (co-written with Melissa Anastasi), currently in post-production in association with Playground Films, explores the concept of emotional isolation and vicarious healing. She is co-writing the psychological horror feature film Shadow Play, as well as the blackly comedic poly-tragedy Moley.
Aimee gets into the skin of the characters she creates to portray complex women with rich inner worlds. She has completed a Bachelor of Arts at Macquarie University, majoring in Creative Writing, and a Graduate Diploma (Honours) in Psychology at Sydney University.
