@caritas_films: What’s a defining moment in your life? After NYU film school, I decided to leave New York City & good job prospects behind. This was to pursue studies for myself, rather than for my career, in the UK. Through these years when I was rebuilding myself, my person, I was able to come back… Read More What’s a defining moment in your life?

@caritas_films: Why did you decide to get into this industry? I’m a Third Culture Kid, born in Paris to Turkish and Italian parents, but raised in NYC, and now living in London. Through feelings of displacement and lack of a consistent home growing up, I’ve found solace in other people’s narratives. Through creating films often… Read More Why did you decide to get into this industry?

Where can people find out more about you on social media? What is next for you in your career? . News about the film (and boyband memes) can be found at Instagram – @boybandfangirl Twitter – @boybandfangirl_ Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/boybandfangirl and my personal twitter is @JessicaLeski . I just recently became a mother, so for… Read More Where can people find out more about you

@boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: What, if anything, do you collect? I’ve moved house a few times in the last few years, so I have culled a lot of my possessions. Though one collection that has survived and grown is my collection of plants. Luckily most of them can survive being a bit neglected. . My dad is… Read More @boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: What

@boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: What advice do you have for other women in the industry? I feel like this is our time. We have been silenced for so long, but we have so many surprising and important stories to tell. Don’t let anyone tell you your story isn’t worth telling. . . . #thereelwomen #girlboss #women #womenoflight… Read More @boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: What

@boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: What’s a successful moment in your career so far? My first documentary, “The Ball” was nominated for an AACTA award, the Australian equivalent of the Academy Awards, which was quite thrilling. . . . #thereelwomen #girlboss #women #womenoflight #supportindiefilm #horror #female #indiefilm #film #television #filmmaking #media #art #FilmEquality #womeninfilm #femalefilmmakers #empoweringwomen #womenempower #betterhollywood… Read More @boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: What

@boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: What is your biggest concern with the future? Having just become a parent for the first time I’m finding that the things I was already scared and worried about are now amplified. The state of our planet, the greed, inhumanity and shortsightedness we witness in governments and large corporations is now even more… Read More @boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: What

@boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: What’s a defining moment in your life? There was a small but significant moment during the making of “I Used to be Normal” that stands out. I had just landed in Washington DC, traveling from Australia. It was 11pm, and the middle of summer, so it was dark, hot and humid when I… Read More @boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: What

@boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: Why did you decide to work in this industry? Growing up I thought I wanted to be an author, a teacher or a journalist. In a way I feel like being a documentary filmmaker is a kind of combination of all three of those. I studied fiction filmmaking, but I love listening to… Read More @boybandfangirl @tricoastworldwide: Why

Getting another movie made. Creating a TV series. Getting my new play up and running. I’m always working on numerous projects. I’m rewriting a script I wrote years ago to update it and do a gender switch – since stories about women are being produced now. I’m also trying to pitch my movies to companies… Read More Getting another movie made. Creating a T