December 10th, 2020 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: News,
ABC ME series
First Day has picked up a prestigious Rose D’Or award, adding to its growing list of accolades.
Created by writer / director Julie Kalceff, the 4 part series stars young transgender actor Evie Macdonald as Hannah Bradford, who is about to start her first year of high school.
The original short film, on which the series is based has previously won the Diversify TV Excellence Award for Kids’ Programming at MIPCOM 2018 and the Gender Equity Prize at the prestigious Prix Jeunesse International in 2018. Also a winner at the Chicago International Film Festival, it was produced by Epic Films and co-funded by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation.