about us

Dragonet Films is a collaboration between producers Karen Radzyner and Kate Riedl. It’s an award-winning boutique production company based in Sydney Australia, with strong networks both domestically and internationally into the UK and the US. We work with the strongest creative teams of writers and directors, whose skill and vision create standout, world class content for television and for the cinema.

Dragonet Films welcomes partnerships with other production companies and is well placed to provide Australian based producer services for international productions.

Dragonet Films is moving into innovative content for new technologies with VR and online projects in development, alongside the heritage scripted content.

karen radzyner

producer | company director

Karen Radzyner is a Sydney-based producer whose credits include two multi-award-winning TV mini-series – PAPER GIANTS: THE BIRTH OF CLEO and TWO TWISTED, the latter produced with Bryan
Brown; BEING VENICE, the debut feature of poet Miro Bilbrough; and many much-travelled and lauded short films.

She spent much of 2014 in the Development team at Scott Free Films, London as part of a highly sought after Screen Australia placement.

Karen has frequently consulted for Australian Screen Agencies – with the Producer Offset Unit at Screen Australia and as a Feature Film Development Executive on the launch of Create NSW’s Amplifier: Adaptation. Between 2016 to early 2018, Karen worked as Scripted Commissioning Editor at broadcaster SBS, before returning her full attention to independent producing.

kate riedl

producer | company director

Kate Riedl is a producer and director of film, television and documentary. With drama and documentary credits in both roles, her work has aired internationally and won awards and nominations at Festivals globally. Her most recent film, The Suitor, was nominated for Best Director and Best Comedy at the 2017 St Kilda Film Festival, and Best Australian Film and the prestigious Screener’s Award at the Heart Of Gold International Film Festival.

She graduated with an MA (Hons.) from the AFTRS where she won the Kenneth Myer Fellowship to intern in China with director Zhang Yimou (Hero, Raise The Red Lantern). Kate is a successful director of commercials, and her work includes award-winning campaigns starring Sarah Murdoch, Rebecca Gibney and Hugo Weaving, with clients and agencies in both Australia and the USA.

Kate is represented by WME (USA) and RGM Artists (AUS) for her film and television work, and Compulsive Pictures (USA) and The Producers (AUS) for her commercial work.

awards

PAPER GIANTS (SOUTHERN STAR JOHN EDWARDS/ABC) –
AACTA AWARD AUDIENCE CHOICE BEST PERFORMANCE 2011 (6 NOMINATIONS)

PAPER GIANTS – 2 LOGIES 2011 (4 NOMINATIONS)

TWO TWISTED (BRYAN BROWN/NEWTOWN FILMS/NINE NETWORK) – ADG, ASCG AND AWGIE AWARDS (NOT ENTERED IN AFIs) 2006

BEING VENICE – IN COMPETITION – MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG 2012

THE SUITOR – SHORT WITH TILDA COBHAM-HERVEY

FINALIST BEST COMEDY ST KILDA FILM FEST 2017

FINALIST BEST DIRECTOR ST KILDA FILM FEST 2017

HANDYMAN – SHORT WITH ODESSA YOUNG –
FINALIST BEST COMEDY ST KILDA FILM FEST 2013

ON A ROLL – SHORT WITH CAMERON DADDO 2012 – FINALIST USA FEST

LEN’S LOVE STORY – SHORT WITH MIA WASIKOWSKA – TRIBECA TOP 5 PICK 2007

CLUTCH – AUDIENCE AWARD SHORT SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2007

BEST SHORT FILM – ST TROPEZ CINEMA DES ANTIPODES 2007

THE MAN WHO SAVED A MILLION BRAINS (ABC) – ATOM AWARD 2007

BAGGAGE CLAIM – POV FILM FEST- BEST ACTRESS AWARD DANIELA FARINACCI 2003

ELLY – BEST SOUND AWARD – ST KILDA FILM FEST 2002

NOMINEE BEST SHORT – ASIA PACIFIC FILM FEST 2002

THE MORMON CONQUEST – AUDIENCE AWARD MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL 2002

GATE – BEST COMEDY SHORT – MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL 2001
& MANY INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

GATE – NOMINEE AFI AWARDS BEST SCREENPLAY 2001

SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL TRAILER – KATE RIEDL – 2001

AFTRS KENNETH MYER FELLOWSHIP AWARD – KATE RIEDL