Practical Producing

Victoria Dabbs’ career started in 2003 in the production office of a BBC children’s TV series. She has since worked her way up the career ladder and is now an international Producer, Line Producer and Production Accountant who has worked in films and television series in Europe, Asia and Australasia. Since 2012, Victoria line produced primarily independent feature films, which included Dexter Fletcher’s SUNSHINE ON LEITH, Terence Davies’ SUNSET SONG and Michael Caton-Jones’ OUR LADIES. Victoria has also production managed Nicolas Winding Refn’s VALHALLA RISING, Peter Mullan’s NED’S and most recently the BBC’s ABC MURDERS and THE SINGAPORE GRIP, both for Mammoth Screen. In 2016 Victoria moved to New Zealand with a view of spending six months in each country in the search of eternal summer, or at least a kiwi summer followed by a Scottish summer!It was at this time Victoria first met Emma Slade, who brought her onto Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt’s THE CHANGEOVER as Line Producer, which was the start of a continuing successful professional relationship that has developed over the last 6 years.During this time Victoria also line produced David Stubbs’ DAFFODILS and developed NZ/Scottish co-production THE UNLOVING with Bob Last from Sellout Pictures which has now gone back into development. In 2019, Victoria moved to the Production Accountant role, working remotely, in a Covid world from her home in Picton, on UK productions including Australian/Scottish co-production FALLING FOR FIGARO, UK TV series ANNIKA, UK BFI funded independent feature GIRL and WORMEATER for Disney as well as New Zealand productions such as independent feature WHINA, TV Series SIS THE SHOW and documentary STYLEBENDER.  She has worked with various tax credit schemes and is a Screen Production Grant consultant for the New Zealand Film Commission. Victoria is now part of the producing team at FIREFLY FILMS Ltd and is currently attached to THE RAPTURE, HOLY DAYS, PHOENIX, THE SALAMANDER LIVES TWICE, ROSA, TRANSMISSION, NZ/Scottish co-production television series, NIGHT VISION, UK/Chinese Taipei/NZ co-production WITH LOVE and associate producer on the biopic of Charles Upham, MARK OF THE LION. Victoria is also a co-founder, with Emma Slade, of SHARE THE KNOWELDGE, a below-the line training initiative for the NZ screen industry.

Abi Tabone is a producer at Midwinter Films. She has produced short form series Over and Out, which won Best Short Form at Canneseries in 2019. She was Associate Producer on H is for Happiness, which premiered at MIFF and won best film at Cinefest Oz in 2019. H is for Happiness was nominated for 10 AACTA Awards. She co-produced The Butterfly Tree starring Melissa George, Ewen Leslie and Ed Oxenbould, (MIFF and TIFF 2017), and Produced Harmony (currently screening on Stan) with Eamon Farren and Jacqueline McKenzie. Abi has worked as a digital producer, making apps and digital platforms, with clients including Junkee Media, BBC and Channel 7. With over 20 years’ experience in entertainment, working in technical production, Abi’s career has spanned theatre, events, television commercials, television shows and feature films. Working in operations and business development, her clients have included The Wolverine, Australian Ninja Warrior, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Outta Here, Handa Opera’s West Side Story, La Traviata and Carmen on Sydney Harbour, and features Where the Wild Things Are, Australia and The Great Gatsby. Abi holds a Masters in Screen Arts and Business from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. She has taught Creative Entrepreneurship at University of Technology, Sydney and is a member of staff at Compton School, Australia’s first business school for creatives.