Draft:Finding Miss Almond (Film)

Finding Miss Almond is an upcoming film directed by Mark Webber telling the story of Isabel and Percy's mission to help Aboriginal children in Australia's outback through their work at St Francis House. The film was inspired by the book A Life with the Lid Off by Sister Eileen Heath which contained an interview of Isabel Smith nee Almond.

Premise
Finding Miss Almond, as the film is to be called, centres on the life of Isabel Almond before and after she met and married Percy Smith in Alice Springs in the shadows of the Second World War.

Production
In March 2024, it was announced that that Finding Miss Almond had found a Director in Mark Webber and production would be coordinated by Live Heart Productions.

Mark Webber stated in an interview with FilmInk "Finding Miss Almond has the power to bring people together with all the ingredients to be a great film; love, conflict, passion, and war."