After an extensive submissions period, Screen Well has unveiled the finalists for its inaugural awards program, designed to recognise wellbeing initiatives and innovations in the screen industry.
Screen Producers Australia has introduced a new e-learning course designed to reduce the instances of harassment, discrimination, and bullying in the screen industry.
The Australian Cinematographers Society’s A Wider Lens report, which examines career pathways into cinematography, and the workplace and recruitment experiences of camera professionals, paints a picture of inequality, discrimination and a lack of diversity. It recommends an "industrial scale" effort to address a toxic work culture, finding many workplace conditions, as well as commonplace bullying, harassment and discrimination, are resulting in significant mental health consequences, to the point of threatening the industry's long-term sustainability and growth.