Screen NSW has launched a new $30,000 initiative to bridge the support gap for emerging filmmakers with disability.
Bus Stop Films CEO and co-founder Genevieve Clay-Smith is the winner of the 2019 Telstra Australian Business Women’s Emerging Leader Award.
Disability-led social enterprise Bus Stop Films has appointed Deaf Aboriginal Services founder Joanna Agius, lawyer and media/tech investor Trent Blacket, and media and entertainment lawyer Fiona Stuart as board directors.
Former Foxtel CEO Peter Tonagh has been appointed the new chairman of Bus Stop Films, a not-for-profit which provides a film studies program and filmmaking opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities.
Screen Producers Australia has announced the UK and Australian companies that will participate in UK Connect, an initiative designed to help producers from both territories secure international partners and financing.
Bus Stop Films and Taste Creative have launched a free online resource for the screen industry that outlines best practice principles for providing support and meaningful inclusion of people living with disability on both sides of the camera.
Films by students from Bus Stop Films’ film studies program for people with intellectual disability will screen at Event Cinemas George Street, Sydney, on Wednesday December 12.
The NSW government has announced $500K in funding to deliver professional development programs for screen professionals and support film festivals and events.