Ausfilm CEO Debra Richards, Film Finances Australia’s Anni Browning and executive producer Bridget Ikin are among the founding members of Dame Changer, which will launch on International Women’s Day on Thursday,
Dame Changer’s inaugural Screen Tank program is underway, seeing a variety of female-led projects workshopped by industry experts.
Dame Changer has announced the three recipients of its Mentor to Market program, designed to get female-led projects market ready and greenlit.
Filmmaker Samantha Dinning has joined Philippa Campey’s Film Camp as creative producer, working across a slate of feature, TV, documentary and VR projects.
Film and distribution consultant Beatrice Neumann, writer/producer Meg LeFauve, producer Kristina Ceyton, Screen Herd content strategist Beatrix Holland and Bonsai Films founder Jonathan Page are among those to speak at women collective Dame Changer's upcoming Screen Tank event.
The percentage of female feature film producers in Australia is already well above the global average and continuing to improve.
Professional women's collective Dame Changer has announced the four projects selected for its accelerator program, Mentor To Market: TV series 'Edge of the Woods', 'Family Happiness' and 'Last Frontier', and feature film 'Blackbirds'.
In 22 years with Film Finances Australasia, Anni Browning experienced numerous highs and faced a few challenges as the cinema industry ebbed and flowed.