A new report released by the Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association (ASPERA) shows that there is limited on screen diversity within students' capstone projects at film school, and behind the camera, crew roles are gendered.
Storyd Group co-founder Deanne Weir is among the speakers for this weekend's Women in Media National conference in Sydney, taking to the stage alongside Made Up Stories producer and principal Bruna Papandrea and former ABC head of scripted Sally Riley for a panel discussion titled Driving Female Narratives.
"Each creative team is to imagine the episode is like an open letter to their 12-year-old self that explores the hopes, the dreams, the challenges, the hardships and the belly laughs that drive today’s girls," the ABC said in a statement.
The ABC is launching a cadetship scheme to encourage women to enter the film and television industry as part of its support for International Women’s Day and the #PressforProgress campaign.
The Australian Directors’ Guild (ADG) is offering up shadow directing opportunities for female directors on Australian TV dramas.
The Gender Matters-backed project is a collaboration between Bell and producer Imogen Banks which aims to mentor young female writers through the process of developing a TV series to network pitch.
Experienced producers Leonie Mansfield ('Kick-Ass 2') and Lisa Shaunessy ('Killing Ground') are aiming to produce projects with 80 per cent female writers, directors and protagonists.
Given the #MeToo movement and initiatives such as Screen Australia’s Gender Matters, it is astounding that female directors in Australia are still subject to workplace bullying and intimidation.