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Gender Matters: “Screen Australia is doing the heavy lifting”

While Screen Australia reports that 57 per cent of all key creatives to receive production and development funding last year were women or female-identifying people, new industry-wide data suggests bolstering women's participation more broadly is a slow road.

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Tania Chambers’ Feisty Dame Productions ramps up film and TV slate

Years of perseverance in developing feature films and TV series with multiple collaborators are paying off for producer Tania Chambers.

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DOPs launch campaign for greater screen industry diversity

"If you look at what the Gender Matters funding has done for female film filmmakers, that has not trickled down to those who work below-the-line."

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Netflix hires the ABC’s Que Minh Luu

Netflix is signalling a bigger commitment to commissioning Australian productions by hiring Que Minh Luu as director, local originals for Australia.

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Screen Australia announces new Gender Matters Taskforce

Screen Australia has announced the 18 members of the new iteration of the Gender Matters Taskforce, which provides independent advice to the agency, and works beyond Screen Australia’s direct sphere of influence to deliver outcomes for female creatives and assist in broader industry efforts to achieve gender parity.

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Opinion: Why aren’t there more female cinematographers?

Erika Addis, head of cinematography at Griffith Film School and Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Queensland president and national vice-president, chairs the ACS' Women's Advisory Panel. She reflects on why cinematography remains male-dominated.

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Pearl Tan mixes filmmaking, teaching and advocacy for inclusivity

Pearl Tan juggles so many roles - writer, director, teacher, PhD student, occasional ABC radio presenter and inclusivity activist - it's surprising she hasn't cloned herself.

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Screen Australia’s Sally Caplan surveys the 2020 film slate

Screen Australia's head of content Sally Caplan rates 2019 as a good year for Australian films at home and abroad - and she is even more optimistic about the 2020 slate.

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