Natalie Miller has so often been the only woman on boards, she has a t-shirt that says "Gentlemen and Natalie". So she's pleased to see the fellowship that was started in her name continue to bolster female leaders in the screen industry.
Distribution specialist Courtney Botfield, who helps independent filmmakers find alternate and innovative pathways in inancing and distribution, has won the 2015 Natalie Miller Fellowship.
Applications for the 2014 Natalie Miller Fellowship grant of $10,000 are now open.
Since 2012, four Fellowships have been awarded to Rachel Okine (Vice President, International Production and Acquisitions at StudioCanal in Paris), Harriet Pike (Head of Production & Development, WildBear Entertainment), Rebecca Hammond (Head of Localisat
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) senior film programmer Kristy Matheson has been awarded the 2017 Natalie Miller Fellowship.
You won't see Marvel films or 'Star Wars' playing at Melbourne's Cinema Nova, something co-founder Natalie Miller jokes is "either clever or stupid, I'm not sure which". For 30 years, the Carlton cinema has carved a niche by sticking to its brand of arthouse cinema programming, and is today the largest independent cinema in the Southern Hemisphere.
Miriam Katsambis, legal counsel at Entertainment One Australia/New Zealand, has been awarded the Natalie Miller Fellowship for 2018.
“If you’re ignoring untapped creative talent, and leadership potential of women, then you’re really underutilising an incredibly skilled workforce."