South Australian-based Wallis Cinemas is launching a program called Discover to support Australian films.
Applications for the $20,000 Natalie Miller Fellowship grant, designed to support female leaders in the screen industry, are now open.
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) senior film programmer Kristy Matheson has been awarded the 2017 Natalie Miller Fellowship.
Close says it is “hard to overstate†the opportunities and recognition afforded by the fellowship.
“If you’re ignoring untapped creative talent, and leadership potential of women, then you’re really underutilising an incredibly skilled workforce."
This week marks the final opportunity to apply for the Natalie Miller Fellowship’s 12-month Brilliant Careers Leadership program.
Film programming manager and independent cinema consultant Sasha Close has been awarded the 2016 Natalie Miller Fellowship Grant.
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