Head of programming for both the Gold Coast Film Festival and Brisbane International Film Festival, Sasha Close, has been appointed president of the Natalie Miller Fellowship.
Since being awarded the 2022 Natalie Miller Fellowship grant, Melbourne Women in Film Festival director Sian Mitchell has travelled to France and Canada to gather knowledge on events similar to her own and establish international ties.
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.
The duo behind Melbourne's Cinema Nova, Barry Peak and Natalie Miller, are set to open a new cinema in December.