Netflix, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Fox Studios Australia and Ausfilm have partnered to support a new wellbeing social enterprise led by Ben Steel, including training to upskill 60 production and post-production leaders in mental health first aid.
Screen Well was inundated with more than 200 applications for a recent Matchbox Pictures’ production job-sharing pilot scheme, but managed to place just one role.
Screen leaders have outsize influence on industry workplace culture, with producers the most influential of all. Yet the vast majority have received no leadership or people management training, according to new research.
Given the impact of the pandemic on the screen sector, emerging from lockdown should feel like relief. However, for many, the truth is likely to be more complicated – and that’s okay, writes actor, filmmaker and mental health advocate Ben Steel ('The Show Must Go On').
Screen Well is set to run a job-sharing pilot aimed at creating a new pathway for screen workers to enter or return to the industry, upskill, and enhance their work/life balance.
Screenworks' Regional to Global Screen Forum is set to go behind the scenes of Stan's 'Black Snow', while executives from Netflix, Stan and SBS will share what they're looking to be pitched.
On set leadership and culture, and how it impacts mental health and wellbeing, will be the focus of a new research project between Venn, a production and consultancy group, and social enterprise Screen Well.
NIDA senior counsellor Kareena Hodgson has set herself a goal: That NIDA alumni become known in the industry for their resilience and capacity to take care of their mental health.