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A creative industry retreat
Development Creativity
Imogen Banks · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · VIC · 21-30 yrs
Open → An industry leader to step up with a singular vision for sustainability
Other Financing
Steve Jaggi · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · QLD · 21-30 yrs
Open → Invest in indie creators
Financing Training & Career Pathways
Jasmine Yang · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 6-10 yrs
Open → Build a young audience for Australian films through new distribution models.
Marketing & Industry Growth
Sam Jennings · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 21-30 yrs
Open → Insist on cross-training
Training & Career Pathways Development
Corey Mandell · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · International · 31-40 yrs
Open → New TV financing models
Financing
Alon Aranya · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · International · 31-40 yrs
Open → YouTube and TikTok platforms to promote Australian content
Marketing & Industry Growth
Natalie Lynch · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · Agency / Industry Support · VIC · 11-20 yrs
Open → Audience building boot camps to qualify for funding
Financing Creativity Training & Career Pathways
Lee Naimo · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · VIC · 21-30 yrs
Open → As filmmakers and producers, collaborate closely with your distributor
Marketing & Industry Growth
Sam Jennings · NSW
Open → The Australian screen industry should support its own
Marketing & Industry Growth
Marc Wooldridge · NSW
Open → Go to the movies
Creativity Other
Adrian Chiarella
Open → Accelerate archive search tools to power storytelling
Development Production Post Production
Arran Birchenough
Open → A traceable record of human performance in motion capture
Post Production Other
Shonee Samia
Open → A private equity film fund for ambitious features
Financing Marketing & Industry Growth
Sue Maslin AO · VIC
Open → Create your first project without a huge budget
Development Training & Career Pathways
Jairo Alvarado
Open → Bring the creative into your marketing
Development Marketing & Industry Growth
Rae Choi
Open → Take more risks on emerging Queensland talent
Development Production Training & Career Pathways
Rachel Maxine Anderson · QLD
Open → Manufacture leverage to fund your films
Daren Smith
Open → Help filmmakers plan distribution for their projects
Training & Career Pathways Marketing & Industry Growth
Leela Varghese
Open → Film students need to start a YouTube channel
Training & Career Pathways Marketing & Industry Growth
Alyce Adams
Open → Make creators and traditional filmmakers best friends
Creativity Training & Career Pathways
Lyanna Kea
Open → What can we do today to bend the world to a stronger, more just, fair place?
Culture & Working Conditions
Katrina Irawati Graham · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · QLD · 21-30 yrs
Open → Use an AI workforce to support you so that you can focus on your creative work
Other
Dawid Naude · Not in Industry · VIC · 0 yrs
Open → Data analysis tools for films and television
Creativity
Michael V. Brown · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · International · 11-20 yrs
Open → Real Change Starts Where Comfort Ends
Development Production Post Production Financing Creativity Training & Career Pathways Culture & Working Conditions Marketing & Industry Growth Other
Jordan Rogers · Not in Industry · NSW · 0 yrs
Open → Specific training around the new media industry
Training & Career Pathways
Amelia Darmawan · Agency / Industry Support · NSW · 11-20 yrs
Open → Financing support for independent productions
Financing
Melanie Rowland · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · VIC · 11-20 yrs
Open → Support and funding for NITV and First Nations stories
Financing
Jodie Bell · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · WA · 11-20 yrs
Open → Look to YouTube when developing long form drama
Development Creativity Marketing & Industry Growth
Nico Lockhart · Agency / Industry Support · International · 11-20 yrs
Open → Enforced Training
Culture & Working Conditions Training & Career Pathways
Esther Hawkins · Other · VIC · 21-30 yrs
Open → Pilot series in WA
Development Production Post Production Financing Creativity Training & Career Pathways Culture & Working Conditions Marketing & Industry Growth Other
Anonymous · Cast · WA
Open → Find a way to tell the story you want to tell without a big budget
Financing Creativity
Alexander Jeffery · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · International · 11-20 yrs
Open → More pathways for working class storytellers
Training & Career Pathways
Lianne Mackessy · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 11-20 yrs
Open → More commercial creativity on mainstream platforms
Financing Creativity
Dan Fahy · Other · NSW · 31-40 yrs
Open → Fix development by looking at award rates
Development
Nicholas Colla · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · VIC · 11-20 yrs
Open → Expand opportunities for filmmakers outside of government support
Financing Training & Career Pathways
Pauline Chan · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 31-40 yrs
Open → They’re Speaking Australian
Development Production Training & Career Pathways
Robbie Miles · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · Agency / Industry Support · NSW · 11-20 yrs
Open → Fund teams, not projects
Financing Creativity
Clayton Jacobson · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · VIC · 41+ yrs
Open → Real World On Set Experience for Policy Makers
Training & Career Pathways Culture & Working Conditions
Crew Ally · Production Crew (BTL) · Agency / Industry Support · QLD · 11-20 yrs
Open → Build your ambassadors
Marketing & Industry Growth Creativity
Aimée · Other · Agency / Industry Support · NSW · 11-20 yrs
Open → Resources for gamers to cope with the emotional journeys in each narrative
Other
Sam Cable · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 6-10 yrs
Open → A pitching forum to bring together private investors and producers
Financing
Ian Murray · Agency / Industry Support · NSW · 21-30 yrs
Open → Every production company needs to be growing their social media & online presence.
Marketing & Industry Growth
Ally Morgan · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · Cast · NSW · 1-5 yrs
Open → Sort out the copyright issues around Generative AI to unlock its potential
Creativity
Jen Topping · Agency / Industry Support · International · 21-30 yrs
Open → Start small, then iterate
Development Financing Production
David Hutchinson · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · International · 11-20 yrs
Open → More private investment in the online space
Financing
Lachlan & Austin Macfarlane · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · QLD · 6-10 yrs
Open → More variety of pathways for industry opportunities, not limited to tertiary education
Training & Career Pathways Culture & Working Conditions
Soph · Not in Industry · NSW
Open → More training pathways for emerging and mid-career screenwriters
Development Training & Career Pathways
Fiona Kelly · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 21-30 yrs
Open → Open-minded thinking to get us through these turbulent times
Creativity Other
Enzo Tedeschi · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 21-30 yrs
Open → A Screen Quota in cinemas
Marketing & Industry Growth
Kate Separovich · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · WA · 11-20 yrs
Open → A drama about sports betting
Creativity
Amanda Lotz · Agency / Industry Support · QLD · 21-30 yrs
Open → Be really clear about your audience and where you're going to find them
Marketing & Industry Growth
Grainne Brunsdon · Agency / Industry Support · NSW · 11-20 yrs
Open → A new revenue sharing model for streamers that rewards creators on the upside
Financing Other
Keith Quinn · Agency / Industry Support · International · 21-30 yrs
Open → Step up to leadership
Training & Career Pathways
Bronwyn · Other · NSW
Open → Mandate Aussie films in cinemas (3-for-1)
Marketing & Industry Growth
Sashi Arnold · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · QLD · 6-10 yrs
Open → Lose regulatory weight
Other Financing Production
Robin · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · QLD · 1-5 yrs
Open → Look to the UK for talent development models
Training & Career Pathways
Georgia Mappin · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · VIC · 11-20 yrs
Open → A structure for private capital in the screen industry
Financing
David Court · Agency / Industry Support · ACT · 41+ yrs
Open → From Algorithm to Audience: Creator-Led Theatrical Revival
Development Marketing & Industry Growth Creativity Training & Career Pathways
Liz Boyd · Production Crew (BTL) · Cast · QLD · 1-5 yrs
Open → The Pitch
Creativity Training & Career Pathways Development Other
Mick Eggins · Other · NSW · 0 yrs
Open → A platform-neutral 40% Producer Offset for feature films
Financing
Kate Separovich · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · WA · 11-20 yrs
Open → An Australian Sitcom
Other
Taylee Higgins · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · SA · 1-5 yrs
Open → People First Protocols
Culture & Working Conditions
Ben Steel · Other · QLD · 41+ yrs
Open → Make more YA content
Development Financing
Michelle Melky · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 11-20 yrs
Open → Recruitment scouts for untold stories and underrepresented communities
Development Training & Career Pathways
Hannah Diviney · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · Cast · NSW · 6-10 yrs
Open → Sexier than You Think: AI Use Guidelines and Regulation
Development Production Post Production Creativity Training & Career Pathways Culture & Working Conditions
Melissa Maclean · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 11-20 yrs
Open → Funding and Support
Financing
Paul Hutchison · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · Production Crew (BTL) · Post Production Crew (BTL) · Cast · ACT · 11-20 yrs
Open → Cross IP innovation fund
Creativity Financing Production Development Post Production Marketing & Industry Growth
J · Agency / Industry Support · VIC · 21-30 yrs
Open → Creative ensembles, and Universal Basic Income
Creativity Financing Training & Career Pathways
Sophie Hyde · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · SA · 21-30 yrs
Open → New distribution and release models
Marketing & Industry Growth
Sam Jockel · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · QLD · 1-5 yrs
Open → IP protection for the 21st Century
Development Production Post Production Financing Creativity Training & Career Pathways Culture & Working Conditions Marketing & Industry Growth Other
Samantha Laidlaw · Agency / Industry Support · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · Other · QLD · 11-20 yrs
Open → Trailers for Australian films before every theatrical screening
Marketing & Industry Growth
Mike Schwarz · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 11-20 yrs
Open → Serve your audience to serve your financiers
Financing
David Court · Agency / Industry Support · ACT · 41+ yrs
Open → Writers should be producers of their own stories
Development Post Production Other
Shontell Ketchell · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · QLD
Open → Have a conversation with an Access Coordinator or someone from the DDN community
Culture & Working Conditions
Stephanie Dower · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · Agency / Industry Support · QLD · 11-20 yrs
Open → Go harder on audience first
Development Marketing & Industry Growth
Karina Libbey · Agency / Industry Support · NSW · 11-20 yrs
Open → Australian Film Fund
Financing
Meg Shields · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · WA · 11-20 yrs
Open → Lean into collaboration.
Creativity
Jessie Hughes · Producer, Writer, Director (ATL) · NSW · 11-20 yrs
Open → Take psychosocial safety seriously
Culture & Working Conditions
Jonathon Dutton · Agency / Industry Support · VIC · 21-30 yrs
Open → For the traditional industry to understand the creator economy and how audiences drive algorithms
Marketing & Industry Growth
Farhad Meher-Homji · Agency / Industry Support · QLD · 21-30 yrs
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