I spent the last few months of 2020 participating in the Australian Screen Forum New York – Women in Screen Workshop. It was an honour to be selected as one of eight women from Australia and the USA to be a part of mentoring, conversations, exploring the business and legal side of film guided by industry professionals. Whilst it would have been great to go to NYC for the workshops, even through Zoom we managed to connect and share.
Featured image: The 2020 Women in Screen Workshop Participants. From L to R: Amie Batalibasi, Alies Sluiter, Sarah Hatherley, Nagham Osman, Jen Sall, Caitlin McCarthy, Lara Kose, and Jessica Liley.
More information: https://www.australianscreenforum.org/women-in-screen-workshophttps://www.australianscreenforum.org/women-in-screen-workshop
Inside Film article: https://www.if.com.au/five-aussie-filmmakers-selected-for-women-in-screen-workshop/
The 2020 Industry Mentors included:
Haley Hamilton (Executive Director, Literary Scouting, FOX Television)
Rachael Fung (Producer, Little Woods, The Giant)
Victoria Hill (Producer, Fibonacci Films, First Reformed, The Chaperone)
Meggie Palmer (Founder and CEO, PepTalkHer)
Hannah Pembroke (Scripted Development, Matchbox Pictures)
Sara McFarlane (Founder, E/S Collab)
Amelia Chappelow (Audio Executive Producer & Consultant)
Paula Ngon (Publicist, People and Chair of BlackPrintMeredith)
Jess Mills, (Film Marketing and Distribution Consultant, Oui Oui Marketing)
Dor Dotson, (Social Media Marketing and Crowdfunding for filmmakers, Genuine Article LLC)
Jamie Zelermyer (Film & Television Pitch Consultant / Producer / Executive Producer and President of the Board, New York Women in Film & Television )