Telling the Tales of Country and Shifting the Cultural Gaze -
Milestones, Legacies and Challenges

Screen Australia, Head of Indigenous, Penny Smallacombe In Conversation with Rhoda Roberts AO, Arts Executive & Consultant

In a candid discussion, our keynote speakers will reflect on their game-changing careers and discuss the work that is still to be done in the long-standing context of cultural appropriation under colonialism. How does a progressive screen industry, in practice tell Indigenous stories with an authentic lens? How can we challenge and change non-Indigenous industry norms around issues like creative license, working roles, and relationship management?

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  Rhoda Roberts AO - LIVE IN-PERSON

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  Penny Smallacombe - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Head of Indigenous - Indigenous Department at Screen Australia

The Regional Renaissance - Going Global, Staying Local

Screen NSW, Head of Screen NSW, Grainne Brunsdon

Screen Territory, Director, Jennie Hughes

Ausfilm, CEO, Kate Marks

Screen QLD, Chief Creative Officer Jo Dillon

Moderator: Screenworks CEO Ken Crouch

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  Grainne Brunsdon - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Head, Screen NSW at Screen NSW
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  Jo Dillon - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Chief Creative Officer at Screen Queensland
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  Jennie Hughes - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Director of Screen Territory
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  Kate Marks - LIVE IN-PERSON

  CEO of Ausfilm
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  Ken Crouch - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Chief Executive Officer at Screenworks

Forks in the Road - Creating content that travels.

Every Cloud Productions, CEO/Co-Founder Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox present a creative retrospective.

When Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox joined forces in 2007, it sparked an alliance that quickly evolved into one of Australia's most successful production companies, Every Cloud. It also put Byron Bay on the international map as a locus of creativity and producing prowess. From East of Everything to Deadlock and Miss Fisher and back to Sea Change, Every Cloud Productions not only make ground breaking television that naturally finds global audiences but also has created a fertile community for the Northern Rivers' screen industry.
Sharing their uniquely Northern Rivers fork in the road journey through film and TV, Fiona and Deb will deliver a dedicated retrospective session covering the narrative, evolution and expansion of Every Cloud Productions and share her insights into how to take your ideas internationally.

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  Deb Cox - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Creative Director & Co-Founder of Every Cloud Productions
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  Fiona Eagger - VIA ZOOM

  Founder of Every Cloud Productions

Distribution, Disrupted - The Global State of Play

Beyond Rights, EVP Australia, NZ, Asia, Jo Azzopardi (Zoom)

Flame Media, Content Sales & Acquisitions Director, Fiona Gilroy (Zoom)

Escapade Media, Managing Director, Natalie Lawley

Moderator Byron Studios - National/International Sales & Marketing/Business Manager, Charlotte Brigel

An overview of the changes that have taken place in the international distribution market during COVID and how this has altered the landscape for producers.

Issues will include:
How have the changes to content obligations for Australian commercial broadcasters affected distribution? What are the key international market changes that you are most concerned about? What is the future of distribution? What is the best way for producers to work with you.

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  Jo Azzopardi - VIA ZOOM

  Executive Vice President, Sales Australia, NZ & Asia at Beyond Rights
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  Charlotte Brigel - LIVE IN-PERSON

  National/International Sales & Marketing / Business Manager at Byron Studios
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  Fiona Gilroy - VIA ZOOM

  Content Sales & Acquisitions Director of Flame Media
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  Natalie Lawley - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Managing Director of Escapade Media

Pitching to the Globe - How to Navigate Online Markets in the COVID Age.

International industry experts share their insights and tips for attending markets online and maximising the digital opportunity.

Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)Industry Director, Mark Woods

Looking Glass International, Founder & CEO Nha- Uyen Chau - (ZOOM)

Flame Media, Content Sales & Acquisitions Director, Fiona Gilroy (Zoom)

Wildbear Entertainment, Executive Producer/Principal, Veronica Fury

Moderator: Magpie Pictures, Producer Lois Randall

International industry experts share their insights and tips for attending markets online and maximising the digital opportunity. International conference markets and festivals are constantly adapting to reflect industry changes but COVID enforced an accelerated re-think on how we engage peer- to-peer and connect to audiences. Our seasoned group of participants in the global festival and market footprint will share their responses to the changes and offer advice on how to get the best out of the global networking and selling terrain.

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  Nha Uyen Chau - VIA ZOOM

  Founder/CEO of LGI Media
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  Veronica Fury - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Executive Producer, Producer and Principal at Wildbear Entertainment
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  Fiona Gilroy - VIA ZOOM

  Content Sales & Acquisitions Director of Flame Media
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  Lois Randall - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Producer at Magpie Pictures
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  Mark Woods - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Industry Director of Melbourne International Film Festival

A Writer for all Seasons and Regions

Writer Vanessa Alexander (The Great, Tin Star, Vikings- Valhalla) In Conversation with Creator/ Writer/ Producer/ Showrunner Rick Kalowski

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  Vanessa Alexander - VIA ZOOM

  Writer
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  Rick Kalowski - LIVE IN-PERSON

Creating from the Margins - Presented by Screen Diversity Inclusion Network

Noble Savage Pictures, Producer Hayley B. Johnson

Actor/Writer Pallavi Sharda (ZOOM)

Bus Stop Films, CEO Tracey Corbin- Matchett

Sacha Gregson, Head Content Investment and Policy - Entertainment & Specialist ABC

Moderator - Screen Queensland Chief Creative Officer, Jo Dillon

Telling tales from the margins that reflect Australia’s cultural and social diversity and difference. Diversity and representation is one of the key issues of our times. What drives these screen makers and change makers in their activism and creative practice? The panel will discuss reclaiming cultural power through the lens, creating an equality of ‘difference’ through protocols of inclusion. How do we generate momentum for a future where representation and inclusion are the new industry standards? Where should inclusion start in the development process? The business case for inclusion- the opportunities and the perceived risks. How to use your power to advocate for others. Discuss the practice of the principle of “nothing about us without us”

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  Tracey Corbin-Matchett - LIVE IN-PERSON

  CEO of Bus Stop Films
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  Jo Dillon - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Chief Creative Officer at Screen Queensland
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  Sacha Gregson - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Head Content Investment and Policy Entertainment & Specialist at ABC
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  Hayley B Johnson - VIA ZOOM

  Producer at Noble Savage Pictures
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  Pallavi Sharda - AACTA JUDGE - VIA ZOOM

  Actor, Writer

Cracking the Compulsive Viewing Code for a Global Audience

Creator/Writer/Producer/Showrunner, Rick Kalowski

Every Cloud Productions Creative Director & Co-Founder, Deb Cox

TAP, Executive Producer, Tony Ayres

Spirit Pictures, Producer, Liz Watts

Goalpost Producer/Company Director, Rosemary Blight - Moderator

Globally we are witnessing a screen awakening in terms of the way we see ourselves on screen, the lens from which we allow our unique stories to be told and how we tell them. Streaming platforms are not only allowing for new global audiences to be accessed but allowing for once considered ‘niche’ tales to find their natural audiences across borders. These shifts are fertile ground for the rise of diverse content and inclusive storytellers, of which Australia has always blazed a trail. We hear from the leading creators of our modern Australian screen culture on how to breathe life into stories that can defiantly surpass borders and connect to audiences on new levels.

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  Tony Ayres - VIA ZOOM

  Founder of Tony Ayres Productions
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  Rosemary Blight - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Founding Partner at Goalpost Pictures
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  Deb Cox - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Creative Director & Co-Founder of Every Cloud Productions
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  Rick Kalowski - LIVE IN-PERSON

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  Liz Watts - LIVE IN-PERSON

  INDEPENDENT PRODUCER at Spirit Pictures

The Rise of Bluey with Ludo Studios Co-Founder Charlie Aspinwall & Producer Sam Moor

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  Charlie Aspinwall - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Director | Co Founder of Ludo Studio
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  Sam Moor - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Producer at Ludo Studio

The Impact, Opportunities and Outcomes of Government Reforms

Fremantle Asia Pacific, CEO, Chris Oliver Taylor

Goalpost, Producer, Rosemary Blight

Magpie Pictures, Producer, Lois Randall

Ludo Studio, Producer/ Finance & Strategy, Daniel Schultz

Sacha Gregson, Head Content Investment and Policy, ABC

Moderator: Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)Industry Director, Mark Woods

A robust policy primer informing and educating members and regionally based attendees about the possible implications, impacts and opportunities that will emerge as a result of the proposed changes to the regulations.
Issues to be covered include changes to quotas, impacts on Kids TV, issues around streaming- its regulation and content requirements, changes in funding and its flow on affect to agencies, broadcasters and producers. Changes to the producer offset and its impact on film, TV and documentary additionally the potential opportunities presented by the proposed sale of spectrum and allocation of the PING and CAST Trusts.

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  Rosemary Blight - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Founding Partner at Goalpost Pictures
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  Sacha Gregson - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Head Content Investment and Policy Entertainment & Specialist at ABC
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  Chris Oliver-Taylor - LIVE IN-PERSON

  CEO Asia Pacific of Fremantle Australia
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  Lois Randall - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Producer at Magpie Pictures
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  Daniel Schultz - VIA ZOOM

  Producer | Finance and Strategy at Ludo Studio
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  Mark Woods - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Industry Director of Melbourne International Film Festival

Widening the Global Road for Australian Documentaries

In Films, Managing Director/ Executive Producer, Ivan O'Mahoney

Noble Savage Pictures, Producer Majhid Heath

Impact Producer, Jackie Turnure

Goodthing Productions, Virginia Whitwell

Moderator: Wildbear Entertainment, Executive Producer/Principal,Veronica Fury

Both an accelerator for change and a disruptor of traditional ways of screen business, the destabilising effect of the pandemic enforced massive pressure and shifts in how our industry operates, creates and collaborates.

This panel of industry leaders will discuss the impact of 2020 on the television and screen business. What changes are likely to be permanent and what is expected to return to normal? What new trends and developments are most important to the future direction of the industry? After a year of production pause and reflection and now acceleration, what are the key issues facing the Australian industry?

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  Veronica Fury - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Executive Producer, Producer and Principal at Wildbear Entertainment
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  Majhid Heath - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Producer at Noble Savage Pictures
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  Ivan O'Mahoney - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Co-Founder of In Films
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  Jackie Turnure - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Impact Producer
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  Virginia Whitwell - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Head of Production at GoodThing Productions

The Future of Media - Hindsight is NOT 2020.

Industry thought leaders provide their futurist insights in the shape of the industry to come.

Spirit Pictures, Producer, Liz Watts

Wildbear Entertainment, Executive Producer/Principal, Veronica Fury

Noble Savage Pictures, Producer, Majhid Heath

Moderator; Fremantle Asia Pacific CEO, Chris Oliver Taylor

Both an accelerator for change and a disruptor of traditional ways of screen business, the destabilising effect of the pandemic enforced massive pressure and shifts in how our industry operates, creates and collaborates.

This panel of industry leaders will discuss the impact of 2020 on the television and screen business. What changes are likely to be permanent and what is expected to return to normal? What new trends and developments are most important to the future direction of the industry? After a year of production pause and reflection and now acceleration, what are the key issues facing the Australian industry?

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  Veronica Fury - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Executive Producer, Producer and Principal at Wildbear Entertainment
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  Majhid Heath - LIVE IN-PERSON

  Producer at Noble Savage Pictures
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  Chris Oliver-Taylor - LIVE IN-PERSON

  CEO Asia Pacific of Fremantle Australia
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  Liz Watts - LIVE IN-PERSON

  INDEPENDENT PRODUCER at Spirit Pictures

The Golden Age of Streaming and How to Dive In - Part 1 - Netflix

Netflix, Director of Content (ANZ) Que Minh Luu- Director, Content

Moderator: Fremantle Asia Pacific. CEO Chris Oliver Taylor

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  Que Minh Luu - VIA ZOOM

  Director of Originals in Australia at Netflix
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  Chris Oliver-Taylor - LIVE IN-PERSON

  CEO Asia Pacific of Fremantle Australia