Screen Australia Podcast
Screen Australia
Empowering the Australian screen industry
Listen to interviews with world-class Australian directors, producers, writers and other industry professionals as they discuss their careers, latest projects and industry trends.
Subscribe to Screen Australia's fortnightly newsletter to receive the latest episode along with show notes and bonus content, as well as the latest agency news, opportunities, funding approvals, and more at www.screenaustralia.gov.au.
Feedback can be sent to podcast@screenaustralia.gov.au.
Listen to interviews with world-class Australian directors, producers, writers and other industry professionals as they discuss their careers, latest projects and industry trends.
Subscribe to Screen Australia's fortnightly newsletter to receive the latest episode along with show notes and bonus content, as well as the latest agency news, opportunities, funding approvals, and more at www.screenaustralia.gov.au.
Feedback can be sent to podcast@screenaustralia.gov.au.
Episodes
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Mar 18, 2024 • 33min
Acting local, working global with producer Kauthar Abdulalim and Blacksand Pictures
Executive Producer and CEO of Blacksand Pictures Kauthar Abdulalim reflects on her Enterprise journey, reaching international audiences with online stories, and authentic Muslim representation in storytelling. Abdulalim talks about embracing online content, supporting meaningful cultural diversity behind the scenes, building a strategic plan for your screen career, and how the Enterprise program strengthened her business skills, as she shares her advice for early career practitioners considering applying.
Feb 29, 2024 • 40min
Costume Designer Gypsy Taylor
From The Matrix to 1980s Australia, Gypsy Taylor discusses the art and craft of costuming and the design inspiration behind her most recent projects including the flamboyant pirates of Our Flag Means Death, the fashion-focused sets of The Way We Wore and working with creative collaborator Celeste Barber, and soon the Australian 80s hit The Newsreader.
Feb 8, 2024 • 41min
Cannes Critics' Week and Applying to Festivals
Cannes Critics' Week Head of the Film Department Rémi Bigot speaks to the opportunities and ideas behind the program, and its short film extension, Next Step – a weeklong workshop for short film directors selected for Critics' Week to transition to feature films, as well as offering insight into the application and selection process, and Screen Australia's Manager, Festivals and Industry Partnerships Dale Fairbairn shares her advice for applying to festivals.
Dec 19, 2023 • 42min
Celebrating 50 years of screen education in Australia with AFTRS
Australian Film, Television and Radio School alumni, award-winning filmmaker Warwick Thornton and production designer Bethany Ryan, alongside AFTRS Council Chair Debra Richards, reflect on 50 years of formal screen education in Australia, and the pathways to set for emerging filmmakers and storytellers.
Nov 28, 2023 • 27min
Director Kitty Green: Making The Royal Hotel
Kitty Green on making fiction from fact, embracing documentary as a means to have creative control, the differences between documentary and feature narratives and their production schedules, as well as the inspiration and creation of The Royal Hotel and reuniting with frequent collaborator DOP Michael Latham.
Nov 14, 2023 • 25min
Community Consultant and Actor Max Jahufer
Max Jahufer speaks on the importance of transgender visibility both in front of and behind the camera, the emerging role of community consultants in the industry, and his experiences from the writers room to first-time actor on the upcoming Australian feature film A Savage Christmas.
Nov 2, 2023 • 34min
Graeme Mason on the 2022/23 Drama Report: key takeaways
Outgoing CEO Graeme Mason looks back at 10 years at Screen Australia and the changing landscape of Australian screen production through the 2022/23 Drama Report outcomes.
Aug 23, 2023 • 25min
(More) Advice Before You Apply
Screen Australia representatives who work across Production Investment, Development, Documentary, Online, First Nations and Games funding give their top tips for anyone preparing to submit an application. Glossary of Key Terms - https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-news/2023/04-06-industry-glossary-of-terms Tools and insights for starting in the industry - https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-support/starting-in-the-industry/tools-and-insights
Aug 8, 2023 • 30min
Amazon Studios Senior Development Executive Sarah Christie
Amazon Studios Senior Development Executive Sarah Christie talks about working as an entertainment lawyer before making the shift to development producer with Goalpost Pictures and then joining the scripted team at Amazon. She explains their strategy going forward, the difference in developing and writing projects with a streamer, what makes a great pitch, and why it was a no-brainer to greenlight their newest project the Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, which launched on Prime Video on the 4th of August.
Jul 27, 2023 • 46min
Screenwriter Catherine Smyth-McMullen
Screenwriter Catherine Smyth-McMullen on writing genre in Australia and the US, the differences between working in the two countries, and what you need to know about general meetings: what they are, what materials you need to have ready for them, how they differ from a pitch meeting, and more.
