BROAD:Films For Feminists and Gender Matters
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BROAD’s Sonja Hammer talks to Diana Burnett from Screen Australia about the latest developments for Gender Matters. Diana Burnett is the Administration Manager in Development and Production at Screen Australia.
This is the FULL Interview with Diana Burnett.
What is Gender Matters:’is a suite of Screen Australia initiatives that address the gender imbalance within the Australian screen industry.’Last year in December 2015, Screen Australia announced a five point, $5 million plan over three years for Gender Matters, a suite of initiatives that address the gender imbalance within the Australian screen industry.’
Analysis of Screen Australia figures back in May 2015 shows that the imbalance is most notable in traditional film, with women accounting for 32% of producers, 23% of writers and only 16% of directors. Our film production funding is provided to producers, writers and directors in direct proportion to applications received, suggesting that initiatives to stimulate projects led by women is key in addressing this issue front on.
We want to create sustainable and self-generating careers, that will be used to support women to build a range and breadth of skills in this industry for the long term. This $5 million plan, to be refined and further developed by an experienced Gender Matters Taskforce (below), consists of the following:
- Assessment criteria changes – Screen Australia has made criteria changes aimed at encouraging projects that promote gender and cultural diversity and removing the barriers faced by women who take time out of the workforce, including added consideration of Gender Diversity in overall slate assessment.
- Brilliant Stories (formerly Women’s Story Fund) – an initiative to stimulate awareness and increase industry activity around storytelling by women, focusing on bold, original and compelling fully-formed story concepts.
- Brilliant Careers (formerly Enterprise Women) – business support to create industry infrastructure around women, encouraging mentorship schemes, placements, slate development, workshops, events, and proposals for strategy and business development.
- Matched Distribution Guarantee Support of up to $300,000, to enhance the distribution and marketing of quality Australian films with significant female content, encouraging close partnership with distributors on female-driven projects.
- Attachments for Women – in circumstances where Screen Australia invests more than $500,000 in a project, attachments or reverse attachments are proposed to provide valuable production experience for women who want to break into the industry as creatives or crew.
Screen Australia is the Federal Government’s key funding body for the Australian screen production industry.
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