Join AFTRS and Screen Canberra for a lively and insightful panel discussion featuring producers, directors and filmmakers with experience spanning short films to feature-length productions.
This dynamic lineup of industry professionals will discuss audience engagement & pathways, career insights, and lessons from the field—offering a valuable opportunity for emerging and established screen practitioners.
Thursday, 19 June 2025
6:00pm – 8:30pm
Theatrette | National Film and Sound Archive
This event is FREE to attend.
Featured Panellists
Kate Blackmore (Filmmaker and AFTRS lecturer)
Kate’s documentary Make It Look Real on intimacy coordinators in the screen industry had its world premiere at SXSW 2025 and is selling out screenings at Sydney Film Festival
Serge Ou (Executive Producer, WildBear Entertainment)
Serge’s directorial experience spans drama, documentary, and commercial productions. Across a broad range of genres, he has directed more than 150 hours of broadcast and theatrical content for the domestic and international film and television markets, as well as overseen more than 200 hrs of programming distributed internationally.
Farnoush Parsiavashi (Documentary Director and Producer, Wildbear Entertainment)
Farnoush is a documentary director, writer and creative producer. She works across factual documentaries and is currently producing her first independent feature doc Butter, Baby
Flore Vallery-Radot (Director, A Little Bag for Me)
Flore’s short documentary co-directed with her daughter is connecting with audiences even before its release, with over 1,000,000 views of the trailer in just a few weeks
Moderated by AFTRS graduate and editor Melissa Brooks
When registering, please consider making a donation to the AFTRS Alumni & Industry Scholarship Fund, which supports the next generation of Australian storytellers.
