Screen Australia Podcast

Building sustainable screen careers below-the-line

Learn more about the new below-the-line training and professional development initiative Screen Careers.

Everything you need to know about the Game Developers Conference

The Future Leaders Delegation and Screen Australia Games team share their takeaways and advice from the 2024 Game Developers Conference.

Creating White Fever with Ra Chapman and Katherine Fry

Ra Chapman and Katherine Fry share the journey from development to production of new ABC comedy series White Fever.  

Producer Kauthar Abdulalim and Blacksand Pictures

Producer and founder of Blacksand Pictures Kauthar Abdulalim reflects on her Enterprise journey, reaching international audiences with online stories, and the power of authentic representation in the screen industry. 

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 Our Flag Means Death, The Way We Wore, and soon The Newsreader.

Cannes Critics’ Week and Applying to Festivals

Cannes Critics’ Week Head of the Film Department Rémi Bigot speaks to the opportunities and process behind the program, and Screen Australia’s Manager, Festivals and Industry Partnerships Dale Fairbairn shares her advice for applying to festivals.

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.

Director Kitty Green: Making The Royal Hotel

Kitty Green on making fiction from fact, the differences between documentary and feature narratives, the process of collaboration, and directing The Royal Hotel

Community Consultant and Actor Max Jahufer

Max Jahufer speaks on the importance of transgender visibility both in front of and behind the camera, the role of community consultants in the industry, and his experiences on the upcoming Australian feature film A Savage Christmas.

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.