Screen Australia’s Gender Matters Program – maybe it won’t work

Does Gender Matters truly redefine the rules of the funding game, or are the dice loaded against success? Three key women know the stakes are very high.
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Get back, you beast!  Image: Lottie Lyell in The Church and the Woman, written by Humbert Pugliese, directed by Raymond Longford, released in 1917 and subsequently lost.  

The recent dramatic changes to the funding of both Screen Australia and Screen NSW were inspired by many people – at the very least we can guess that all the prominent women in the sector provided their moral support. The current external task force working on the implementation includes director and now president of the Australian Directors Guild Sam Lang, producers Sue Maslin and Imogen Banks, and actor Miranda Tapsell.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.