Humanising the screen industry with statistics and a plan

Raising children in the screen sector is hard - but there are useful initiatives that see the industry in a different way. With added SAFC programs.
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Clara Rugaard contemplates the stored children who could become her family in I am Mother, funded partly by the Adelaide Film Festival. Image: program.

In I am Mother, released as a work in progress at the Adelaide Film Festival, the future of the human species is reduced to a robot caring mechanically for a single child. It is a story of utter sterility, broken open by the organic humanity of the growing girl. 

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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.