Australian festival director Dr Sian Mitchell has received this year’s Natalie Miller Fellowship. Mitchell was announced as the recipient of the prestigious fellowship at today’s Independent Cinemas Australia (ICA) Conference held at Dendy Southport Queensland.
Sian Mitchell is the current festival director at the Melbourne Women in Film Festival, and is an avid lover of finding and sharing incredible stories made for the screen. She also lectures in Screen and Design at Deakin University, where she revels in the opportunity to work with the next generation of screen storytellers and creative practitioners.