PANELISTS

Audrey Bosito is a Manila born, Melbourne raised and based lighting professional. They had their start on a Film Victoria (now VicScreen) attachment on the feature film, Judy and Punch, in 2018 as part of the lighting department. Now with experience on feature films, television series, as well as commercials, their experience includes working as a Gaffer, Rigging Best Person, Best Person, Board Operator, Systems Technician, and Lighting Technician. Their credits include feature films Of An Age, 13 Lives, and Anak, television shows Preacher Season 4, New Gold Mountain, and Gold Diggers.

Joanne Donahoe-Beckwith is a Cinematographer. She completed a Performing Arts course before completing the Film & TV course at Swinburne. The breadth and variety of productions Joanne has worked on thankfully makes it difficult to pigeonhole her. From Feature Films, Comedy Series to Documentary each job comes with its own set of parameters and fundamentally comes down to telling stories. Joanne worked in Camera and Lighting on the groundbreaking first series of the comedy Frontline (1994–97). This led to the award-winning series A River Somewhere (1997–98). Joanne’s other credits include her long collaboration with Working Dog, from camera assisting on The Castle (1997) and behind the scenes on The Dish (2000), through to Director of Photography on recent series of Utopia (2014 –) and Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story (2023). She is excited by the current changes taking place in the industry and hopes to continue to be part of change and innovation in storytelling.

Ellen Hodgson is an Anishinaabe / Apsaalooke filmmaker who grew up on Ngunnawal Country and currently resides on Wurundjeri Country. She is the Community Outreach Engagement Manager within the First Nations and Outreach team at AFTRS, a role that co-designs initiatives and strategies, with the screen industry and communities, to support access and pathways for underrepresented film practitioners. Prior to her time at AFTRS, Ellen was working within the industry as a producer, casting director and production coordinator for companies such as Marvel, Netflix, HBO and Lingo Pictures. Ellen is passionate about communities’ self-determination, well-being and authenticity within the Screen and Radio industries.

Anna Debinski is a doctoral candidate and researcher in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Her research lies at the intersection of screen and disability studies. She has published work on disability and documentary, disability and stardom, the ethics of disability representation, accessible film exhibition, and disabled screen workers. Anna is a disabled researcher and co-author of Disability and Screen Work in Australia: Report for Industry (2023).

Kim Goodwin is a Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management at the University of Melbourne. Her teaching and research exists at the intersection of human resources, organisational behaviour and arts management. Kim has also worked in graduate recruitment and talent management before building a career in the arts sector with organisations such as the National Association for the Visual Arts and Craft Victoria.

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