Conversation
Friday 22nd March
4pm, 60mins
Gandel Lab 1, ACMI, FREE

Jeni Thornley discusses her filmmaking practice of fifty years (1974-2023). Screening clips from Film for Discussion (1973), Maidens (1978), For Love or Money (1983), To the Other Shore (1998) Island Home Country (2008) and Memory Film: a filmmaker’s diary (2023), she tracks the evolving nature of ethics, links to community and the ebb and flow of the personal to the political and the universal.

“I have used the medium of film to process family trauma and national and world trauma. Freud’s psychoanalytic method, ‘Remembering Repeating and Working Through’ (1914) provides a way to think about memory and history, releasing many emotions buried in the body and the unconscious”.

Panel
Saturday 23rd March, 11am, 60 mins
Gandel Lab 1, ACMI, Free
Auslan interpreted

Presented by Screen Australia and Film and Screen Studies, Monash University.

How can working conditions in the screen industry become more inclusive? Participation is vital to ensure a diversity of voices are heard, but long hours, tight production schedules and inaccessible workplaces can impede this goal. This panel of industry experts discusses proactive ways to achieve better participation and working conditions in the Australian screen industry—for women, disabled workers, gender diverse people, and more.

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Panel
Saturday 23rd March, 2:30pm, 60 mins
Gandel Lab 1, ACMI
Auslan interpreted
$10/$8/$5

Presented by Film and Screen Studies, Monash University

What is the connection between film and the environment? Cinema immerses us in the organic world and reveals new ways of thinking about nature, but it is also an industry with its own carbon footprint. This special panel explores screen futures and the environment: how to promote ecological awareness through film and television, environmentally conscious filmmaking, and how cinema shapes our perceptions of the natural world.

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Workshop
Saturday 23rd March
2:30pm, 180 mins
Swinburne Studio, ACMI, $40/$30/$25
$10 entry for WIFT Victoria member.

Presented by VicScreen and WIFT Victoria.

The Melbourne Women in Film Festival and Women in Film and Television Victoria (WIFT Vic) present an exciting new career development event - 'The Life Cycle of Film'. Attendees are invited to participate in two intimate round table conversations lead by industry experts and focused on a particular area in the screen industries - from development to distribution.

Workshop
Sunday 24th March
2pm, 120 mins
Gandel Lab 1, $25/$20/$15

Presented by VicScreen and Sustainable Screens Australia.

The Sustainable Methods workshop is a unique, industry-specific opportunity led by industry veteran George McClements who will take you through:

• the environmental impacts of the screen industry

• those production companies, commissioners and broadcasters embedding sustainability

• free tools and resources to help you integrate sustainable practices in your production

If you work in production, on set or have an interest in this space, we'd love you to join us and see you contribute to our collective mission that keeps our planet in the picture.

Sustainable Screens Australia (SSA) has a mission to enable the Australian screen industry to reduce its environmental impact and inspire audiences to act for a sustainable future. We deliver optimistic, data-driven, solution-centric tools and resources that empower screen practitioners to create productions in a more sustainable way.