Pitching Market Partner

Major Sponsor

Supporting Sponsors

The work of the Media Resource Centre is made possible by the on-going support of

Presenting Partner

Major Government Partners

FRIDAY 26 JULY(NB all sessions include time for Q & A except opening session)

7.45 am REGISTRATIONS OPEN AT MERCURY CINEMA YOU MUST REGISTER TO COLLECT YOUR LANYARD, FOR

ENTRY TO CONFERENCE SESSIONS. Please note: conference sessions before morning tea on Friday 26 July are held in BH2-09 Lecture Theatre at the UniSA City West Campus, immediately behind the Mercury Cinema (follow the signs)

8.45 - 9.00 am WELCOME & WELCOME TO COUNTRY

9.00 - 9.15 am CONFERENCE OPENED BY THE HONOURABLE STEVEN

MARSHALL MP, PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

9.15 - 10.00 am IN CONVERSATION: E. Bennett Walsh with

Amanda Duthie

E. Bennett Walsh and Amanda Duthie’s one-on-one

discussion will explore Bennett’s career in the f ilm

industry, the substantial back catalogue of productions

he’s worked across, and how Bennett sees the screen

industry evolving on a global scale. The new Mortal

Kombat f ilm is to be f ilmed in Adelaide.

Speakers: E. Bennett Walsh, Producer, Mortal Kombat;

Amanda Duthie, Head of Production, Development,

Attraction and Studios at South Australian Film

Corporation (SAFC)

10.00 - 10.45 am KNOCKING ON THE DOOR: How to approach production companies How should you approach producers and production

companies? What projects are they after, and what are

the global opportunities?

Speakers: Nicole Rogers, Supervising Executive,

Fremantle Media; Rob Gibson, CEO, Easy Tiger

Productions; Nick Murray, Co-Founder and Managing

Director, CJZ; Julie Ryan, Producer, Cyan Films; Todd

Abbott, Director of Programs and Development,

Guesswork TV; Nathan Mayf ield, Co-founder and Chief

Creative Off icer, Hoodlum

Moderator: Sandy Cameron, Production Executive,

Media Resource Centre

*Delegates move f rom UniSA City West venue to the

Mercury Cinema (2 minutes' walk). All conference

sessions f rom this time onwards take place in the

Mercury Cinema

10.50 - 11.05 am MORNING TEA

11.05 – 11.45 am

DISABILITY IS NOT A METAPHOR

Disabled people are producers of their own image and

storytellers of their own lives. Intelligent and innovative

solutions are redressing representation and quality on

and off the screen. This session puts disability at the

heart of the screen industry.

Speakers: Alistair Baldwin, Writer, The Weekly, Hard

Quiz, Get Krack!n; Courtney Gibson, CEO, SAFC; Fiona

Tuomy, Artistic Director, The Other Film Festival

Moderator: Gaelle Mellis, Disability Strategy

Consultant, SAFC

11.45 -12.30 pm

CATCHING A BREAK: How do you get

a gig as a TV writer?

How can the industry support the next generation of

screenwriters? How do you get your f irst break?

Speakers : Rob Gibson, CEO, Easy Tiger Productions;

Matthew Cormack, Writer, Closer Productions; Alistair

Baldwin, Writer; Lucy Campbell, Writer, Director and

Producer

Moderator: Karena Slaninka, Production Executive,

Media Resource Centre

Pitching Market Partner

Major Sponsor

Supporting Sponsors

The work of the Media Resource Centre is made possible by the on-going support of

Presenting Partner

Major Government Partners

12.30 – 1.15 pm LUNCH

1.15 - 1.45 pm

THE PRODUCER’S TOOLKIT: What you

need to build your career

A fun session, where an emerging producer starting out

in the industry asks all those career pathway questions

you’ve always wanted to know. Expert advice will be

provided by a panel of industry leaders.

Speakers: Helen Leake, Producer, Dancing Road

Productions; John Myers, Regional Manager, Growth,

Media Super; Cam Rogers, Principal, Cam Rogers

Legal; Anna Vincent, Producer, SLA Films

Moderator: Sandy Cameron, Production Executive,

Media Resource Centre

Media Super sponsored panel

1.45 - 2.45 pm

MEET THE BROADCASTERS

Meet the broadcasters, f ind out what they are looking

for, and how to approach them.

Speakers: Brett Sleigh, Executive Producer,

Entertainment & Specialist, ABC; Julie Hanna,

Commissioning Editor, Factual, ABC;

Susie Jones, Commissioning Editor, Documentaries,

SBS; Jo Rooney, Co-Head of Drama, Nine Network;

Sue Masters, Head of Scripted, SBS; Lauren Hillman,

General Manager, Channel 44

Moderator: Jennie Hughes, Director, Screen Territory

Screen Territory sponsored panel

2.45 – 3.00 pm AFTERNOON TEA

3.00 - 4.30 pm PITCH-O-RAMA: Live pitching competition

10 shortlisted concepts for a scripted or factual web

series will be pitched in f ront of a live audience, for

$10,000 in development funding.

Judges: Brett Sleigh, Executive Producer,

Entertainment & Specialist, ABC; Julie Hanna,

Commissioning Editor, Factual, ABC; Courtney Gibson,

CEO, SAFC; Sandy Cameron, Production Executive,

Media Resource Centre. MC: Marion "Maz" Farrelly, TV

producer, Absolutely Farrelly

Presented by ABC iview and the Media Resource

Centre

4.35 - 5.15 pm

MEET THE MARKET: ABC Children's Channels

* session held at the Rockford Hotel roundtable venue

Find out what ABC Children's channels are looking for,

and how to approach them.

Speakers : Amanda Isdale, Development and Co-

Production Manager, Children's Content, ABC;

Moderator: Kath McIntyre, Program Director, Screen

Makers Conference

4.30 – 5.45 pm

SPECIAL SCREENING: The Hunting, Episode 1

SAFC CEO Courtney Gibson introduces a special screening

of episode 1 of The Hunting, the SBS TV series produced by

Closer Productions.

5.45 - 6.25 pm

CLOSER PRODUCTIONS - The Hunting

SBS TV series case study

Screen Australia’s Nerida Moore moderates a case study

discussion of SBS drama series The Hunting with Closer

Productions’ creative team.

Speakers: Rebecca Summerton, Matthew Cormack,

Matt Vesely and Bryan Mason, all f rom Closer

Productions.

Moderator: Nerida Moore, Senior Development

Manager, Screen Australia

6.25 pm

WINNER OF PITCH-O-RAMA IS ANNOUNCED!

6.30 – 8.00 pm

OPENING NIGHT DRINKS @ MERCURY CINEMA

All delegates welcome at this f irst networking event for

Screen Makers Conference 2019, held in the foyer bar at

Mercury Cinema.

Opening Night Drinks sponsored by Media Super

Cheese Table sponsored by Woodside Cheese Wrights

FRIDAY 26 JULY(NB all sessions include time for Q & A except opening address)

Pitching Market Partner

Major Sponsor

Supporting Sponsors

The work of the Media Resource Centre is made possible by the on-going support of

Presenting Partner

Major Government Partners

SATURDAY 27 JULY(NB all sessions include time for Q & A except opening session)

7.30 – 8.45 am

WOMEN’S BREAKFAST: Held at the Rockford Hotel

Delegates who identify as women or non-binary are

invited to this networking breakfast at the Rockford

Hotel, adjacent to the Mercury Cinema.

Sponsored by AFTRS

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

9.00 - 10.00 am

AFTRS MASTERS TASTER: The Future of Story

Join the Australian Film Television and Radio School’s

Heads of discipline for an inspiring discussion about the

Future of Story and the School’s transformative Master

of Arts Screen program. Learn about AFTRS’ unique

approach to story, collaboration and interdisciplinary

practice in AFTRS’ Master of Arts Screen, a two-year

course offered in 10 disciplines that gives you unique

access to expert professional training, mentorship and

industry-based learning.

Speakers: Krista Jordan, Head of Animation; Stephen

Murphy, Head of Sound; Dr Alejandra Canales,

Lecturer Documentary, all f rom AFTRS

AFTRS sponsored session

RSVP ESSENTIAL

10.00 - 10.45 am WHAT MAKES A REPEATABLE RETURNABLE

FACTUAL SERIES HAVE CUT THROUGH IN THE

MARKET? Find out how to transition f rom one-off documentaries

to producing returnable, repeatable and more

sustainable shows.

Speakers: Nick Murray, Co-Founder and Managing

Director, CJZ; Colin Thrupp, Executive Producer and

Head, Screentime SA; Julie Hanna, Commissioning

Editor Factual, ABC; Susie Jones, Commissioning

Editor Documentaries, SBS; Nicole Rogers, Supervising

Executive Producer, Fremantle Media

Moderator: Beth Neate, Production, Development,

Attraction and Studios Executive, SAFC

10.45 - 11.00 am MORNING TEA

11.00 - 11.45 am GETTING AHEAD AND KEEPING YOUR AUTHENTIC

VOICE INTACT

Audiences are certainly ready for diversity on screen, but

is the industry ready for the diverse people behind the

stories? Let’s be honest, the horror stories are rife! How

do you navigate this terrain as a screen practitioner f rom

an underrepresented group? Where are the breaks and

how do you protect your authentic voice?

Speakers: Penny Smallacombe, Head of Indigenous

Department, Screen Australia; Bali Padda, Industry

Development Executive, Screen Australia; Mitch

Stanley, Producer, No Coincidence Media;

Dena Curtis, Producer, Inkey Media

Moderator: Ana Tiwary, Producer and Director,

Indivisual Films

11.45 - 12.30 pm STATE OF PLAY: AWG, SPA, ADG

The heads of Australian Directors’ Guild, Australian

Writers’ Guild, and Screen Producers Australia discuss

the state of play in the screen industry. What are the

new opportunities for Australian screen creatives?

Speakers: Jacqueline Elaine, CEO, Australian Writers’

Guild; Kingston Anderson, CEO, Australian Directors’

Guild; Matthew Deaner, CEO, Screen Producers

Australia. Moderator: Sandy Cameron, Production

Executive, Media Resource Centre

Pitching Market Partner

Major Sponsor

Supporting Sponsors

The work of the Media Resource Centre is made possible by the on-going support of

Presenting Partner

Major Government Partners

12.30 - 1.30 pm LUNCH

1.30 - 2.15 pm DOING IT DIFFERENTLY:

Innovation in Australian TV

The producers of The Heights, The Hunting, Five

Bedrooms, Tidelands, and diverse independent f ilms

talk about their innovative TV production models.

Speakers: Peta Astbury-Bulsara, Producer, For Pete’s

Sake Productions; Rebecca Summerton, Producer,

Closer Productions; Nathan Mayf ield, Co-founder and

Chief Creative Off icer, Hoodlum; Ana Tiwary, Producer

and Director, Indivisual Films

Moderator: Kath McIntyre, Program Director, Screen

Makers Conference

2.15 - 3.00 pm FEATURE FILM BOX OFFICE:

Understanding the mechanics of success

Learn which genres work in the box off ice. With the

latest analytics, you will be able to super-charge your

slate.

Speakers: Sasha Close, Film Programming Manager,

Wallis Cinemas; Lori Flekser, Executive Director,

Creative Content Australia; Edwina Waddy, Australian

Production Executive, Roadshow Films

Moderator: Matthew Horrocks, Head of Strategic

Projects and Screen Investment, Screenwest

Wallis Cinemas sponsored panel

3.00 - 3.15 pm AFTERNOON TEA

3.15 - 4.00 pm THE DIGITAL ECONOMY:

New opportunities in VFX, games, VR and AR

There’s no mistaking the impact that games and

technology are having on screen craft. Find out where

the opportunities are in the digital economy. Come and

cross over into this exciting world!

Speakers: Anna Hodge, Manager, Training and

Education, Rising Sun Pictures; Justin Wight,

Company Director, Monkeystack; Marty Pepper,

Executive Director, Post Production / VFX, KOJO;

Anton Andreacchio, Managing Director, Jumpgate VR

Moderator: Dan Thorsland, Director, Business

Development and Partnerships, Mighty Kingdom

4.00 - 5.00 pm WHAT IS THE ENTREPRENEURIAL APPROACH TO

MY SCREEN BUSINESS?

Find out how these producers have been able to live

local, think global and work outside of the box to build

their screen businesses.

Speakers: Julie Ryan, Producer, Cyan Films; Nathan

Mayf ield, Co-founder and Chief Creative Off icer,

Hoodlum; Julie Kalceff, Writer, Director and Producer,

Common Language Films

Moderator: Kath McIntyre, Program Director, Screen

Makers Conference

SATURDAY 27 JULY(NB all sessions include time for Q & A except opening session)