TALK | This Industry Is Not For Me: How Training Can Kick Down The Door

Ellen Hodgson is an Anishinaabe / Apsaalooke filmmaker who grew up on Ngunnawal Country and currently resides on Wurundjeri Country. She is a producer and the Community Outreach Engagement Manager within the First Nations and Outreach team at AFTRS.

Jayden Rathsam Hua is a Chinese-Australian director, writer and producer. An alumnus of the MIFF Accelerator Lab and TIFF Filmmaker Lab, Jayden co-founded the Australian genre-focused production company Cosmic Scream. His horror short Sushi Noh has won multiple awards, including 'Best Screenplay for an Australian Short' at Flickerfest 2023, and was released digitally on YouTube's Short of the Week and as a Vimeo Staff Pick.

Sofya Gollan is an AACTA-nominated filmmaker, actor and playwright. Sofya presented Play School, normalising disability onscreen, and has spent decades advocating for diversity and disability inclusion. She has also worked as an executive, a story developer and as an Access Coordinator, working to support Deaf/Disabled & Nuerodivergent (DDN) creatives.

Skye Leon is a Lardil Yangkaal and Worimi filmmaker with a background as a youth and community worker. Skye interned with the ABC's Children's department (AFTRS Graduate Program 2021) and spent a year as a staff writer for Jungle Entertainment (2022 SBS Emerging Writer's Incubator). Her short films Sunnies and To Be Silent screened at Sydney Film Festival and Flickerfest.