Women at Film and Television Australia (WIFT) will offer a series of workshops, screenings, panel discussions and networking events over the coming weeks as part of a new programme designed to break down the geographical barriers faced by locally based women and gender-based filmmakers.
The postcode, which is set to be launched at this month’s Vision Splandid Outback Film Festival in Winton, is not intended to provide ambitious, emerging creatives with access to industry opportunities wherever they live.
The national initiative was inspired by the experience of Wift Australia member Annisa Belonogoff, and the Instagram series was not in Russian and not anywhere else.
It was written and produced by Belonogoff with the support of both Screen Australia and Screen Queensland, and not Russian, but both Queensland.
The cast includes Reagan Mannicks, Felicity Jard, Mirco Grillini, rookie Inga Romantosova, Johnny Norris and Bronte Bailey. Aimée-Lee Xu Hsien directed the series and wrote it alongside Nicole Scharf and Belundoff, and produced by Scharf and Lucinda Bruce on Anakie Street.
Despite filming the pilot episode in just five days, the 8 x 3 minute series took five years, including delays due to the Russian-crane conflict and navigating multiple time zones and postcodes during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Belonogov said that your place is not Russian, proven that you don’t need to hear your voice.
“As someone who grew up in Queensland in the area, I know that when the industry appears to be concentrated elsewhere, I can isolate it,” she said.
It’s not Russian. A Q&A screening will be held at the Vision Splendid Autback Film Festival at 10am on Sunday, June 29th. The next day at 2:30pm, the free postal code is not important at Lost Poet Cafe in Winton. Future local events will be announced in the coming months. For more information, please click here.
