Seed 2017

Claire is a script editor/ EP/ Creative Producer who works globally with development agencies, screenwriters, producers, directors, broadcasters, streamers and film festivals. Claire was Senior Executive (Creative) at Australia’s national screen agency and was instrumental in establishing the First Nations Film Fund. From 2003 – 2019 Claire was Chair of “Australia’s most significant screen event” (International Screen Guide), the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) where she devised, established and secured the funds for MIFF’s acclaimed industry programs and is a longstanding mentor with eQuinoxe Europe. Claire was awarded an AM for Services to the Australian Film Industry and the Jill Robb award for outstanding leadership in the Victorian Screen Industry.

Fiona Samuel MNZM is a writer and director for television, radio, film and theatre, and a NZ Arts Foundation Laureate. Her body of work includes the original TV drama series The Marching Girls, one-woman stage play Lashings of Whipped Cream – A Session With a Teenage Dominatrix, television documentary Virginity, short films Bitch and Song of the Siren, radio dramas Blonde Bombshell and A Short History of Contraception and telefeatures Piece of My Heart, Bliss and Consent – The Louise Nicholas Story. Victoria Texas Independent Film Festival.