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The Women’s Club is excited to host our November Club Lunch, where we’ll be joined by the inspiring Mitzi Goldman, CEO of Documentary Australia. Mitzi will dive into her groundbreaking initiative, SheDoc, which amplifies women’s voices in documentary filmmaking, and share insights from her impressive career as a director and producer. Join us for an enriching conversation that celebrates the power of storytelling and its impact on shaping social change.
About Mitzi Goldman
Mitzi has been working in the film industry for over 35 years as a documentary director, producer and editor. Alongside her production career she has worked in the academy teaching documentary production and screen studies and Murdoch University WA before being employed as co-head of documentary department at the national film school, AFTRS for 6 years. Mitzi's credits include: as Producer - KaChing! Pokie Nation; Night Parrot Stories; Memoirs of a Plague; End of the Rainbow. As Director - Jez: A Letter for life; A Common Purpose; Chinese Take Away; Hatred and as Executive Producer - Incarceration Nation; Backtrack Boys; Undermined: Tales of the Kimberley; Leunig Fragments; Zach's Ceremony; Constance on the Edge; I Am a Girl; Surgery Ship.
Mitzi has a Phd in Cultural Studies. She co-founded and is the CEO of Documentary Australia, which has developed a new paradigm for funding and outreach of social impact documentary films. Documentary Australia is a not-for-profit organization that connects philanthropy and filmmaking to inspire social change. She has been a board director of the Film and Television Institute in Western Australia and AIDC (Australian International Documentary Conference where she served as co-chair for 3 years). She was Jury President at APSA in 2018 and has participated on juries of film festivals in Australia (SFF, AACTA, ADG, Walkleys, Logies, Persian International Film Festival), in Iran (Tehran International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival) China (Guangzhou Documentary Film Festival).
About Shedoc
SheDoc is a Documentary Australia initiative to support female-identifying documentary filmmakers, made possible by the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland, the estate of James Simpson Love, and the Nelson Meers Foundation.
For 2024, they have welcomed female-identifying documentary filmmakers, currently working in documentary at any stage of their career that are residents of Queensland.
This professional development program is aimed to support women working in key creative roles in the documentary sector including producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, sound designers and composers. Applications are encouraged from women from under-represented backgrounds, including those identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA+, culturally and linguistically diverse, living with disability and based in regional and remote areas.
The goal of SheDoc is to develop and foster women’s voices exploring varied and nuanced perspectives on issues that affect the lives of women and to support creative and leadership aspirations amongst female-identifying documentary filmmakers.
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