Ones To Watch
Ones To Watch
Ones To Watch is a professional development and mentoring program for early-career screen producers looking to accelerate their screen business acumen to the next level.
Over the coming months, the Ones To Watch cohort will be matched with a leading Australian producer for 1-on-1 mentoring and will take part in an exclusive webinar series to develop their creative slate and business skills in the lead up to SCREEN FOREVER.
We strongly encourage applications from First Nations producers and those whose voices and experiences are underrepresented in our industry. If you require any support in your application or feel the eligibility requirements are a barrier to you applying for this program, we would love you to contact us to discuss your involvement.
The 2025 Ones To Watch cohort will be eligible to apply for the Screen Placement, supported by Screen Australia and designed to facilitate hands-on engagement with a production or production company anywhere in the world.
Ones To Watch 2025 Partners:
- Screen Australia
- Above The Line Accounting
- Film Finances
- Fulcrum Media Finance
- Media Arts Lawyers
- Media Super
- SBS
- Screen NSW
- 3P Studio
Testimonials
"For me, The Ones To Watch means that I get a chance to meet with lots of wonderful people and to start to really develop my slate through a strategic lens and step into my power as a producer"
Rae Choi, Ones To Watch 2024
“The highlight has been the access to my mentor, who I think without the program I wouldn’t had a connection to… getting insights at their level and where they are positioned in the industry helps me see what’s ahead, see how to navigate it and where I want to go. What kind of projects to put my effort into? That’s pretty invaluable to have that direct access in such a quick way...”
Navid Bahadori, Ones To Watch 2024
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“It’s all been a highlight, the entire thing so it’s sort of hard to single something out because you’ve got this great cohort and that is really incredible being able to build that connection and really looking at people that I can work with in the future, the people that I can connect with for the next 10 years, 20 years of my career has been fantastic. And also getting the introductions to the buyers, the producers, the people already doing what I want to do has been really really cool."
Rita Artmann, Ones To Watch 2024
Alumni - 2024
Alexandra Doering - Mentor: Ian Collie, Easy Tiger Productions
Amy Parry (Awarded Ones To Watch Screen Placement) - Mentor: Jo Porter, Curio Pictures
Gillian Crosby - Mentor: Tanya Phegan, Guesswork TV
Jodie Kirkbride - Mentor: Brett Popplewell, Fremantle Australia
Lisa Albert - Mentors: Jennifer Peedom and Jo-Anne McGowan, Stranger Than Fiction
Michael Hudson - Mentors: David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, Bunya Productions
Monique Mulcahy - Mentor: Hugh Baldwin, Flying Bark Productions
Nara Wilson - Mentor: Suzanne Ryan, SLR Productions
Stephanie Cole - Mentors: Melinda Wearne and David Ogilvy, Beyond Productions
Tessa Mansfield-Hung - Mentor: Lisa Shaunessy, Arcadia
Tobias Willis - Mentor: Alastair MacKinnon, Matchbox Pictures
Alumni - 2023
Rita Artmann – Mentor: Lauren Brown, Ludo Studio
Navid Bahadori – Mentor: Kylie Washington, BBC Studios Australia
Lilla Berry – Mentors: David Jowsey & Greer Simpkin, Bunya Productions
Rae Choi – Mentor: Rebecca Summerton, Closer Productions
Shontell Ketchell – Mentors: Bain Stewart & Leah Purcell, Oombarra Productions
Scarlett Koehne – Mentor: Rob Gibson, Easy Tiger Productions
Cecilia Low – Mentor: Rebecca Barry, Media Stockade
Joseph Meldrum – Mentor: Schuyler Weiss, BAZMARK
Jessica Murphy – Mentor: Dan Lake, Orange Entertainment Co.
Georgia Noe – Mentor: Vincent Sheenan, Origma 45
Kara Pisconeri – Mentor: Lisa Shaunessy, Independent
Amanda Spagnolo – Mentor: Pennie Brown, Princess Pictures
Ones to Watch Participants 2025
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