Joanna Werner: Gender Matters

Four years since the announcement of Gender Matters, producer Joanna Werner of Dance Academy and Riot is glad the conversation around female representation in the industry hasn’t abated. Werner talks through some of the trends in new industry-wide data, balancing career and motherhood, the journey of Dance Academy, her hopes for the future and much more. Werner also discusses Screen Australia's Gender Matters KPI which it set out to achieve three years ago, and the newly announced KPI, whereby 50% of the key creatives in projects that receive development or production funding are women, across a three-year-average.  Werner is joined on the podcast by Judy and Punch writer/director Mirrah Foulkes and Eliza Reilly, the co-writer/co-director of Sheilas, who briefly speak about the greater impact of support on their careers. To read the new industry wide data or learn more about the new Gender Matters KPI, visit the Screen Australia website, or click here https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2019/08-21-gender-matters-target-exceeded-new-kpi The audio at the beginning of the podcast episode is taken from the Gender Matters launch video​, with speakers including writer/director Corrie Chen, actor Alison Whyte and producer Sue Maslin. Subscribe to Screen News here where you’ll get all the latest features, videos, podcasts and funding announcement delivered straight to your inbox: screenaustralia.gov.au/subscribe Have any feedback? Email us at [email protected]