
Blue Mountains director’s path to inclusive filmmaking
A Blue Mountain’s filmmaker’s short film Goundhog Night, will screen at the Sydney Film Festival, streaming online from June 10.
A Blue Mountain’s filmmaker’s short film Goundhog Night, will screen at the Sydney Film Festival, streaming online from June 10.
We catch up with the diversity champion and founder of Bus Stop Films and Taste Creative. Growing up Genevieve always knew she wanted to be a storyteller. While studying at the University of Technology Sydney she was given the opportunity to make a documentary for Down Syndrome NSW, a move which ultimately changed the course of her career. Genevieve realised the serious lack of representation of people with disabilities in media and was inspired to create the short film ‘Be My Brother,’ which won Tropfest in 2009.
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Genevieve Clay-Smith is currently working on her first feature film, Baby Cat, in development with Screen Australia and changing the film industry while she’s at it.
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