Dame Changer is an Australian professional women’s collective, providing opportunities in training and networking for women in the screen industry. We are actively building awareness of gender bias and aim to break down the barriers to career growth being experienced by mid-career screen industry women.

o create an equitable screen industry by empowering experienced, mid-career women through the acceleration of their long format screen projects to completion.

Dame Changer seeks to build resilient, sustainable and successful careers for women through our expansive and strategic network.

Our events and programs provide creative capital, skill building, mentoring, industry access and advocacy.

Our intention is to champion organisations and companies seeking to achieve gender parity – on and beyond the screen – through the integration of diversity and inclusion in their corporate policy and performance.

To call on all sections of the screen industry to make clear their commitment to achieving gender equality in:

on-screen representation;
themes and narratives;
project leadership and creative practitioners;
industry access and opportunities; and
opportunities for diversity in audience development.