About Anna
Anna is a commercial director and filmmaker who is driven to elevate Australian screen storytelling on the world stage by studying an MA in Serial Storytelling at the Internationale Filmschule Köln (IFS) in Germany. She wishes to learn from the film and production industry in Europe (the most successful region in the world for international co-production) and bring the successful methodologies and modes of collaboration back to the Australian film industry. Her study will enrich her screenwriting craft and capabilities, but most importantly it will expose her to “cross-border writers’ rooms”, an emerging industry collaboration model that brings together multi-national screenwriters to develop local stories or formats into content built for global appeal, creating funding opportunities to co-produce series or films between multiple countries. Anna will implement these learnings to create stories that reflect the diversity of the Australian experience, as well as spearhead a new wave of co-productions with Australia’s neighbouring countries. Ultimately, she aspires for her work to elevate Australia’s position in the international film landscape and strengthen cultural diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region.
