Workshops
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SATURDAY
Workshops ✴ SATURDAY
$30 PER SESSION | $50 FOR BOTH
PANAVISION: BEHIND THE LENS
A professional development initiative designed for emerging and mid-career Directors, Producers, Creatives, Cinematographers, Camera Assistants, and screen practitioners.
Choose from two specialised workshops presented by Nic Godoy, National Sales and Marketing Manager at Panavision Australia. With 26 years of industry experience, Nic will use live cameras and a selection of Panavision lenses to demonstrate how optics influence perspective, depth, atmosphere, and visual storytelling. Combining creative insight with technical expertise, these hands-on sessions offer practical knowledge for filmmakers at every stage.
Free networking lunch included at 1pm
Workshop 1:
Directors & Creatives
Saturday 12 september | 11am
kbf mezzanine (level 2)
Explore the creative foundations of optics, visual storytelling, and film language. This session covers key pre-production practices, including developing treatments, understanding lens characteristics, and testing techniques to help Directors and Creatives communicate their vision effectively with Cinematographers and Heads of Department.
Workshop 2:
cinematographers & assistants
Saturday 12 september | 2pm
kbf mezzanine (level 2)
Designed for Cinematographers, Camera Assistants, post-production professionals, and technical crew, this advanced session explores spherical, anamorphic, large format, and Super 35 lenses, along
with Panavision's latest approaches to lens modification and customisation.
$20
THE STORY BENEATH THE STORY
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The idea of “going into the lava” encourages writers to move towards the vulnerable, emotionally honest material beneath the surface of a story. This does not mean that every story must be autobiographical, or that participants will be asked to disclose difficult personal experiences publicly.
Instead, participants will explore how a feeling drawn from lived experience can provide the foundation for meaningful fiction.
Through a series of guided handwritten exercises, participants will learn how changing the character, relationship, setting, circumstances or genre can create fictional distance while preserving the authentic emotional truth at the centre of a story.
They will then identify the single choice, encounter or turning point that could become a powerful, focused and achievable short film.
Previous screenwriting experience is not required
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An authentic emotional foundation
A central character
A clear immediate desire
A source of pressure or conflict
A meaningful choice
A visible emotional change
A concise short film concept statement
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A pen
A notebook or several sheets of paper
An open and curious mind
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Ashlee Tamara Jensen is an award-winning neurodivergent Australian writer, director and producer working across narrative film and documentary. Her work is grounded in emotionally authentic storytelling and frequently explores resilience, identity, human connection and the experiences that shape us. Her dramatic short film The Finish Line premiered at the Toronto International Women’s Film Festival, while her true-story project 7 Times received 11 awards and is now being developed as a series. In 2026, Ashlee was selected for the WIFT Australia EFM Catalyst Program, through which she attended the European Film Market in Berlin with her family adventure feature Rainbow Bones.
Saturday 12 september | 2pm
kbf boardroom (level 2)
Workshops
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SUNDAY
Workshops ✴ SUNDAY
$20
YOUTH ACTING FUNDAMENTALS
sunday 13 september | 11am & 2pm
kbf boardroom (level 2)
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Through interactive exercises, activities and partnered scene work, students will explore the core skills every actor needs, including creating believable characters, listening and responding authentically, understanding objectives and making confident performance choices.
Working in pairs, each participant will rehearse and perform a short scripted scene before receiving personalised coaching and constructive feedback, allowing them to immediately apply new techniques and experience how thoughtful direction can transform a performance.
Designed to build confidence, creativity and performance skills in a supportive environment, these workshops are suitable for beginners aged 8-17, as well as aspiring young actors looking to strengthen their foundations.
No previous acting experience is required.
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Murran Kain is an Australian actress and international award-winning performer whose career spans film, television, musical theatre, and vocal performance.
Murran's recent work includes playing Young Bonnie Barker in the US television series Good Cop/Bad Cop (Netflix/Stan/The CW), starring Leighton Meester, Luke Cook, and Clancy Brown. Her credits also include the multi-award-winning film In Absence, where she starred alongside Christopher James Baker. Her performance earned the Grand Jury Prize at RIFF (USA) and critical praise for its emotional depth and subtlety.
Murran has been coaching for six years with actors of all ages and stages of their careers. She continues to train with leading industry coaches across Australia, the UK, and the US, developing her craft, movement, and voice work.
kids | 10:30am
teens | 1:30pm
free
Networking 101
sunday 13 september | 3:30pm
kbf mezzanine (level 2)
This workshop is designed specifically for people who have never networked and want a starting point on how to navigate networking events, how to speak to Screen Industry professionals and how to connect with others. It is suitable for High School and University Students, recent graduates and those who have never stepped foot into a creative industries event. Join Moneth Montemayor and a Screen Industry friend who will present their tips and tricks for networking.
All are welcome to rock up - no ticket needed!