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So You're Going to Cannes. A Survival Guide for First-Timers: From Someone Who Showed Up With a Horror Film and Lived to Tell the Tale

Let me paint you a picture. It's May 2025. I'm standing in a room in the South of France wearing sequins and what can only be described as a bridal party sash, clutching a microphone, about to pitch a drag queen horror film to some of the world's most discerning genre enthusiasts. The rosé at the after-party is ice-cold. My hands are not. And above all else I am stressed because as Australians, we're still collectively butchering the pronunciation of Cannes, but that's fine. Ever…

The Numbers Don't Lie: What the WIFTI Summit, IWD & Women's History Month Are Telling Us to Do Next

It's been more than a month since WIFTI chapters from around the world gathered in Adare, Ireland, for the 2026 WIFTI Summit, International Women's Day has come and gone, and now we’re almost at the end of Women's History Month. But what have we actually learned? What stuck? What still stings? And where do we go from here? This month, I wanted to take some time to reflect on the ideas and conversations that surround this month and ask you to reflect too. Because the truth is, refl…

WIFTI Summit 2026: Global Stories and the Kind of Rooms that Change You

There’s a particular kind of room that changes you. You don’t always recognise it straight away. You arrive slightly jet-lagged, juggling coffee and conversations, scanning name badges and reacquainting yourself with your learnt extroversion. And then something shifts. A sentence lands. A story reframes your thinking. And a collective energy builds which feels less like networking and more like momentum. That was the 2026 WIFTI Summit in Limerick. From the moment we arri…

Education & Collaboration Without Borders: Inside the WIFTI x Stage 32 Partnership

Back at Cannes in 2025, I had the incredible pleasure of announcing the education partnership between Women in Film & Television International (WIFTI) and Stage 32… and I’ve been thinking about that moment ever since. Being on the ground, surrounded by filmmakers from every corner of the world, I was struck by just how aligned our communities are. The impact of both organisations, side by side, felt genuinely powerful. Not symbolic. Not aspirational. Real. Coming all…

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