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25.01.2022 A wonderful moment on set today, with our CEO Tracey receiving an Aspire Award - for Individual Best Achievement in The Arts. Tracey was nominated by Women in Film and TV Australia, and was presented her medal by WIFT Australia Board Member and WIFT NSW Chapter representative Megan Riakos. The Aspire Awards celebrate the wonderful contribution people with a disability make to their professional and community settings. Congratulations Tracey and thank you WIFT Australia and to Actors Centre Australia for hosting our shoot today! @theaspireawards #Womeninfilm #inclusivefilmmaking #aspireawards

25.01.2022 Today, our wonderful film "Stairs" premieres at the Asia Pacific Screen Forum on the Gold Coast. We're so sad we can't be there in person, but we wanted to share this beautiful message from Byanbasuren, a student in our Accessible Film Studies Program in Mongolia who worked on the inclusively made film. Thank you to everyone who worked on and supported the film and the Program. "Stairs" was produced by Bus Stop Films in partnership with the Arts Council of Mongolia funded th...rough an Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grant from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and private support from Roger Perry OAM. Screen NSW Sydney City of Film WIFT Australia Screen Producers Australia Screen Queensland Asia Pacific Screen Awards Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

25.01.2022 We think Fearless Season 2 is looking amazing, and you can attend the live event! This is a second time collaboration between Screenworks and Feros Care, set to premiere on the International Day of People with Disability - Australia, 3 December 2020, The second season of Fearless is a collection of six short films created by regional Australian filmmakers that shine a spotlight on people living boldly with disability.... Register for the premiere and be the first to see this inspiring film series, check out the event at https://fb.me/e/1EXcSd3B9. To access the audio described version of the trailer, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM2ZwYG8gxg. Fearless Films is brought to you by Screenworks and Feros Care. #GrowBold #FearlessFilms #Fearless #Disability #DisabilityAdvocate #IDPw

24.01.2022 Father Time and the Weather an inclusively made absurdist comedy is our final film project of 2020. Directed by Andrew Kavanagh. Thank you to all our cast and crew and to all the amazing supporters and services who contributed to this cool as project! Shooting today at @aftrs #inclusivefilmmaking #shortfilm #comedy #aftrs #panavision

23.01.2022 Dear Wollongong, we are proud to be offering our Accessible Film Studies program once again in your town! The yearlong program is for people living with disability and is taught by industry professionals and emerging filmmakers. Students benefit from exclusive workshops, excursions, networking opportunities, and work collaboratively on a film project. We want to see their students shine through building social and communication skills, friendships, confidence and work ready s...kills. Our programs are supported by experienced support workers who have a real passion to see students succeed within the programs and on a film set and is delivered with the support of UOW: University of Wollongong, Australia. NDIS Funding: Our full program is fee for service and participants can use their NDIS funding. You will need to ensure funding is available under Capacity Building or Core Funding. For more info & to enrol: Visit our website www.busstopfilms.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: 0408 475 736 Image: Two men smiling, one has his head on the others' shoulders. The text reads 'Accessible Film Studies Program: ENROLMENTS ARE OPEN!' UOW: University of Wollongong, Australia Ability Options tappON Northcott Illawarra Interchange Illawarra The Disability Trust Workskills Mission Australia City of Wollongong Greenacres Disability Services

22.01.2022 ArtScreen 2021 Launch + ArtScreen 2020 Premiere The world premiere of a new video artwork from NSW artist Debra Keenahan is set to feature during the online launch of ArtScreen 2021 on Wed 2 Dec at 10:30am, the day before this year’s International Day Of People With Disability. ArtScreen is a video art initiative for artists with disability developed by Accessible Arts with the support of various government, industry and community partners. ... Titled LITTLE THINGS MATTER, Debra’s artwork is a provocative social critique of the dehumanisation of people with dwarfism and was created through this year’s edition of ArtScreen with funding from the City of Sydney. In addition to showcasing Debra’s artwork, the online launch will include an overview of next year’s initiative, reveal the ArtScreen 2021 mentors and provide details of how to access production funding. Next year’s ArtScreen projects are set to have a world premiere season at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney. Don’t miss your opportunity to experience Debra’s work and find out more about creating new video artworks. REGISTER NOW: https://aarts.net.au/news/artscreen-2021-launch/ #ArtScreen2021Launch #ArtScreen #VideoArt #AccessibleArts #Arts #disability Image Description: Production still from Little Things Matter featuring artist Debra Keenahan (credit: Robert Brindley). A short statured woman is standing on stage in front of a red curtain. She is wearing a gold dress and holding a vintage microphone in a chrome casing.

22.01.2022 Applications are now open for ArtScreen 2021, a new video art production initiative for artists with disability from @AccessibleArts. Successful applicants will be paid, mentored by leading video artists and have access to a $21.5K production budget. Applications close Mon 8 Feb 2021. https://aarts.net.au/artscreen2021 #ArtScreen2021 #AccessibleArts #Arts #Disability #VideoArt

21.01.2022 Thank you Deaf Aboriginal Services for this short clip about why and how we can celebrate National NAIDOC week.

20.01.2022 We are proud to be offering our Accessible Film Studies program once again in Parramatta! The yearlong program is for people living with disability and is taught by industry professionals and emerging filmmakers. Students benefit from exclusive workshops, excursions, networking opportunities, and work collaboratively on a film project.... We want to see our students shine through building social and communication skills, friendships, confidence and work ready skills. Our programs are supported by experienced support workers who have a real passion to see students succeed within the programs and on a film set and is delivered with the support of Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) in Parramatta. NDIS Funding: Our full program is fee for service and participants can use their NDIS funding. You will need to ensure funding is available under Capacity Building or Core Funding. For more info & to enrol: Visit our website www.busstopfilms.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: 0408 475 736 City of Parramatta Ability Options Western Sydney University Disability Collective Mission Australia Life Without Barriers Your Side Just Better Care Australia Northcott

20.01.2022 Melbourne Fringe kicks off today. Here's a wrap from the team of what you can expect! We have over 250 events for you, created by artists who have dreamt up, worked and reworked art in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. We have built a platform for you to enjoy this work, and as well as digital, there's work you can take offline and outdoors. Our program is evolving, so keep an eye on your inbox for more exciting shows going on sale in the next few weeks. ... Get ready for 18 days of non-stop art, online, analogue, in your home and on the streets. The festival is mostly through our Digital Fringe platform but there are a number of socially distanced and Covid-19 safe one on one events and outdoor events. Our Digital Fringe platform has a digital foyer and chat function where you can mingle, just like IRL. This year we have heaps shows by Deaf and disabled artists check them out in our Disability and Deaf arts Guide to Fringe. There’s satirical comedy, a writing showcase, poetry told in Auslan, a 12 hour Animal Crossing game show, mental health advocacy, a spoken word showcase and much more. For more info head to https://www.melbournefringe.com.au/ Image Description A square digital artwork featuring imagery and words. A large square distressed brick building is positioned in the bottom left, spanning to the centre. The bottom windows are lit pink, the top left window is not lit, and the top right window is lit blue with a deep blue jelly slug like shape coming out of the window. A purple jelly slug like shape is on the road outside of the brick building. Next to that building is a smaller building a terrace front house. It has a corrugated iron roof and fairy lights hanging from the verandah, and a long window that is lit blue. A bicycle is on the porch, a purple jelly slug shape is on the bicycle seat. On the roof of this smaller building is a chimney, and standing on the chimney is a series of shapes that form a person, they are peering into the chimney. A silver jelly slug is on the verandah roof. The sky is dark blue grey and stormy. In the top corner is the Melbourne Fringe logo. ‘Fringe’ is spelled out in bold white capital text that is exaggerated: the F is above the R, IN is above the E, and the G is diagonally left below the R. ‘Melbourne’ curves around the top left, and ‘Festival’ curves around the bottom right. ‘Art of the Impossible’ is in bold white capital letters in the bottom right.

20.01.2022 Have you applied yet, Brisbane? Ahead of our planned expansion to Brisbane in 2021 in partnership with Griffith University Griffith Film School, we’re recruiting Tutors and Support Workers for our Accessible Film Studies Program. If you’d like to be a part of our classroom team teaching our award winning Accessible Film Studies Curriculum or supporting a class of young adults living with disability to learn filmmaking and working with them to make an inclusively made film, w...e’d love to hear from you. For more information and to obtain a position description please email [email protected] with Brisbane Recruitment in the subject line. Screen Queensland Screen Producers Australia Griffith University WIFT Australia

19.01.2022 A great initiative from Screenwest partnering with Carers WA to ensure Diversity and Inclusion is a Strategic Priority for the WA Screen Industry. We love your work!!

18.01.2022 This Friday, Ballina! **Free training for filmmakers in Northern Rivers** Bus Stop Films is bringing Inclusion in Action to Ballina, in partnership with Screenworks.... The unique screen industry focused workshop is aimed at production companies and filmmakers with a focus on gaining a better understanding of the rights and capacity of people living with disability. The workshop explores pathways to employment, engaging people living with disability within organisations and productions and is underpinned by the principles of inclusive filmmaking, complementing Bus Stop's `The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit'. Inclusion in Action was inclusively developed by industry professionals with lived experience of disability and is being delivered FREE during a pilot program. Friday 27th November - 9.30am - 12.300pm. The Richmond Room Ballina. Covid19 safety measures will be in place. Refreshments Provided. For more information about Inclusion in Action and to register for the workshop head to https://www.busstopfilms.com.au/inclusion-in-action/ See Less https://fb.me/e/1e069jRRr

17.01.2022 2021 Enrolments Are Open!! We're now taking 2021 enrolments for our award-winning Accessible Film Studies Program and we're gearing up for our biggest year yet! We will be offering programs across NSW, the ACT and now QLD in partnership with AFTRS, I.C.E., University of Wollongong, Screen Canberra and Griffith Film School at Griffith University, Brisbane. ... In 2021, we're excited to be adding an online stream, open to participants nationally. The online classes mean students can participate in the full year Accessible Film Studies Program from their own home. The yearlong film studies program is for people living with disability and is taught by screen industry professionals. Students benefit from exclusive workshops, excursions, work experience and employment opportunities, and work collaboratively on a film project. Bus Stop wants to see students shine through building social and communication skills, friendships, confidence and work ready skills. Our programs are supported by experienced support workers who have a real passion to see students succeed within the programs and on a film set. NDIS Funding: Bus Stop’s full program is fee for service and participants can use their NDIS funding. You will need to ensure funding is available under Capacity Building or Core Funding. Spaces are limited so make sure you enrol quickly! For more info & to enrol: Visit our website https://www.busstopfilms.com.au/about/programs #busstopfilms #inclusivefilmmaking #2021 #filmstudies Australian Film Television and Radio School Screen Canberra UOW: University of Wollongong, Australia Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) Griffith Film School Screen NSW Screen Queensland NDIS - National Disability Insurance Scheme Australia Screen Australia

12.01.2022 We are so super proud of Digby Webster, not only one of our students but Archibald Finalist along with Neil Tompkins for the work 'Ernest Brothers'. In this short doco Digby takes us through the Art Gallery of New South Wales and talks about the process of making the work with his good friend Neil. An ABC Arts and Bus Stop collaboration, another of our awesome students Oliver worked on the project which was directed and edited by tutor Julian Neauhaus of Ironbark Films, for... International Day of People with Disability - Australia Listen out for News Breakfast on ABC Australia to hear more! #IDPwD Australian Film Television and Radio School

12.01.2022 Some beautiful images sent through by @debrakeenahan of our students Michael and Shay on set for her production Smashing/Shattered. We asked Michael and Shay about their experiences, on our latest blog post: https://www.busstopfilms.com.au/michael-and-shay-on-the-se/

12.01.2022 In 2021 we are doing things differently. As well as our programs held in person, we are excited to be now taking enrolments for our full year Accessible Film Studies program to be studied online! How cool for students to be all learning together from across the country from the comfort of their home? This is in addition to programs across NSW, the ACT and now QLD in partnership with AFTRS, I.C.E., University of Wollongong, Screen Canberra and Griffith Film School at Griffit...h University, Brisbane. The yearlong film studies program is for people living with disability and is taught by screen industry professionals. Students benefit from exclusive workshops, excursions, work experience and employment opportunities, and work collaboratively on a film project. Bus Stop wants to see students shine through building social and communication skills, friendships, confidence and work ready skills. Their programs are supported by experienced support workers who have a real passion to see students succeed within the programs and on a film set. NDIS Funding: Bus Stop’s full program is fee for service and participants can use their NDIS funding. You will need to ensure funding is available under Capacity Building or Core Funding. Spaces are limited so make sure you enrol quickly! For more info & to enrol: Visit our website https://www.busstopfilms.com.au/about/programs Email: [email protected] Phone: 0408 475 736 #busstopfilms #inclusivefilmmaking #2021 #filmstudies Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) Screen Canberra Screen NSW UOW Students Screenworks AFTRS UOW: University of Wollongong, Australia

11.01.2022 Parents and carers make a huge contribution to a more inclusive screen industry. Thanks to all the mums who make the magic happen at Bus Stop Films and at all the amazing organisations and partners we work with.

10.01.2022 Our second Inclusion in Action session at NIDA is tomorrow! We are almost finished the pilot program for our industry inclusion workshops. Tomorrow you will be joined by Paralympian, performer and disability advocate Paul Nunnari, and our superwoman CEO Tracey Corbin-Matchett in the surroundings of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts. Hope to see you there! Enrolments here: https://www.busstopfilms.com.au/inclusion-in-action/

09.01.2022 How good's a Saturday afternoon on the couch? Even better with Groundhog Night screening this Saturday at 1.30pm as part of ABC TV + iview's Re-frame program. The session celebrates some of the amazing short films from Sydney Film Festival made by creatives living with disability. Hosted by Bridie McKim and featuring interviews with filmmakers, including our very own Emily Dash. So get ready for an afternoon of inclusive entertainment. International Day of People with Disability - Australia Screen NSW Australian Film Television and Radio School Panavision Sydney The Editors Sound-how Civic Disability Services

09.01.2022 Come along and network, learn and connect! After so many online meetups, we are so happy to be delivering workshops in person. We are hosting Inclusion in Action workshops - 19 and 24 November - at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Kensington. ... The unique screen industry focused workshop is aimed at filmmakers, production companies, policy makers, creatives and crew with a focus on gaining a better understanding of the rights and capacity of people living with disability. The workshop explores pathways to employment, engaging people living with disability within organisations and productions and is underpinned by the principles of inclusive filmmaking, complementing Bus Stop's The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit. Inclusion in Action was inclusively developed by industry professionals with lived experience of disability and is being delivered FREE during a pilot program. Places are limited. Covid19 safety measures will be in place. Refreshments provided. For more information about Inclusion in Action and to register for the workshop head to https://www.busstopfilms.com.au/inclusion-in-action/

06.01.2022 Thank you for the love, Court-circuit. The Interviewer continues to strike a chord.

04.01.2022 We're so excited to see 14 of our amazing inclusively made films screen on SBS this week before heading on to SBS on Demand. Thank you to SBS for celebrating International Day of People with Disability with us! Here's the program: Wednesday 2nd December... Breaking the Biz - 3.50pm Thursday 3rd December The Interviewer 2.00pm Kill Off 2.15pm Be My Brother - 2.30pm Frances And Annie 2.40pm I Am Black and Beautiful 2.50pm Beautiful 3.00pm Can You See Me? 3.20pm We Are One 3.30pm Gambling With Minds 3.35pm Gratus 3.45pm I Am Emanuel 3.55pm One Giant Leap 4.15pm Inclusion Makes The World More Vibrant 4.20pm Taste's project made for The Attitude Foundation. Perspective Shift S1 (3x30’) Mon 30th Nov, Tuesday 1st Dec and Wed 2nd Dec at 3pm

01.01.2022 Next week you can enjoy a whole bus load of inclusively made films on SBS with 14 of our amazing catalogue of films being broadcast on SBS across December 2nd and 3rd to celebrate International Day of People with Disability - Australia. Films include the Tropfest winning Be My Brother as well as The Interviewer, Breaking the Biz, I Am Black and Beautiful and Kill Off. Our partner company Taste Creative is also part of the broadcast with their series Perspective Shift having a...n encore screening. All films will then be featured on SBS on Demand to enjoy whenever you wish. Films are captioned and audio described. Check the SBS guide for details. https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/day Taste Creative SBS Australia SBS On Demand Tropfest Australian Film Television and Radio School #inclusivefilmmaking