A2K Media

11/02/2025

Disability Justice Lens Course   Screen Careers introduces A2K Media, one of Australia’s top disability led production companies We’re excited to bring you access to their Disability Justice Lens course. What’s the course about? The goal is to make the screen industry representative of modern...

11/02/2025

🔥 Smash barriers. Amplify voices. Make inclusion the new industry standard. 🔥

The Disability Justice Lens is here to educate, empower, and transform the screen industry—led by those with lived experience.

🎥 Watch the promo now! 👇
📽️ YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/en49OXUOCd0

💡 Be part of the change—starting today! This course is pay what you want, so everyone can access it, Yes, even for just $1!

🚀 The sooner you start, the sooner you help create a more inclusive industry. Join us now!

👉 Sign up here: https://screencareers.com.au/disability-justice-lens-contribution/

Disability Justice Lens Course   Screen Careers introduces A2K Media, one of Australia’s top disability led production companies We’re excited to bring you access to their Disability Justice Lens course. What’s the course about? The goal is to make the screen industry representative of modern...

11/02/2025

🔥 Smash barriers. Amplify voices. Make inclusion the new industry standard. 🔥

The Disability Justice Lens is here to educate, empower, and transform the screen industry—led by those with lived experience.

🎥 Watch the promo now! 👇
📽️ YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/en49OXUOCd0

💡 Want to be part of real change? Support the movement and help create a truly inclusive industry!

👉 Take action today: https://screencareers.com.au/disability-justice-lens-contribution/

Disability Justice Lens Course   Screen Careers introduces A2K Media, one of Australia’s top disability led production companies We’re excited to bring you access to their Disability Justice Lens course. What’s the course about? The goal is to make the screen industry representative of modern...

20/12/2024

VicScreen is proud to be the major state partner for the Disability Justice Lens, an innovative program designed to improve access to work and opportunities in the screen industry for people with disabilities. ✨

The comedy driven online learning program has been produced by Melbourne Disability Led production company A2K Media and hosted by Screen Careers. 💻

Learn more and register your interest in the program here → https://bit.ly/3OKA0Yg

20/12/2024

It is great to see disability mentioned several times in the newsletter.

It was another great year for Victoria’s screen industry, with local talent thriving, global stars and major studios bringing unique screen stories to life in iconic locations across the state, and Melbourne playing host to some world-class industry events. Victoria continues to hold its reputatio...

03/12/2024

The day has finally arrived. The launch of Disability Justice Lens. Click on the link to enjoy, laugh and learn. https://screencareers.com.au/disability-justice-lens-contribution/?

Disability Justice Lens Course Screen Careers introduces A2K Media, one of Australia’s top disability led production companies We’re excited to bring you access to their Disability Justice Lens course. What’s the course about? The goal is to make the screen industry representative of modern....

29/11/2024

https://www.abc.net.au/about/media-centre/press-releases/abc-and-screen-well-to-present-mental-health-matters-a-screen-le/104454254

Screen Well wants to hear from people working in the screen industry about their experiences and what is impacting their mental health and wellbeing, including what changes they would like to see. This could be related to industry culture, work environments, or work conditions – anything that affects mental health, wellbeing, productivity, or their ability to do their best and most creative work. Video or text submissions can be made via the submission portal (see article below)

The ABC will partner with Screen Well to present a leadership summit addressing mental health and wellbeing in the Australian screen industry.

11/10/2023

As a quick update to our last post - we (along with everyone who contributed to our research) are the very proud recipients of the inaugural Screen Well Award for 'Initiative of the Year'!

Read all about the awards here: https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/news/screen-well-award-winners-named-for-mental-health-in-screen-industry-2626503/

The recipients of the inaugural Screen Well Awards were announced in an online awards ceremony this morning.

26/09/2023

We are very pleased to announce that our disability-led 'Disability and Screen Work in Australia: Report for Industry 2023' is a finalist for the Screen Well Awards - Initiative of The Year!!

Our humble thanks go to the people who participated in this first-of-its-kind study - investigating the experiences of Disabled workers in the Australian screen industry. Your stories and your experiences are the essence of this report - and what drives us to make positive change.

Enormous thanks to Campbell Message for believing that this work mattered, and accepting our research proposal at Melbourne Disability Institute, The University of Melbourne. Your support and patience with this project was (and is) so valued and appreciated.

To Dr Radha O'Meara for sitting patiently as we gushed about our dreams for this research, and actualising them into something even better - your work and your passion for this project was incredible and we are so proud of you! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

To Media Mentors Australia for your mentorship and support in circulating the survey, and making sure our report reached the right people - we thank you very dearly!

Nothing like this could be possible without the hard work of the people we have mentioned above - and we love that this work has grown our networks in the industry and beyond. We always hoped that conducting research into the screen industry would uncover the triumphs and tribulations of others that deserve to be on record, and we knew that we weren't alone. We couldn't be more proud to count ourselves alongside the Disabled creatives that make our industry great. It is our hope that this report sparks positive change for all of us.

If you'd like to join us for the Screen Well Awards - please head to the Screen Well website to register your details, or click through to the article below! Congratulations to the other finalists and let's keep up the great work - talking about mental health and well-being needs to be normalised, and we're excited to see the array of projects and advocates that have helped to bring this out into the open.

If you are yet to connect with our research paper, don't be shy - it is available in a range of accessible formats and we are real people here to discuss the findings with you - please reach out if you require an alternate format as it would be our pleasure to ensure that research is meaningful and accessible to those it represents!

After an extensive submissions period, Screen Well has unveiled the finalists for its inaugural awards program, designed to recognise wellbeing initiatives and innovations in the screen industry.

20/06/2023

Here's an interesting and exciting casting call for a Disabilty themed project that I am involved in. Please share with your network to cast the net far and wide and to help spread the love.

CASTING CALL

If you cannot read the following, here is the link to the html:www.chickenandchips.com.au/theireyes

We are searching for a girl aged 8-12 years old to play a role in an upcoming feature fi lm, shooting in Melbourne.

This is an Australia wide search for ISABELLA:The Brief:A free spirited, happy and kind child, Isabella doesn’t shy away from challenges, which she mostly sees as an opportunity to try something new, and to have fun.

An only child, she is sociable to a fault. She has a rich imagination, and is happy alone also, especially when left with her audio books and computer games. She has dreams to travel and explore the world and thinks fl ight attendants look cool in their uniforms.

We encourage any person who is blind or with low vision to apply.

The Basics: Isabella is Chinese-Mexican Australian 8-12 years old. Some acting experience would be helpful but not essential.

Available across the shoot block in MELBOURNE, VICTORIA from 18th September - 27th October, 2023.

Please fill out the application form on our website along with a short video introducing yourself + a recent photo www.chickenandchips.com.au/theireyes

Please note: while we do endeavour to get back to all applicants, we do receive a high volume of emails for each project so you will only be notified if you progress onto the next stage of casting.

Chicken and Chips Casting - [email protected]

As members of the CGA, we are committed to diverse and inclusive casting and we encourage all to apply if you fit the brief above.

19/03/2023

Hi honey, I’m “Home”!🤗👨🏿‍🦼🤩🌹😘💘💗💘😍😘😘😘
Greetings and salutations to you all my dear valued, esteemed and treasured social media friends, acquaintances, contemporaries and allies - and anyone else who’d just like to feel included: “
I’m baaaack”!🎶🤩😎😉
After having spent most of the past last few months being unceremoniously “excommunicated” (and suspended”from Facebook), for breaching their “community standards” by posting a “dad joke” spirited cartoon picture that quipped about wheelchairs, (which as an actual wheelchair user, redefined to me-the very meaning of the term “ridiculously “ironic” to say the least), so we decided on Saturday to celebrate by indulging as honoured guests at a ”celebration of life” lunch party hosted by dear friends of Kate’s parents - who are now also now good friends of ours too (The Nelsons),at an absolutely charming and exquisite French restaurant in Hawthorn East called “Franco Belg” -
which if I recall correctly, was actually the first French restaurant that I’d ever been to.

What stuck out to me as a truly outstanding
positive experience was the bonding sense of “camaraderie” that has not just survived - but has clearly thrived between extended families for the better part of half a century.
I was so touched by witnessing so many genuinely heart warming, and such sincerely spirited bonding moments, that I left in the faithful hope that my own friendships with my one time fellow students, and now “long term pals”might similarly still thriving over the many decades yet to come.
Wow, how blessed were we to have shared that experience at such an extraordinarily”auspicious” occasion.
It’s great to be back Facebook”
Cheers &thanks - with Lotsaluv, A.D.🌹🤗😇

20/02/2023

Perhaps you'd like to listen to a little more about our Disability and Screen Work in Australia: Report for Industry 2023?

Our esteemed lead researcher Dr. Radha O'Meara (University of Melbourne) spoke with Radio National last week and we are very pleased to share a recording - and transcript - of her interview. Link below.

We'd love to know what you think of the report!



https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-16/disabled-screen-industry-workers-in-australia-face/101986286 (recorded interview only)

https://app.mediaportal.com/isentia/ #/playnow/v2?id=R00097604186&channel=undefined&location=Australia&date=2023-02-16T12:47:34&program=Mornings&item_id=915203442&prospect_id=2384126639&is_video=false&keywords=University%20of%20Melbourne&expiry=1708087654&signature=yAwc5uMtcz41zt2pvfDZDXTz2z12c1l6eVQ1pbTot6U5lF~XO93jmXsjzJAWqNZo~tRVY-zUvXe9SaG1BKrSTBwENg5G5a4nk6cEzKBhYpUdsi6KHPdcwP7GSpU9VLwhr1pn7Bnchx07mJjib1a7TB1~b-bFGgmUt5uMiieD3RMdlIfUIBJ03vVf09PAx63Ft8qphvGbV4w-G6EdsKH4Swg53xF2ZMLfuSAAr0p8K5~t7FNTPFEmd6LFAV53hvTGgzIgaPxJ0enaVwjF5ZphVg-X67AcssPTaew5L9m9HGJDfEpb2UR3sKXYVgkCA0hTkcGg8QI43BXukV~oXyb-aA__ (recorded interview and transcript)

08/04/2022

The Make It 2022 conference is next month!

If you want to start work in the screen industry or are considering a career change within the industry but don’t know where to start, the Make It conference is for you! Discover the wide range of jobs on offer, which extra skills you need and how to get them, and with over 75 industry people attending, many of whom have jobs available right now, we like your odds!

Tickets to Make It Conference are on sale now: https://lnkd.in/gDeGBhTA

Hear from some of Australia's most successful screen creatives, meet senior industry figures, forge new networks and meet masses of potential employers and mentors.

Attendees will get the opportunity to network with experienced practitioners, explore a range of career paths and learn more about how to get their ideas into production, by applying business skills and job interview skills when seeking funding opportunities.

We hope to see you there!

04/04/2022

UPDATE: Hi Everyone, The 4 Give away tickets have now been given away for Thursday night. Congratulations to Belinda and Flick. There are still tickets for sale and I'd encourage you to book.

TICKET GIVEAWAY

A2K Media is excited to GIVE AWAY 4 tickets to see Madeleine Stewart in her brand new show 💖So Brave as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. We are giving away 4 tickets for Thursday night. If you require Auslan, then let us know and we will organise the Friday night where there is Auslan for you instead.

All you need to do is email [email protected] with your name and the number of tickets you want or message us here. 4 tickets to giveaway. Go for it! Madeleine Stewart is a real talent and she has a wonderful team around her including award winning Director Jason Marion and producer Laura Milke Garner


31March -10April
📍
🤟 Auslan 2 & 8 April
🧑‍🦽 wheelchair accessible
Presented by

[ID: studio image of Maddie, with pink background, wearing black overalls. Mid jump, her long blonde hair is raised around her head in what seems like anti-gravity.]

20/03/2022

Dear Screen Industry friends and associates,

You only have until Midnight Monday 21st of March!!

I’d really appreciate if you could take this short Disability and Screen Survey (approx 15 minutes) https://go.unimelb.edu.au/fu3i.

If you have already completed the survey, please share with anyone who works in any role in the Screen Industry. Your responses will be anonymous. The survey is now open until midnight on Monday 21.

If you would like to complete this survey over the phone, you can let us know by phoning Campbell on +61 03 9035 7775.
If you have any questions or feedback on this survey, please feel free to get in touch with the University of Melbourne’s Dr Radha O’Meara: [email protected].

Disability and Screen in Australia survey 2022

01/03/2022

Great article written by Denise Eriksen of Media Mentors.

"Producer Ade Djajamihardja is determined to 'eliminate the soft bigotry of low expectations' for screen professionals with disabilities."

Enjoy the article and please make sure you fill out the survey
https://go.unimelb.edu.au/fu3i

https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/news/disability-survey-challenges-the-soft-bigotry-in-australian-screen-industry-1483577/

Producer Ade Djajamihardja is determined to 'eliminate the soft bigotry of low expectations' for screen professionals with disabilities.

24/02/2022

I know we all get asked to do surveys from time to time, and we are all busy. This is really important, so we implore you to please take just a little bit of time to do this important survey.
The Disability and Screen Survey is now open and will close on the 11 March 2022: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/fu3i

How are disabled people included in the Australian screen industry?
What is it like to work in the screen industry if you have a disability?
The answer is, we just don’t know. But you can help us find out.
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have partnered with A2K Media on a disability-led project to understand Disability in the Australian screen industry and to answer these questions for the first time.
As someone in this industry, your voice is an important part of reaching this goal.
We would like to hear from you whether you have a disability or not. It is important that we hear from people with a range of views and experiences.
We would like to hear from you if you are working in the Australian screen industry in any role.
By taking part in this survey, you will help us to understand how disability is included, and how it is experienced, in the screen industry across Australia.
This research will contribute to advocacy and training strategies to help make the screen industry a more diverse and inclusive place to work.
The Disability and Screen Survey is now open and will close on the 11 March 2022: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/fu3i
All responses to this survey will be anonymised. It will take you approximately 15 minutes to complete.
You can leave this survey and come back to it later. Just make sure you open this survey from the same computer or device that you started it on.
If you would like to complete this survey over the phone, you can let us know by phoning Campbell on +61 03 9035 7775.
If you have any questions or feedback on this survey, please feel free to get in touch with the University of Melbourne’s Dr Radha O’Meara: [email protected].
Many thanks for your contribution!
A2K Media and the research team at The University of Melbourne

Disability and Screen in Australia survey 2022

23/02/2022

If this all contributes to meaningful change, then that’s absolutely totally fine with me - especially because incontinence is such a foreign concept for so many, yet is something
I still have to deal with on a daily basis!😱🥵😡😭