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Cost
Free
Booking required
When
20 March 2026
Friday 20th March; 4pm-5:30pm
Where
Swanston St &, Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
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You’ve made a film, what’s next? This panel brings together leading voices from across Australia’s screen culture sector to discuss the visibility of local content in today’s rapidly changing screen landscape. Amid significant technological change and increasingly globalised viewing habits, the panel asks whose stories are being seen, who they reach, and why Australian perspectives — particularly those historically marginalised — continue to matter.
Panelists will consider the shifting role of film festivals and other exhibition spaces as cultural curators, community builders, and pathways for emerging and underrepresented voices, alongside the influence of screen publications in shaping critical discourse, preserving screen histories, and expanding audience understanding. Together, they will explore the importance of a diverse screen culture ecology — encompassing festivals, criticism, education, archives, platforms, and independent exhibition — and what is at stake when access, representation, or visibility within that ecosystem is diminished or goes unsupported.
At the heart of the conversation is the challenge of discoverability in an environment shaped by algorithms, streaming platforms, and global content flows. The panel will discuss how cultural institutions, media, and policy can play an active role in amplifying underrepresented Australian work, ensuring it can be found, contextualised, and valued, now and into the future.
Accessibility
Event Access
The event will be Auslan interpreted and seating requests can be made when booking tickets online in the associated accessibility details text box.
The Edge has dedicated wheel chair spaces that can booked upon request when purchasing tickets online in the associated accessibility details text box.
This is a free event so companions can also be booked freely.
Venue Access
The undulating surface of the Main Square is made up of sandstone cobblestones, with a marked access path. Swanston Street offers the best access to the Main Square, and lift access is available to and from The Atrium. There are accessible toilets located next to Time Out Café. The Main Stage has lift access for performers, and St Paul’s Court, Swanston Street Forecourt and The Amphitheatre also have wheelchair access.
The Edge has lift access and is wheelchair accessible. Arrangements can also be made to enter from the Fed Square Car Park. Accessible toilets can be found in The Atrium, which is located next to The Edge. The lower stage in The Edge has lift access but the greenroom does not.
The Atrium is wheelchair accessible, with Flinders Street offering the best point of entry. The Atrium has accessible toilets located next to IceBar and is equipped with a hearing loop.
There are accessible public toilets and baby-change facilities located in the Main Square, next to Time Out Cafe and in The Atrium, next to IceBar.
Paid parking is available at the Fed Square car park, located on the Russell Street Extension or via the second entrance off Batman Ave. It's a 2 minute (200m) walk from Fed Square car park to ACMI.
There is also a Wilson Parking at 172/192 Flinders St, directly opposite our Flinders Street entrance.
All car parks have accessible parking spaces.
There is a registered Changing Places bathroom available for use at Fed Square. This bathroom provides suitable facilities for people who cannot use standard accessible toilets.
Event type
Other accessible and inclusive event
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