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SCREENACT STAFF
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Monica
Penders
Director
Monica has a diverse background
in business including advertising and public
relations, marketing with the Walt Disney Company
and her last corporate role was as Vice President
of Corporation Communications at Lend Lease in New
York. In 2008 she produced the
US$27million film The Secret of Moonacre which was
shot in Budapest, Hungary and enjoyed a global
theatrical release.
Monica graduated from Griffith
University, Australia with a Bachelor of Arts
majoring in film and media studies and has
undertaken film studies at New York University and
the New School.
Currently she is managing ScreenACT, the office of
Film, TV and Digital Media in the Australian
Capital Territory. She continues developing and
producing her own projects under the Batavia
Creative brand and was recently awarded a writing
grant from Screen Australia for her feature
project Eight Seasons.
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Marisa Martin
Project Manager
Marisa Martin is the principal of
EoR Media, a Canberra based film and video
production company, specialising in music videos,
short films and animation. She also manages a
number of local film events including the Lights!
Canberra! Action! Filmmaking Festival and
publishes the e-newsletter the Canberra Film Files
to keep everyone up to date with everything film
in Canberra. Marisa has won a number of awards for
her short film projects.
Marisa joined the ScreenACT Team
in 2011 to assist with the growing office,
constituents and industry.
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Annette
Hurda
Locations Manager
Annette Hurda has been in the
Film and TV industry in various roles, for more
than 25 years. Trained by ABCTV in all areas
of TV Production Operations, Annette came to
Canberra as Camera woman and Sound Recordist,
working in News and Current affairs both locally,
nationally and internationally. She then
became a freelance Director/Producer, creating
independent films as well as teaching TV
Production at NRS and TAFE.
‘Screen South East’, a NSW initiative, managed by
Annette, was created to help Screen Producers
navigate the NSW regional production scene.
With a keen interest in all things visual, Annette
is currently the Locations liaison person at
ScreenACT.
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Sophie
Brown
Events & Communications Coordinator
Sophie Brown is a 4th year Media
Arts and Production/Arts student at the University
of Canberra. After three months as an intern at
ScreenACT Sophie has joined the team as the Events
and Communications Coordinator. Sophie has
produced several shorts film including award
winning Invasion. She is currently working
at ByGeorge Studios one day a week assisting with
administrative and production tasks.
Sophie has assisted in areas such
as marketing, promotion and administration on film
festivals such as the Canberra Short Film Festival
and is looking forward to assisting on Lights!
Canberra! Action! 2012. Sophie is looking forward
to joining the ScreenACT bringing with her the
experience she gained in 2011 organising Producer
Pod: TV Stream and her writing skills from her
majors in Journalism and Literary Studies form
university.
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