ABOUT THE TEAM

Shorts Relief: Flicks for the Fires is being staged by a highly experienced team of producers, event organizers and filmmakers, who all have backgrounds in the film, television and web series arenas. All members of the core organising team come from a film curation background, either as festival organisers and/or as members of festival and industry awards juries for a variety of recognized industry organisations and events such as the AACTA Awards, ATOM Awards, Melbourne WebFest, New Jersey WebFest and AFI Awards, among others. Click on the photos below to learn more about each team member.

SALLY McLEAN
Event Founder & Director/Producer
CLAIRE FROST
Event Co-Producer
LAUREN COLOSIMO
Event Coordinator
RON BROWN
Event Associate Producer
ALEXANDER HIPWELL
Event Associate Producer
CHRISTOPHER KIRBY
Event Associate Producer
MARG WOODLOCK-McLEAN OAM
Event Consultant
MAX ROBINS
Technical & Content Director
KRISTEN SETTINELLI
Filmmaker Liaison & Engagement Manager
CANDACE BRERETON
Communications Manager & Ticketing
SUSU NAJJARIN
Content Coordinator
LISA FALLA
Technical Coordinator & Stage Manager
PHOEBE ANNE TAYLOR
Front of House Manager
SARAH HALLAM
VIP Manager