Festival Directors

Shane Emmett

Shane Emmett has been acting extensively on television and film for many Australian and international productions. He has played the leads in major Australian musicals and won many international awards for both his acting and filmmaking, including:

  • Best film at Tropfest New York

  • IF Awards

  • Edinburgh Film Festival

  • Best International Actors at the Move Me International Film Festival Belgium

Shane has also been a juror on the Asian Academy Creative Awards jury board since 2018 and founded Tar & Feather Publishing, which focuses on indie magazines and books.

Carley Edmonds

A seasoned producer, manager, and team leader with over 15 years of experience in creative industries, Carley specialises in working with creative teams to bring a vision to life efficiently and effectively. With a career spanning Australia and the United Kingdom, Carley has worked with heavyweights ITV, BBC, Foxtel, Nine Network, Network Seven and SBS, in addition to boutique production companies and partnering with numerous media and creative agencies. Project highlights include;

  • SBS World Cup

  • SBS Eurovision

  • Foxtel Rebrand

  • Launches: SBS On Demand, SBS Viceland, SBS Food, SBS World Movies, Foxtel Air, Fox Footy and Foxtel iQ3

Through Palm Studios, a performing arts studio with over 200 students, Carley continues producing screen and live shows.

Timothy Wilde

A product of comic books, television, film and role-playing games and Oscar Wilde. Timothy began storytelling to be on Star Trek and pursued acting but fell in love with the art of writing and graduated from AFTRS with a Master's in writing film, television and interactive media. He quickly moved into directing and producing. Timothy has written for popular international films and television series, including the Emmy award-winning, BAFTA-nominated "Primeval Evolved" and several renowned Australian TV series while penning and directing numerous short films screened in international festivals, including Cannes, St Tropez, Palm Springs, and Manhattan Short. He's also written games for Sony and Nintendo. Career Highlights include:

  • Australian Writer's Guild award for best interactive

  • The John Hinde Award for Outstanding Science Fiction.

  • Teaching writing for the screen, trans-media and multi-platform at Metro Screen

  • Creating the award-winning and SPAA-nominated interactive murder mystery “Precinct 13” for 13th Street and NBC Universal,

  • The Australian Director's Guild nominated him for best director in an original online medium.

Timothy continues to push the boundaries of storytelling through his production company, Space Gorilla while educating established and would-be storytellers on the power of dramatic storytelling.