Angela Blake is the Co-Founder and Director of SF3 – SmartFone Flick Fest, now the biggest film festival in the world solely dedicated to smartphone filmmaking. Founded in 2015, they have had sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera House, Event Cinemas George St, Palace Chauvel and the Actors Centre Australia Theatre.

Angela is also an Accessible Filmmaking Tutor for Bus Stop Films. With Bus Stop Films she has Directed and Co-Written three iPhone shorts – The Society Experiment, Career Fight and documentary, #CHILDBOSS – which are currently on the festival circuit.

Angela is also an accomplished director and writer in both film and theatre. Short films include: Upsold, Face the Day, The Circle Game & BE. Theatre includes: The Restaurant Diaries, Romeo and Juliet and Weeing on a Stick which won the Wildcards Award at Short+Sweet.

Angela teaches filmmaking and acting throughout Australia with SF3 and NIDA. She has also worked at The Wayside Chapel in Sydney for the past 10 years and has produced countless short films, documentaries and theatre productions. She is a passionate educator and especially loves teaching in the not for profit space.

Angela also works as a performer. Her most recent acting credits include From All Sides, A Place To Call Home Season 6, Love Child Season 2 & Top of the Lake: China Girl. She has also worked as a dancer, singer and acrobat in over 16 countries for companies including Princess Cruise Lines, MEI, Cartoon Network and in various circuses. She has just finished writing her first feature film and is working on her second. And her essay, Her Name, was published in the 2022 UTS Writers’ Anthology.

Roxanne Prophet started in the film industry when she was 15 years old, volunteering on any film set that would take her. Before starting university she spent her gap year travelling around the UK teaching 13 – 19 year-olds how to make movies. At university, while majoring in producing and cinematography, she built a film society that made over 100 films together.

She spent the last 8 years managing and supporting some incredibly creative people on big blockbusters in the VFX world. And in her spare time she runs film challenges while taking on one of the biggest challenges of all, trying to break a Guinness world record in film.

Skye Andrew completed a Diploma of Fine Art at the National Art School, majoring in photography and painting, and has exhibited in solo and group shows throughout Australia. She has a passion for the outdoors and loves creating art experiments alongside her primary school aged son.

Dr. Virginia Keft is a proud Muruwari woman. She is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator, First Nations producer, and award-winning researcher with over 25 years’ experience working in the Arts Sector.

She lives and works on Dharawal and Gadigal Country and has firm links to her community. Her practice includes weaving, painting, drawing, and sculpture and celebrates connections to place, community, and Country. She has a passion for learning and a deep respect for the continuity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, knowledges, perspectives, and truth-telling.

She holds a Doctorate (PhD – Medalist) from the University of Wollongong, along with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (BCA – Distinction), and a Bachelor of Arts (BA – Class 1 Honours).

Virginia is the Producer of Bangawarra Art Yarns: for older and Elder mob at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia. She is also the project lead for Weaving Collective, a joint initiative by Parramatta Powerhouse and Parramatta Artist’s Studios which will oversee the creation of a weaving garden on the site of the new Parramatta Powerhouse.