FUTURE VISION is a global creative think tank and conference for Australia’s top television professionals and some of the world’s best creatives and executives in drama and narrative comedy.

At a time when the international business model of television is evolving, FUTURE VISION aims to bring together leading creative minds to discuss, debate and share their industry experiences, and in doing so, pave a possible way forward.

FUTURE VISION is a unique and exclusive industry market of ideas and relationship building.

Bruna Papandrea

FUTURE VISION Co-Chair

Bruna is the Co-Chair of FUTURE VISION.
She is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning producer and the Founder and CEO of Made Up Stories. A development, production and finance company, Made Up Stories amplifies distinctive voices to tell unforgettable stories about the diversity of human experience, driven primarily by multifaceted females on and off-screen.
Bruna and the company’s recent TV producing credits include: Netflix’s hit shows Pieces of Her and Anatomy of a Scandal; the anthology Roar for Apple TV+; and Spectrum Original’s Long Slow Exhale and Wolf Like Me for Peacock. Bruna and Made Up Stories have also produced: HBO’s most watched series of 2020, The Undoing; the Amazon Prime Video series Tell Me Your Secrets; Undressed, an unscripted series for Australia’s Network 10; and Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, the 2021 premiere of which was Hulu’s most watched original series of all time. Last year, they released the Amazon series The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart and the Binge series Strife.
On the film side, Bruna and Made Up Stories recently released Forces of Nature: The Dry 2. The company has also produced: Luckiest Girl Alive for Netflix, which premiered at number one globally; the AACTA award-winning The Nightingale; Little Monster; 2020 TIFF selection Penguin Bloom; and The Dry.
Prior to Made Up Stories, Bruna launched Pacific Standard with Reese Witherspoon, producing Gone Girl and the Oscar-nominated Wild. She also executive produced HBO’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series Big Little Lies.

Tony Ayres

FUTURE VISION Co-Chair

Tony is the Co-Chair of Future Vision.
An award-winning Australian showrunner, writer and director, he is one of the founding members of Matchbox Pictures. In 2018, Tony established his own production company Tony Ayres Productions (TAP), developing and producing feature films and television for global audiences and international marketplaces.
Overall, Tony’s feature films and TV shows have been nominated for more than 100 Australian and international awards, and he has won more than 60 of these, including an International Emmy, a BAFTA, a Golden Horse (the Asian Oscars), six AACTA awards, and six Logies. Tony was the creator/showrunner on The Slap, Nowhere Boys and global number one Netflix hit, Clickbait. He co-created and was an Executive Producer on Glitch, Stateless, and Fires. He has executive produced acclaimed shows such as Barracuda, Seven Types of Ambiguity, Wanted, Creamerie, The Devil’s Playground, Old School, Underground: The Julian Assange Story, The Straits, and The Family Law.
In feature films, Tony directed Cut Snake (2015), The Home Song Stories (2007), and Walking on Water (2002). He has also executive produced award-winning feature films such as Ali’s Wedding and Lou. His films have premiered and screened at A-list festivals around the world, including the Berlinale and the Toronto Film Festival.
Tony is on the Australians in Film Board of Advisors.

Rebecca Yeldham

FUTURE VISION Creative Director

Rebecca is the Creative Director of FUTURE VISION.
She has collaborated with some of the world’s most celebrated artists, filmmakers and talent, earning her a reputation as a world-class storyteller, producer and creative leader. Based in the U.S. for 30 years, she has championed projects and initiatives with social and cultural impact in diverse creative industries such as film festivals, film production, “edu-tainment”/tech and film distribution.
From 2017-2019, Rebecca was Head of Creative at MasterClass. She oversaw the creation of 60+ classes featuring creative and industry icons such as Anna Wintour, Annie Leibovitz, Bob Iger, David Lynch, Spike Lee, Margaret Atwood, Ken Burns, Neil Gaiman and Martin Scorsese.
Prior to MasterClass, Rebecca created Ahimsa Films (2004 - present). Her producing credits include The Motorcycle Diaries, The Kite Runner, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, On the Road, The Gift, and Gringo. Her films have played and received awards at the Cannes, Berlin, Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals, been nominated for Academy Awards and won BAFTAs, Spirit Awards and an Emmy Award.
She spent her early days in film acquisitions and festival programming before becoming the director of the Los Angeles Film Festival from 2009 – 2012.
Rebecca has also served on Film Independent’s Executive Board, is a member of the Academy’s producing branch and has been on numerous film juries and selection committees. She has regularly mentored creatives and filmmakers, including acting as a consultant to Australians in Film and Screen Australia, creating and leading the 2021/2 inaugural Global Producers Exchange and serving as a mentor for their Indigenous Filmmakers Workshop.

Peter Ritchie

FUTURE VISION Executive Director

Peter Ritchie has been Executive Director of Australians in Film since 2015.
He has transformed the non-profit cultural organization into a global artist development powerhouse that connects Australia’s best and emerging screen professionals to Hollywood via its prestigious professional development programs. Co-presented by Screen Australia, these include UNTAPPED, Talent Gateway and Global Producers Exchange.
In 2016, Peter envisaged and created Charlie’s, an innovative and unique business and networking hub. Based at The Lot Studios, Charlie’s is the epicenter of Australian creativity in Hollywood, supporting and birthing a number of original Australian film and television works.
The organization’s members, programs and staff have tripled since he took over, while AiF’s partners have increased to include presenting partner Screen Australia and industry partners such as Netflix and Stan.
In 2022, Peter produced The ANZ Writers Journey presented by Netflix in Sydney, Australia, the first artist development program ever hosted in Australia by AiF.
In October 2023, AiF brought out Australian screen icons Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Jason Clarke, Phillip Noyce and best new talent Amy Wang and Charmaine Bingwa to the inaugural SXSW Sydney for a series of exclusive industry showcases.
In 2024, he launches FUTURE VISION, a global creative think tank.

AUSTRALIANS IN FILM BOARD

Deputy Chair: Samantha Lang
Treasurer: Zareh Nalbandian
Attorney: Karen Robson
Industry Chair: Simonne Overend
Board Members: Toby Borg, Jiao Chen, Emma Cooper, Graeme Mason, Nakkiah Lui, Penny Smallacombe, Peter Scarf, Richard Weinberg
Board of Advisors: Tony Ayres, Laura Brown, Bec Smith, Bruna Papandrea, Charmaine Bingwa, Emile Sherman
AUSTRALIANS IN FILM STAFF & CONSULTANTS

Events, Partnerships and Operations Consultant: Rachel Harvey
Financial & Business Affairs Consultant: Jeff Duncan
Director of Membership Programs: Isabel Pappani
Artist Development Consultants: Rebecca Windsor and Krista Carpenter
Partnerships and Communications Consultant: Penelope Cross
Commercial Partnerships Consultant: Pip Hunt
Design and Brand Consultant: Laura Baxter
Publicist: Jane Lunn
Coordinator: Andrés Vergara
Assistant: Neal Mulani

“FUTURE VISION is a chance for Australian and international storytellers to assert the centrality of courage, creativity and truth in making screen content. It’s a celebration of our shared and common identity as artists.”

— Tony Ayres

Presenting Partners