Woods previously was CEO of both Ausfilm and Screen Ireland, Showtime Australia Head of Independent Acquisitions & Content Investment, and Australian reporter for industry publication Variety. Also taking Premiere Fund meetings are MIFF Industry Manager Eddie Coupe & Industry Officer Scott Joblin.

Company Bio

The Premiere Fund provides funding to support production of new Australian films (which have a connection to, and some spend in, Victoria) that will then debut at MIFF. Since 2007, the Fund has supported more than 90 “stories that need telling” including feature documentaries Franklin, Greenhouse by Joost, Because We Have Each Other, Volcano Man, Hating Peter Tatchell, Off Country, Ablaze, The Songkeepers, Putuparri & The Rainmakers, The Family, Electric Boogaloo, The Eulogy, Bastardy, and The Coming Back Out Ball Movie.