Creative Equity Toolkit

ReFrame Stamp Report on the Top Films of 2022

Annually, ReFrame (the gender equity coalition founded by the Sundance Institute and WIF), publishes a list in collaboration with IMDbPro that reveals which of the year’s top films earn the ReFrame Stamp: a mark of distinction for projects that demonstrate a commitment to gender-balanced hiring. This report found that Gender-Balanced Hiring in Film Plateaued in 2022.

Amazon Studios Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Playbook

The Amazon Studio diversity, equity and inclusion playbook offers tools and resources to guide decision making and 'disrupt biases' that occur across the lifecycle of a series or movie. Content covers storytelling, hiring behind the camera, casting, production, resources, reporting & documentation.

The resource provides tools to make inclusive decisions. It also suggests criteria for 'informed and consistent' creative choices and fosters thinking beyond the 'status quo'.

Array Crew

ARRAY CREW is an equal opportunity platform built by Ava DuVernay, with a mission to support professionals in the film and television industry from underrepresented populations.

It includes, but is not limited to, women of all backgrounds and people of African American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander descent.

2022 Australian Publishing Industry Workforce Survey on Diversity and Inclusion

The Australian Publishing Industry Workforce Survey on Diversity and Inclusion reflects the views and responses of 989 staff and contractors surveyed in March and April 2022. The full report includes the methodology and sections on mental health and inclusion and belonging.

"The survey sets a baseline to track the demographic makeup of staff in Australian publishing; the high level of engagement with the survey indicates a strong desire for greater industry diversity and inclusion."

Australia's creative industry is shockingly white. But don't be discouraged

An astute analysis on the whiteness of arts leadership in Australia that provides recommendations on how to 'shift the balance'.

"Have hard conversations, set goals, take risks and appoint new gatekeepers...shifting this balance is well within your power – and the health of your industries depend on it."