What are the Screen Well Awards?

The Screen Well Awards recognise and celebrate wellbeing initiatives and innovations in the screen industry. This helps raise awareness of the great work being done to improve mental health outcomes for screen industry workers and workplaces.

The Screen Well Awards will run as a bi-annual program, with the next round of awards currently scheduled for 2025. As change in the industry is taking time, we want to make sure these awards recognise truly significant improvements.

Watch the 2023 Screen Well Award ceremony

Screen Well Awards 2023 award laurel for Initiative of the Year. Disability and screen work in Australia, report for industry 2023. A2K Media. Image of front cover of report.

This was a comprehensive report capturing the experiences of people with disabilities working in the Australian screen industry, including several findings that revealed impact to mental health.

A2K Media | Initiative of the year

Screen Well Awards 2023 award laurel for Advocate of the Year. Andy Wright. Image of Andy Wright.

Creator of Never Not Creative, and co-chair of Mentally Healthy, Andy’s advocacy and impact has been extraordinary; including biannual mental health research, and establishing minimum standards in the creative media and marketing industries.

Andy Wright | Advocate of the year

A holistic approach towards staff and student wellbeing was provided across the organisation, as well as a high level of reporting and measurement of outcomes.

NIDA | Organisation of the year

This production team provided a high level of psychological safety procedure, awareness and supports for the cast & crew across this production.

Erotic Stories | Production of the year

Finalists

Initiative of the Year

‘A Wider Lens’ report (Australian Cinematographers Society)

MEAA Wellness Committee (Media Entertainment Arts Alliance)

'Disability and Screen Work in Australia: Report for Industry 2023' (A2K Media)

Advocate of the Year

Andy Wright (Never Not Creative)

Bessie Kay (TV Presenter / Producer)

Organisation of the Year

National Institute of Dramatic Art

Howard Fine Acting Studio

Fremantle

Production of the Year

Black Snow (Goalpost Pictures)

Gugu naGogo (Tsvaga Pty Ltd)

Erotic Stories (Lingo Pictures)

In Limbo (Bunya Productions & Heiress Films)

Award Categories

Organisation or Production of the Year

Awarded to either an organisation or production that has championed wellbeing in the workplace.
Advocate of the Year

Awarded to an individual who has shown great dedication to wellbeing in the industry.
Innovation or Initiative of the Year

Awarded to either an organisation or production that has introduced or applied a new and outstanding wellbeing innovation or initiative.