OUR IMPACT
Mission embedded, not bolted on.
AUSTRALIA'S FIRST SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FILM STUDIO
We reinvest at least 50 per cent of our profits into pathways for emerging screen practitioners from underrepresented backgrounds. Built on the Gold Coast. Designed to change who gets to make Australian screen content.
Most film studios exist to make money for shareholders. Chrysaor exists for a different reason. We're legally bound, as a Social Traders certified social enterprise, to reinvest at least 50 per cent of our annual net profits into programs that create measurable social impact.
The Australian screen industry has a structural problem: talent is everywhere, opportunity isn't.
Emerging practitioners from underrepresented backgrounds, including First Nations, LGBTQIA+, culturally and linguistically diverse, regional, and lower socioeconomic communities, cannot access the training pathways, studio facilities, and industry networks concentrated in Sydney and Melbourne.
The industry loses them, and audiences lose the stories only they can tell.
Chrysaor Studios is our answer. We don't talk about social impact as a feature of our marketing. It's the reason the business exists.
Why we're built this way
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Who we serve
Chrysaor's programs prioritise emerging screen practitioners who experience structural barriers to entering or sustaining careers in the Australian screen industry.
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LGBTQIA+ practitioners without the financial safety nets or professional networks that make interstate relocation viable.
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People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds who cannot access unpaid internships, film school fees, or relocation costs that assume existing financial support.
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First Nations filmmakers and storytellers whose perspectives Australian screen content needs but the industry has historically marginalised.
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Culturally and linguistically diverse creators whose stories are underrepresented on Australian screens.
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Women and gender-diverse practitioners, in line with the Leadership Matters Report and Screen Australia's gender equity targets.
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Creators living with disability who face physical and financial barriers to professional studio environments.
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Gold Coast and South East Queensland practitioners who have historically understood "professional screen industry" to mean somewhere else.
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Most program participants meet more than one of these criteria. Selection prioritises practitioners who already have demonstrable credits but who are blocked by the structural factors above from progressing to professional practice.
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We don't define ourselves by who we exclude. We define ourselves by who we deliberately make room for.
FIRST COHORT · JAN – MAR 2027
A four-month virtual production mentorship and training program for five emerging screen practitioners per cohort, delivered free of charge. Participants spend dedicated time on the Animax LED Volume virtual production stage, develop original short-form storytelling projects, and access fortnightly mentorship with the Program Director and a Virtual Production Consultant.
Chrysaor Futures
Program i.
YEAR 1 AUDIT-VERIFIED · CGR00021
An umbrella program providing hands-on industry placement opportunities across three pathways: the Gold Coast Professional Placement Scheme administered by City of Gold Coast, the Southern Cross University FBLA Work-Integrated Learning Agreement, and direct industry placements arranged through Chrysaor's networks.
Industry Placements
Program ii.
CAPITAL BUILD PHASE · 2025
A community redistribution program delivered during the Chrysaor Studios capital build phase. Rather than sending materials from the demolished premises to landfill, the team identified and redistributed reusable building materials, furniture, and accessibility equipment to community recipients across the Gold Coast.
Materials Salvaging Initiative
Program iii.
How we deliver
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