The Australian Screen Industry's

Mental Health
Action Plan (MHAP)

A comprehensive evidence-based strategy and implementation plan to improve mental health, reduce risk, and support more sustainable working practices across the Australian screen industry.

About the MHAP

In response to Griffith University’s Pressure Point Report (2025) and with support from Netflix, Prime Video, BBC Studios Australia and Disney Studios Australia, the MHAP was developed through extensive consultation with over 100 industry leaders, workers, and mental health experts. It outlines a phased approach, beginning with the ACT NOW recommendations designed to be realistically achievable for all screen workplaces, followed by phases 2 & 3: a series of recommendations to create the tools, resources and infrastructure needed to better support our industry into the future.

Take Action: Show your support

Achieving the goals of the MHAP requires an active, visible commitment from every corner of the screen industry. Add your voice as an individual, an organisation adopting the recommendations, or as an organisation supporting the aims outlined in the MHAP.

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  • "At Hoodlum Entertainment, we believe the wellbeing of our cast and crew is inseparable from the quality of the work we make. We’re proud to commit to the Australian Screen Industry’s Mental Health Action Plan and to play our part in building a screen industry that is not only creatively ambitious, but genuinely safe and sustainable for everyone who works in it."

    Tracey Vieira, HOODLUM ENTERTAINMENT, Chief Content Officer

  • “Mental health in the screen industry is something we all care deeply about — and finding solutions isn't simple, given the unique pressures and demands our industry navigates every day. That's what makes this plan so exciting: it's a meaningful, thoughtful step towards building a genuinely healthier screen culture. I wholeheartedly encourage every screen workplace — and especially productions — to embrace the ACT NOW recommendations and help lead the way forward”.

    —Helen Panckhurst, Executive Producer

  • "ACS advocates for and aims to support the mental health and well being of our members. The MHAP is important and a vital step towards providing much needed change for the screen industry."

    —Erika Addis, AUSTRALIAN CINEMATOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, National Secretary

  • "By supporting the development of this plan alongside our industry peers, we are investing in a more sustainable, compassionate, and resilient future for our workforce. We are proud to stand with Screen Well in advancing practical, industry-wide action on mental health, ensuring that care, awareness, and support are embedded both on and off screen as detailed in the ACT NOW recommendations".

    Kylie Washington, BBC STUDIOS AUSTRALIA, EVP & Creative Director BBCS Australia

  • "As a small business that puts our people first, Media Stockade wholeheartedly endorses and is committed to adopting the Mental Health Action Plan, and commends Screen Well's work in driving meaningful change across Australian screen workplaces."

    —Rebecca Barry, MEDIA STOCKADE, Co-Founder / Producer

  • "I wholeheartedly support Screen Well, the MHAP, and the ACT NOW recommendations across all projects, regardless of scope, genre, format or budget. They serve as an important reminder to foster more respectful and compassionate working environments where people feel supported and can do their best work. I’ll be taking these principles with me onto every project I am part of — whether as freelance crew or producing my own work — and encouraging others to do the same."

    —Serena Hunt, FFUNKY MUNKY PRODUCTIONS, Producer / PM / AD

  • "Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our industry is essential to create high quality, Australian content. We have worked with Screen Well to ensure a respectful, strong culture on a range of Netflix productions, and we're delighted to now support the Mental Health Action Plan. This is a critical step​ towards building the long term strength and sustainability of our industry.”

    Debra Richards, NETFLIX, Director for Studio Affairs, APAC and Global Affairs, ANZ

  • “Healthy workplaces support creative excellence. The MHAP provides a practical framework to not only uplift individual productions, but our whole industry too. Jungle Entertainment supports this initiative, and we encourage others to do the same”

    —Chloe Rickard, JUNGLE ENTERTAINMENT, Director/COO

  • "DSA is a contributing partner to the Mental Health Action Plan (MHAP). We believe this is a vital resource for our production partners, supporting safer workplaces, stronger cultures, reduced risk, and improved creative outcomes. The MHAP offers an evidence‑based roadmap for wellbeing in the screen industry, helping to strengthen the quality, sustainability, and long‑term resilience of productions."

    —Yasmine Lintmeijer, DISNEY STUDIOS AUSTRALIA, Head of Disney Studios Australia

Supporting Resources

To help screen workplaces put the MHAP into practice, we have created practical resources, including the Psychosocial Risk Assessment Guide.

This guide and accompanying templates will help screen workplaces specifically fulfil the ACT NOW recommendation 1.1 (conduct a psychosocial risk assessment). This has been designed to guide screen workplaces and productions through the process of identifying risks and putting in place effective mitigation strategies.

Additionally, you can access all live links contained the MHAP here, which includes several useful resources.

DOWNLOAD THE PSCYHOSOCIAL RISK ASSESSMENT GUIDE & TEMPLATES