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Julia Hammett-Jamart
- Location:
- Australia, France
- Languages:
- English, French
- Issues:
- Climate Change, Health/Healthcare, Education, Racial Injustice, Democracy, Power & Governance, Women and Girls, Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Educational materials, Impact Producing, Consulting, Impact Strategist/Advisor, Training
- Cultural/racial identity:
- Australian living in France
- Self identification:
- she/her
Bio
Dr Julia Hammett-Jamart is Managing Director of Catalyst Films and a pioneer of the French impact production sector, working with producers of film, television and immersive media to bring about concrete, constructive change in the world. Recent projects include the multi-award winning Zinder (France/Niger), the Oscar®-Qualified Inside Gaza (Finalist 2026 Social Impact Media Awards, 2025 Movies that Matter 'DocsConnect Impact Award'), and a forthcoming Irish-French-German coproduction Archie's Wish (w/t Sky's the Limit). Under her leadership, Catalyst Films was named a Finalist in The 6th Annual Anthem Awards by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, for impact campaigns advancing Human & Civil Rights.
Julia brings to impact producing a wealth of experience in film and television production, policy and education in the Australian, European and African contexts. She is former Déléguée Générale of Best Impact Movies (BIM) and former Manager of Governance and Strategic Planning at Screen Australia. She has produced and directed both documentaries and fiction - for public broadcaster SBS-TV, AFTRS and AFI Distribution, amongst others - and has published widely on the subject of film production and policy, including the reference work 'European Film and Television Co-production: policy and practice' (Palgrave Macmillan 2018).
Julia holds a PhD in Social Sciences, Media and Communication and has led impact workshops and masterclasses for key international industry festivals and organisations including Venice Biennale College (Cinema Immersive), Festival de Cannes (Netherlands Film Academy), New Images Festival, EURODOC, Movies that Matter, Le Sommet des Arcs, La Fabrique des Formats and l'Institut National de l'Histoire d'Art, as well as KATUU, the annual residency for female filmmakers in Togo.
In 2025, Julia inaugurated France's first dedicated university course in impact producing and sustainability at the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, a course that she has since been invited to replicate at the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel in Paris (INA).
Under the auspices of the Coproduction Research Network, Julia undertakes consultancies for high level public institutions and private NGOs including the European Audiovisual Observatory (Council of Europe), Produire au Sud coproduction workshop (Festival Trois Continents) and STEPS South Africa. Her impact case-studies for three Generation Africa projects can be found here: ZINDER; TRANSACTIONS; NEW BOATS
Board and Committee appointments :
💥 Board Member - New Images
💥 Pre-selection Committee - 2027 Social Impact Media Awards "SIMA Awards"
💥 Steering Committee - Produire au Sud 'Scholar in Residence' program
Academic Research Affiliations:
✍️ Institut de Recherche en Cinéma et Audiovisuel (IRCAV)
✍️ Co-production Research Network (CoRN)
✍️ Histoire, Economie, Sociologie du Cinéma d'Afrique et du Levant (HESCALE)
