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Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................ 3
Impact by the Numbers .......................................................................... 4
Spotlight on US and Canada .................................................................. 6
Spotlight on Asia-Pacific ....................................................................... 8
Spotlight on Europe, Middle East and Africa .......................................10
Spotlight on Latin America ...................................................................12
Reflections from the Next Generation of Creatives ............................14

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NALIP Latino Lens™: Narrative Short Film Incubator for Women of Color, USA. Photographed by Ryan Tian.

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Introduction
At Netflix, we believe greatstories can come fromanywhere and be loved
everywhere.
Research shows that more
inclusion behind the camera
leads to more representation
on screen.
That’s why we are investing$100 million over five years
through the Netflix Fund for
Creative Equity, a dedicatedeffort to help identify, train
and provide job placement
for the next generation oftalent from underrepresented
communities around theworld. Through the Fund,
Netflix develops in-houseprograms and supports
external organizations thathave a strong track record ofsetting talent up for successin the TV and film industries.
Join us in taking a look atsome of the highlights andthe progress we’ve madearound the world in
the last two years.

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Since 2021, the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity has:

Impactby theNumbers

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US and Canada

In the US and Canada, the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity has set up a variety
of programs that support creatives from historically underrepresented andexcluded communities. In order to increase representation on productions, wecreated in-house training initiatives for a variety of above-the-line and belowthe-line positions.

Developing Directors andWriters

Through the Netflix Series Director
Development Program, nine directors
received training through an extensive
curriculum that covered all aspects of
episodic directing from pre-production
to post-production. All nine directors
were employed on Netflix productions orwent on to direct episodes for top shows,including some of Netflix’s most popular
titles such as Ozark, Family Reunion, On
My Block, Lost in Space and more.
We established the Netflix Created By
Initiative for underrepresented writers
with The National Hispanic Media
Coalition, CAPE (Coalition of Asian
Pacifics in Entertainment), Native
American Media Alliance, The BlackTV and Film Collective, Outfest andInevitable Foundation. Through this new

program, 14 mid-level film and series writers
received script development deals and theopportunity to hone their projects alongside
Netflix executives from the series and film
teams.

Upskilling Below-the-Line Talent

To help expand the pipeline for below-the-line
talent from historically underrepresented
communities, Netflix partnered with
Shondaland to create the Producers
Inclusion and Ladder Initiatives. The
Producers Inclusion Initiative is an intensive
nine-week program that helps train indie
producers, unit production managers,
supervisors and first assistant directors as line
producers within the studio system.
Through the Ladder Initiative, trainees
will be placed in production and technicalroles on Shondaland shows across multiple
departments, including production, locations,

NALIP Latino Lens™: Narrative Short Film Incubator for Women of Color, USA.
Photographed by Federico Imperiale.

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assistant directors, special effects, costume,hair/makeup, electric, art department stunts,
sound, finance and more.

Creating Opportunities for
Canadian Creatives

We created the Advancing Voices: Netflix
Canada Creator Program to provide seven
writers from underrepresented groups witha paid professional opportunity to develop
materials for new series and hone theirpitching skills. Writers were mentored bycreative executives at Netflix as well as
established industry experts, and had theopportunity to formally pitch their projects to
Netflix.
We teamed up with imagineNATIVE toprovide Indigenous creatives with an on-set
paid mentorship program that provides
training opportunities within the art
department on long-form productions locatedin the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area
and the Sudbury area. Selected participants
worked on the Netflix film You Are So Not
Invited To My Bat Mitzvah! during the summerof 2022.

Investing in Industry-wide
Programs

We also partner with a coalition of external
partners to increase opportunities for artists
beyond our studio’s walls. By collaboratingwith leading industry organizations suchas Film Independent, Outfest, the Los
Angeles Latino International Film Festival,
RespectAbility, Women in Film, Women in
Animation Vancouver and The Academy of
Canadian Cinema and TV, we have helped
fund artist fellowships, short films, writing labs
and training programs for artists from multiple
cities across the US and Canada.

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To help upskill writers in Australia, Netflix
partnered with Australians in Film and Screen
Australia to create an intensive course to
incubate 18 writers from underrepresented
groups, including First Nations communities,
and help prepare them for positions on
future Netflix series. As part of this course,
the writers attended masterclasses taught
by prominent Australian talent who havesuccessfully established writing careers
around the world. Following the program, thecohort will continue to receive mentorshipand career development support fromthe Netflix team. In order to help develop
emerging writers, Netflix also teamed up
with Co-Curious on a program dedicated tonurturing and developing early-career talent.

Supporting Emerging Filmmakers
in India and Southeast Asia
In India, Netflix partnered with Film
Companion on Take Ten, a new initiative tosupport and help break out 10 up-and-coming
Indian filmmakers from varied backgrounds.
The program provided the filmmakers withan extensive training that covered all aspectsof filmmaking from pre-production to postproduction, as well as opportunities to learn

from a wide range of industry professionals.
The filmmakers also received mentorshipfrom leaders within India’s entertainment
community on topics including working withactors, honing their craft, marketing their workand more.
We also supported Purin Pictures’ Short Film
Camp for filmmakers in Thailand, Cambodia,
Laos and Myanmar. The program equipped 12
teams of directors and producers with training
and mentorship, and the opportunity topitch for funding for their short film projects.
Films from the 2022 edition of the Short Film
Camp covered topics ranging from LGBTQ
issues to the deconstruction of identity, andparticipants were mentored by professionalfilmmakers from the Mekong region. Four
winning projects received grants and postproduction support to create their short films
with prizes going to filmmakers from Thailand,
Myanmar and Laos.
In Vietnam, we funded the My Vietnam
short film competition through which threeteams were awarded funding for their films
and projects. The winning film, Pao’s Forest,by director Nguyen Pham Thanh Dat went
on to win Best Short Film at the 6th Hanoi
International Film Festival in 2022.

Purin Pictures’ Short Film Camp, Asia-Pacific. Photographed by Nustarpon Jaruwahcharapon.

Developing Writers in Australia

Take Ten, India. Photographed by Rahul Chaudhry.

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Europe, Middle
East and Africa

Part of the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity aims to build and upskill local
workforces across Europe, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently
we run over 45 education and training programs across the region that aredesigned to create more opportunities for underrepresented talent behind thecamera. Here’s a look at some of these efforts:

Supporting Women acrossthe Region

In order to help create new opportunities for
European women producers, we launcheda partnership with the European Producers
Club (EPC) in 2022. Through the program,producers from across Europe pitched theirconcepts for fictional series, and six womenfrom Turkey, Ukraine, Spain, Bulgaria,
Romania, Ireland and Germany received
funding to further develop their projects.
We also established the Netflix-Sard Because
She Created program to help incubate andamplify women’s voices from Upper Egypt.
Over the course of a five-day intensive
workshop in Cairo, 22 aspiring womencreatives from Al Said attended storytellingclasses, creative expression sessions, as well
as discussions and talks by film critics, actors

and entertainment professionals.
In Spain, we’ve partnered with CIMA tocreate a program that supports women
writers, directors, producers, directors ofphotography, composers and post-production
creatives. Participants took part in workshops
on topics ranging from character development
to budgeting, and up to three participantsfrom each cohort had the opportunity to
shadow a director on Netflix productions,
including If Only and The Longest Night.

Creating More Access in the
Netherlands and the Nordics

In the Netherlands, we collaborated with
the New Producers Academy (NPA) to
up-level creative productions skills througha new 18-month fellowship program for six
aspiring producers from underrepresented

Because She Created, Egypt. Photographed by Maged Helal.

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groups. In the Nordics, we teamed up with
the International Sámi Film Institute toupskill Sámi talent through bespoke training
programs, access to festivals and trainee
placements on Netflix productions.

Investing in Talent Pipelines
across Sub-Saharan Africa

Across sub-Saharan Africa, we have multiple
scholarship programs that provide over 150
film and TV students with the opportunity
to broaden their experiences across thecontinent and internationally. Students
from 16 countries received scholarships toprestigious programs across sub-SaharanAfrica, and we’ve also built partnerships
with universities abroad to help local talenttrain overseas. Students from Kenya, Nigeria
and Burundi are enrolled in a screenwriting
program at Milan’s renowned Universita

Cattolica Sacre Coeur, and students
from Benin, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Lesotho, South Africa and Uganda have theopportunity to study animation and VFX at
the world famous Gobelins University inParis. By investing in these students’ film
and TV training, we hope to help expand anddiversify the pathways into the African creative
industries.
  

Supporting Ukrainian Creators

We also partnered with the Ukrainian Film
Academy and House of Europe to help
Ukrainian creators affected or displaced by thewar. The initiatives provided financial support
to enable creators to continue to develop theirwork including script development grants
for 48 two-person teams, and access toknowledge and international industry experts.

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Segundo Ato, Brazil. Photographed by Laura Aidar | Bodoque.

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Spotlight on

Latin America

The new edition of the Clube do Pensamento
comedy script course is designed to equip
emerging comedy writers with the skills theyneed to get hired as script assistants.
Additionally, Netflix created Segundo Ato, awriter accelerator program for experienced
Black and Indigenous writers in Brazil.
Through this program,12 writers receive
access to workshops and masterclasses withestablished local talent, as well as mentorshipfrom seasoned industry professionals.

Segundo Ato, Brazil. Photographed by Laura Aidar | Bodoque.

In Brazil, the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity
has created programs designed to train anddevelop writers at all stages of their careers.
Netflix joined forces with Os Suburbanos,
Junior Figueiredo and Rodrigo Sant’Anna
to help expand the opportunities available
through the Clube do Pensamento, a teaching
platform that provides technical training forunderrepresented writers.

Segundo Ato, Brazil

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Korede Azeez

Finalist in the African Folktales,
Reimagined Short Film Competition,
Nigeria

Paula Garces

Graduate from the Netflix Series
Directors Development Program, USA

Photographed by Paula Garces.

Reflections
from the Next
Generation ofCreativesPhotographed by Aisha Yusuf.

“I learned so much from day one. It was themost tasking project I have ever worked
on, but it was also the most rewarding. I got
to work with some of the best talent in mycountry, which was an amazing experience.
They treated me with so much respect andI am grateful for the immense support I got
from Netflix and my mentor. I also learned
a lot about how a world class production is
managed, and this is definitely something
I’ll be taking into future work. I have growntremendously as a filmmaker and I feel
more ready to take on the world.”“The Netflix Series Directors Development
program helped me pivot my career ­— theteam looked beyond my career as an actor,
and saw the potential in me to grow as an
artist. The program gave us access to major
talent and a front row seat to the innerworkings of directing. Thanks to Lauren
Iungerich, I directed an episode on two Netflix
shows, as part of this. Training wit h Lauren
has been invaluable to my career. She gave me
all the time, tools and encouragement to truly
succeed, while testing me and challenging
me to grow along the way. Because of her, I’m
prepared to tackle any opportunity that comes
my way.”Mirwais Sarwary

Aditi Sharma

Graduate of the Netflix x Film
Companion Take Ten Initiative, India

Participant in the New Producers
Academy Fellowship, Netherlands“Through the Take Ten program, I got tolearn about writing a screenplay, creating
characters, directing actors, along withmany other filmmaking lessons. We had theopportunity to do this under the guidanceof Film Companion, and being mentored byprofessionals who are not only good at what
they do, but also truly invested in the processof teaching, was extremely helpful. There
aren’t any grant opportunities in India to speakof, and to have a platform like Netflix
to showcase your film was a huge deal fora first time filmmaker like me. For the firsttime, me and my team believed that
we had a real shot at this.”

Photographed by Sebastiaan Hols.

“Through the NPA masterclasses andnetworking events, I’ve had the opportunity
to meet and discuss ideas with key players
in the film industry. Above all, I have had thetime, space, and tools to develop my vision
as a producer. In a short period of only six
months, the New Producers Academy has
allowed me to position myself in the Dutch film
industry on my terms. What has been mostrewarding is to be in a position where I canwork together with emerging creators that find
my fresh approach as a producer valuable andessential.”

Hesome Chemamah

Brittany Lewis

Graduate of the Canadian Academy
Women in Post Program, Canada
Photographed by Nustarpon Jaruwahcharapon.

Participant in the Purin Pictures x
Netflix Short Film Camp, Thailand.

Photographed by Austin Jamieson.

“The Women in Post program helped clarify
my career goals as an editor and learn about
different areas of post-production. I also had
the opportunity to work for Rocket Science
VFX as an editorial intern, and I learned thefundamentals of visual effects editing throughhands-on training. My mentor, Daniel Denino,gave me a comprehensive introduction tocolour spaces, lookup tables and grades, aswell as in-depth insight into different VFX
roles. When I applied for my next editorial role,
I used the knowledge I had gained from theprogram and talked about editing with more
confidence. Programs like these are essential
to help introduce female-identifying andnon-binary emerging talents to the industry.”

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Photographed by Aditi Sharma.

Netflix Fund for Creative Equity 2023 Update“I am very glad to be accepted into Purin
Pictures’ Short Film Camp (SFC) because it
improved my skills more than any film school
could in a short period of 10 days. Throughclasses and networking events with otherfilmmakers from Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
and Myanmar, I learned how to pitch a
project, direct actors, develop a dossier,and collaborate with mentors to improve myscreenplay. These ten days taught me a lot
about how filmmaking is more universal thanI ever imagined, which was invaluable. Above
all, our project was eventually selected forfunding support, allowing me to complete myfilm.”

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Provvidenza Tesauro“The Becoming Maestre program gave mea close-up view of all the nuances, technicaldetails and skills required to achieve my
dream of becoming a mix engineer. Following
the program training, I was hired as a soundassistant for a Netflix series. This experiencegave me the opportunity to learn about highlevel mix processing on a TV production,
and work with the latest generation
rooms, equipment and systems, under thesupervision of Francesco Tumminello. I owe
a great deal to my mentors, Daniela Bassani
and Francesco Tumminello. They taught meto trust myself and to get started in the job I
wanted to do, and which is now becoming areality.”

Photographed by Provvidenza Tesauro.

Graduate from the Becoming
Maestre Program, Italy

Asha Chai-Chang

Photographed by Lauren Desberg.

Participant in the RespectAbility NYC
Children’s Content Lab, USA“I am so glad that I was accepted into the
RespectAbility NYC Children’s Content Lab
because I was able to find a community ofother disabled creatives who care about
the same kind of storytelling as me. I also
had the opportunity to learn from seasoned
professionals, and working with multiple
mentors helped me recognize my own voice
as a writer and pick up new skills, including
writing for different age groups. Meeting
industry professionals and talent through thisprogram has also led to collaborations andrecommendations for future jobs, such as
being considered for writers’ rooms.
To me, that’s priceless.”

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