And the Winners are ...

Film-makers, engineers, nurses, lawyers, teachers, entrepreneurs and florists. The range of fields our Women of the Future finalists have sprung from this year has never been more diverse. Now in its third year, the awards have gone from strength to strength. So who are our Women of the Future for 2015? Turn the page to find out.

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JUDGES’ CHOICE WINNER Genevieve Clay-Smith, 27 Co-founder, Bus Stop Films As a student, Genevieve Clay-Smith spent 18 months as a trainee film-maker creating a documentary for Down Syndrome NSW. Through this traineeship she met Gerard O’Dwyer, a man with Down Syndrome who wanted to be an actor. They went on to make a film together, Be My Brother, which won the short film festival, Tropfest, in 2009. It was enough to convince Genevieve to start the not-for-profit Bus Stop Films, an outfit which stages weekly workshops teaching special-needs students the art of film-making. Having already made six short films and won 40 international awards, Genevieve wants to partner with a large organisation to expand the program. “There is no other organisation in the world helping people with an intellectual disability…

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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2015

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