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Vale Gabrielle Kelly AM
26 July 2024
The SAFC has been deeply saddened to hear of the passing of filmmaker and former SAFC Board member Gabrielle Kelly AM.
Gabrielle served on the SAFC Board from 2005 to 2011, was a founding board member of Screen Australia predecessor Film Finance Corporation Australia and chaired the first Australian International Documentary Conference.
Outside of screen, she was a director of the Adelaide Thinkers in Residence program and founded the SAHMRI Wellbeing and Resilience Centre. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2022.
SAFC Chair Mike Rann AC said: “I knew Gabe Kelly for decades. She was an accomplished documentary filmmaker who spent her life campaigning for the environment, for climate action and for social justice here and overseas.
“Gabe infused all her work with passion and humanity. She was tireless in pursuing ideas that work to improve people’s lives and the health of our planet. Everyone who met Gabrielle, or worked with her, felt better about the world and its possibilities. She played a major role in making the Adelaide Thinkers in Residence program such a success. We will all miss her talent, her drive and her positive energy.”
On behalf of everyone at the SAFC, we send our condolences to Gabrielle’s family, friends and colleagues.