Paul has worked in the Australian screen industry for 15 years as a writer, script editor and script producer. He has a passion for compelling, heartfelt storytelling, and believes content for younger viewers should be just as emotionally complex, thematically rich, and (most importantly!) edge-of-your-seat entertaining as content for grown-ups.
Paul Gartside
Kidscreen 2025 focuses on resilience in a changing landscape
27 February 2025
It’s no secret that these are testing times for the screen industry broadly, and the kids’ content sector in particular. While there was a palpable sense of these challenges at the 2025 Kidscreen Summit, there was an invigorated sense of determination to find opportunity in adversity.
Barrumbi Kids screenings bring joy to the place the story began
30 September 2022
As the ACTF’s Development Manager working on Barrumbi Kids, I had the honour of being able to visit the communities and attend the first screenings of the series, as the people on whose lands the show was filmed, and who helped bring its story to life, experienced seeing it on screen for the first time.