JANE FREEBURY’S portfolio represents more than three decades in film journalism. With a higher degree in film studies from the UK, she started out in 1987 writing a column for the former national affairs monthly, Australian Society magazine, reviewing the latest Australian films while covering developments in the local film industry. This segued into a lecturing position in cinema studies at the University of Wollongong over four years, and initiating a campus festival of Australian film shorts. In the mid-1990s while re-located to Indonesia, she was a regular contributor on film and filmmakers to the English-language newspaper, the Jakarta Post. Jane was a regular contributor to the Canberra Times for 20 years, for which she reviewed every week and wrote features. Her byline has appeared in other outlets, including Metro, Metro Education, Anne Summers Reports, The Australian, Cinema Papers, Filmnews, Black & White, Media Information Australia, and Australian-Canadian Studies. Jane is a member of the Canberra Critics Circle and the Film Critics Circle of Australia.