Claud Bailey is an award-winning filmmaker, program producer, youth advocate and co-founder of TRANSMEDIUM based on Gadigal Land. They make work and spaces that celebrates queerness. Claud recently was selected as an Out for Australia 30 Under 30 Winner and was also awarded the Rising Star Award for their contribution and success in their career. Claud’s films have screened at film festivals all over the world (Sydney Film Fest, MIFF, Newfest) and they were awarded the Emerging Filmmaker Award at Mardi Gras Film Festival in 2023. They were the first recipient of the inaugural Art, Culture & Community Fellowship at the queer youth organisation, Wear it Purple. During their fellowship, they developed two annual grants, Queer Futures Fund and Future Me Fund, for young and emerging LGBTQIA+SB folks’ projects. Claud has also created three workshop programs for queer/trans teenagers that offer professional development and community connection. From ‘Stories from the Heart’, an annual showcase for teens to develop a performance piece under queer industry mentors to ‘MISC’, a monthly workshop program with the Sydney Opera House and ‘the queer studio’, a music residency program in partnership with Heaps Decent, a youth charity where Claud works as their Community Outreach Manager.