Founder and Producer
Founder and Producer
Monique de Groot (BMedia) was recognised as the “Breakthrough Filmmaker” from the State of New South of Wales by the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) and the Motion Picture Association of Australia (MPAA). She has had a long association with, and mentorship from Al Clark and Andrena Finlay, producers of some of Australia’s most successful films. Monique was one of few creative teams to be selected to participate in SPAA’s international film financing market, and Aurora - an intensive one year feature film script development program for screenwriting. Through this initiative, she was mentored by American producer Christine Vachon and Syd Field, leading screenwriting consultant and author of “Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting”.
Monique has been backed by the Australian Government film funding bodies, where they have supported her film projects in development as well as her as an individual. She was one of few in the country selected for a competitive Screen Australia talent grant for an industry placement at a Los Angeles production company, and one of eight global filmmakers selected for the Women in Screen Workshop, New York 2021.
Her company Faro Features focusses on dynamic independent feature films for an international market across Australia, Mexico and the United States - to which she holds permanent residency.