Inez Playford

Inez Playford is an award-winning disabled writer, director, and access consultant based in Sydney, Australia.

With a Masters Directing Graduate of the Australian Film Television and Radio School, Inez’s work centres disabled, queer and intersectional storytelling.

Her debut short film, Rehabilitating, premiered at Sydney Film Festival and screened at St Kilda Film Festival, Porto Femme International Film Fest and Flickerfest before being acquired by SBS for national broadcast and streaming on SBS On Demand. Rehabilitating was made on AFTRS’ first accessible film set and has since become a teaching model for accessibility.

Her other short films have screened nationally at St Kilda Film Festival, Flickerfest, Canberra Short Film Festival, Forbidden Worlds Film Festival where she was nominated for Best Director and Best Film. Inez’s films have screened internationally at Cambridge Short Film Festival, Jane Austen Film Festival (awarded Best Director), Montreal Women’s Film Festival (awarded Best Student Short Film) and Liverpool International Film Festival. Her short The Mark was also selected for use in a pedagogical concert series by the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden.

Alongside her narrative work, Inez is developing the documentary project The Tribunal following disability advocate and actor Bridie McKim as she challenges NDIS funding cuts. This project was selected for AIDC’s Cut to the Chase program. Inez was also the recipient of the Stella Young Award (2025) and AIDC’s Leading Lights (2026).

A former ADG and Screen NSW +ScreenStories delegate, and a Create NSW Createability, Inez works as a disability consultant across the arts sector and worked at SBS as Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, contributing to the Commissioning Inclusion Guidelines (2025–2028).