Multi-award winning feature film, Solstice, is available for screenings across Australia . For more information visit solsticefilm.org
Celebrating 40 years of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus screens at Regent Cinema Albury
In December 2019 the short documentary Now & Then screened at Regent Cinema Albury as part of the 40 year celebrations of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus. The film is a trip down memory lane, a celebration of the lives changed by this unique organisation and a glimpse into the hopes of our future generation of young circus artists.
Into the Forest
The forest at night is a perfect canvas for creating a secret, magical world that speaks to the dreamer child in each of us.....
INTO THE FOREST was created in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park, North East Victoria, Australia. The park is a unique environment and precious home to various threatened and endangered flora and fauna species.
Residency and filmmaking in Sefrou, Morocco
In February 2019 Nomad FIlms will spend one month in Sefrou, Morocco to film additional footage and edit together a suite of videos celebrating the artists and artisans of this 3000 year old city which has been a melting pot of culture, art and civilisation for 300 years
Pygmy Perch 360
Pygmy Perch 360 Projection
A digital animation in full 360 degree space the Pygmy Perch Project recreates the underwater environment of the tiny native fish, Southern Pygmy Perch. The purpose built projection space allows audience to step inside the immersive underwater environment of the Pygmy Perch and journey along with the life cycle of the tiny fish.
Wangaratta Chronicle article featuring article on Nomad Films' work
A Spiral Mind
Kurt is a multi-passionate artist living with the hidden disability of mental illness. Digging for discarded pottery relics and reimagining them into modern day treasures are at the centre of his ongoing mental health journey.
'A Spiral MInd' was commissioned by ABC and Screenworks as part of their 2017 Createability series.
Ripple Effect - Domestic Violence in Australia
It was an honour to have been invited to film the stories of domestic violence survivors. Three powerful, determined and beautiful women who each had the strength to say "Enough!" to their abusers. Love and respect to each one of you.
In Australia an average of one woman a week is murdered by her partner or ex-partner following a history of domestic violence. The forces preventing a woman from leaving a violent relationship are complex and directly contribute to the abuse, control and deaths of many women each year. This film looks at those forces and how we can collectively support a woman needing to escape a violent relationship.
Nomad Films 360 documentary collaboration with VR company, The Pulse
Nomad Films has teamed up with Sydney based virtual reality production company, The Pulse, to film a short virtual reality documentary featuring the river stories of Aunty Nancy Rooke. The 360 footage was shot on location at various sites in and around Wonga Wetlands. Currently being edited to proof of concept stage the completed film, titled ‘Connections’, will eventually be housed as part of the revised Crossing Place exhibition space at Albury Library Museum.
'Cambodia's Daughters' now available online
'Cambodia's Daughters' is a short documentary exploring the complex and virtually inescapable word of sex slavery in Cambodia. Completed in 2016 the film travels into the back streets and brothels of Phnom Penh to offer a glimpse into the forces at play in a country whose brutal history under the Pol Pot regime has shaped the sex industry into one of the most violent in existence today. Underpinned by the voices of sex workers and those who are dedicated to helping them 'Cambodia's Daughters' is both a cry for change and a message of hope from those who have been given a chance to escape the industry.
'A SPIRAL MIND' funded by Screenworks
We are super excited to announce that Nomad Films' short documentary, 'A Spiral Mind' is one of 8 films to be commissioned by Screenworks for ABC broadcast later this year. The documentary follows the story of Kurt, a multi-passionate artist living with the hidden disability of mental illness. Describing his mind like an un-tuned radio Kurt negotiates his ‘mental health adventure’ through his art.
Marram-nganjinu Biik-gurrin First Nations Summit
A wonderful First Nations cultural summit and creation lab happening in Melbourne from May 8-12, 2017. Thanks British Council for inviting Nomad Films to create the TVCs and social clips for the event For more info: http://www.biik.org.au/
LEAP promotional video
I recently had the pleasure of creating a short promotional video for the LEAP centre - an Early Childhood Intervention Service based in Albury Wodonga. The heart, knowledge and experience the worker brought to their work with young children was beautiful to see.
Films That Matter screening
Two short human rights films produced by Nomad Films will be screening as part of the 'Films That Matter' screenings at The Cube, Wodonga followed by Q&A by filmmaker Helen Newman. Cambodia's Daughters and Apna Ghar (My Home) explore the illicit sex trafficking of young girls to Cambodia's brother and the lives of India's vulnerable "Railway Children".
Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Time: 6pm Cost: Free.
For bookings or further information contact the Cube on: (02) 6022 9311 or cubeboxoffice@wodonga.vic.gov.au
Circus Program Promo
It was an absolute pleasure to produce this promo featuring the core business of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus. The company is unique in it's creative learning environment consistently turning out some of the best circus performers ready for the world stage.
"Cambodia's Daughters" to screen at Nepal International Human Rights Film Festival, 2016.
I'm so delighted to announce that "Cambodia's Daughters" has been selected to screen at the 4th Nepal International Human Rights Film Festival, 2016.
Filmed while I was working with Connecting Hands in Phnom Penh, the short documentary delves into the cruel world of sex trafficking in Cambodia exploring the forces that make escape from the industry virtually impossible.
Foster Care promotional video
Recently completed this promotional video for Upper Murray Family Care's Foster programme. Much respect to the work these people do.
'Nightlights' Masterclass - a journey in projection
For the next 5 days I will immerse myself in the world of projection with 6 other creatives and the wonderful mistress of light and movement, Yandell Walton. What a wonderful treat to explore this medium with so many diverse and talented people. Happy times indeed!
Flying Fruit Fly Circus - Circus Under My Bed
Have you ever wanted to join the Circus? As the Flying Fruit Fly Circus prepare to head out on their 2016 National tour we wanted to share with you a little clip we made about their 'Inside the Circus" program. Such fun!
Nomad Films working with Connecting Hands in Phnom Penh
The old railway line in Phnom Penh is home to hundreds of sex workers who earn anywhere from $1-$5 from each 'client'. The rent for their homes (a spartan room on stilts above open sewerage) is around $20-$25 a month. This lady, once she gives birth to her child will most likely return to the trade within 2-5 days. If she and her child are to eat and have a place to live there is no option.
Connecting Hands is working to break this cycle. Please check out their page.