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COMING SOON...

AN UPLIFTING ADVENTURE ON TWO WHEELS 

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: 90 min.

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 “Spin in place; surge ahead.”

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Karmila Purba left her Sumatran roots to join the male-dominated motorcycle carnival scene, ultimately facing her greatest challenge: conquering the United Kingdom's legendary Wall of Death.

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Status: In Post-production.

European Cinema  Screenplay Festival - 2
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Beloit International Film Festival - Wis
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Cinematography  Photography Awards - 202
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TWO CULTURES SEPARATED BY COLONIALISM REUNITE:

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: 90 min.

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“Separated for decades, reunited in happiness”.

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A captivating documentary uncovering an ancient bond Before 1770 between Makassan Muslims and the Aboriginal peoples of Australia.

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Status: Completed, seeking distribution.

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AN EPIC LOVE STORY BETWEEN AN ARTIST AND HIS WORK.

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: 90 min.

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“Reach for Heaven”​

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A renowned Balinese sculptor risks ostracism, financial ruin and death threats in an epic 28-year struggle to build the controversial 122-meter-tall Garuda Wisnu Kencana copper statue.

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Status: Completed, seeking distribution.

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A POIGNANT STORY OF LOSS AND HOPE.

SHORT FEATURE: 12 min.

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“Bare your soul, heal your heart”

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A guilt-ridden, grieving father seeks redemption by intervening in a troubled young woman’s attempt to take her life.

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Status: Completed, commencing festival run.

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A CROSS-CULTURAL COMING-OF-AGE DRAMEDY.

SERIES: 10 Episodes x 30 min

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 “Ego’s a Vice… Karma’s a Bi*ch”

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A wide-eyed young woman finds herself walking a tightrope between the traditional cultural expectations of Bali’s Island of Gods and the hedonism of the world’s best party scene.

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Status: Ready for production.

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AN INSPIRATIONAL FAMILY ADVENTURE.

FEATURE FILM: 110 min.

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“Love knows no bounds.”

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A Ceylonese teenager, his lifelong elephant companion, and a runaway Maori girl flee the law, the press, and a vigilante farmer in an all-or-nothing chase across 1960s New Zealand.

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Status: Selected by the NZFC development fund 2022/23.

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A COMING-OF-AGE, HEART-STOPPING ADVENTURE.

FEATURE: 120 min.

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“If she stops, she falls”

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A Sumatran teenager flees her backwater village to become the only female “Wall of Death” rider, but when international stardom beckons, tragedy strikes, forcing her home to face the prospect of never riding again.

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Status: Winner of NZWG SEED writers grant, 2024.

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