Australia’s First Peoples are connected to Country through thousands of generations of kinship ties. We derive our identity, culture, law and knowledge from Country – something we express and uphold through moving image storytelling. Through the screen, we’re able to tell our story of survival against the violence of colonisation, ensuring our connection and re-connection to Country endures from the past to today.
The Australian landscape is never just a setting. It’s meditative, motivational and menacing; a character that empowers, intimidates and inspires. For years, the Outback has dominated Australian screen stories, but representations have sprawled into the suburbs and cities, creating compelling and complex characters on our screens.
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