Westwind: Djalu’s Legacy (2017)

Feature Documentary 82 mins

MIFF Premier Fund/ NiTV / Screen Australia / Film Victoria / Madman Entertainment

Yolngu warrior, shaman and father Djalu Gurruwiwi, with some help from global pop star Gotye, must find a way to bring two worlds together to save his culture.

Over Australia
(2017)

Documentary Series 2 x 48 mins

Blue Ant Media / Film Victoria

“Over Australia” is a two-part natural history series combining soaring aerial footage of the Australian wilderness, with intimate stories about the creatures that inhabit it.

  • Production Company – Wildbear Entertainment
  • Executive Producers – Michael Tear, Bettina Dalton, Alan Erson
  • Series Producer – Kate Pappas
  • Series Director – Nick McInerney
  • Editors – Damian Corboy, Susan Harvey

Australia’s Hidden Islands (2017)

Documentary Series 4 x 48 mins

Blue Ant Media / Film Victoria

Australia’s Hidden Islands is the story of four distinctly Australian islands. As fragile as they are wild, these unique and isolated worlds each boast their own story of formation.

  • Production Company – Wildbear Entertainment
  • Executive Producers – Michael Tear, Bettina Dalton, Alan Erson
  • Series Producer – Kate Pappas
  • Series Directors – Bettina Dalton, Ed Saltau, Dan Hunter
  • Editors – Susan Harvey, Damian Corboy, Rian Van der Walt

Deadly Australians (2017)

Documentary Series 4 x 48 mins

Blue Ant Media / Film Victoria

Australia is home to the world’s most toxic, venomous and dangerous creatures. From the oceans to the forest, swamps and deserts, it’s a continent teeming with a hugely disproportionate number of creatures that can envenomate, poison or maim. Meet the Deadly Australians.

  • Production Company – Wildbear Entertainment
  • Executive Producers – Michael Tear, Bettina Dalton, Alan Erson
  • Series Producer – Kate Pappas
  • Series Directors – Martin Baker, Nik Wansbrough
  • Editors – Douglas Kirk, Dale Venediger, Rian Van der Walt

Deception By Design (2015)

One hour documentary 1 x 48 mins / 1 x 56 mins

ABC Arts / Off The Fence B.V. / Screen Australia / Film Victoria

Artists and the military might seem strange bedfellows, but painters, sculptors, photographers and set designers have played a critical but little-known role in modern warfare. Inspired by nature and influenced by the modernist movements of their day, ‘camoufleurs’ created bizarre decoys, dummy tanks and elaborate sets to conceal military installations.

  • Production Company – Jonnie & Kate Films
  • Executive Producer – Rose Hesp
  • Producer – Kate Pappas
  • Director – Jonnie Morris
  • Editor – Damian Corboy
  • Available to rent or buy from VHX

Dino Bird (2017)

One hour documentary 1 x 48 mins / 52 mins

Nat Geo / ZDFe / Screen Australia

Dino Bird is a visually spectacular one-hour film that explores the life of the endangered southern cassowary through the eyes of matriarch Bertha, as she and her family strive to survive in the tropics of northern Queensland in the oldest rainforest on Earth.

  • Production Company – Wildbear Entertainment
  • Executive Producer – Michael Tear, Bettina Dalton, Alan Erson
  • Producers – Bettina Dalton, Kate Pappas
  • Directors – Ed Saltau, Dan Hunter
  • Editor – Rian Van Der Walt

Future Radicals (2012)

Short Documentary 1 x 28 mins

ABC 2/ Screen Australia

WHO ARE THE FUTURE RADICALS? On the frontline of a cyber war, masked vigilantes known as ‘Anonymous’ fight for our internet freedoms. Arrests have occurred around the globe, but are they criminals or cyber heroes? You decide…

  • Production Company – Renegade Films
  • Executive Producer – Joe Connor, Ken Connor, Alex West
  • Producer – Kate Pappas
  • Writer/Directors – Kate Pappas, Ben Eriksen
  • Editor – Tony Stevens ASE
  • Art Director/Illustrations – Jane Green