AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONS
One Mind, One Heart
TX: 2025 on NITV, SBS and SBS On Demand
Number of Episodes: 1 x 90 mins
In this feature-length documentary, a historic political Yirrkala bark petition is discovered and makes its way home to Yolŋu country, evoking the spirit of decades of activism for change. The repatriation provides the opportunity to track the long political campaign – through petition, song, dance, campaigning – to keep culture strong and to have a voice for country. One Mind, One Heart is from writer/director Larissa Behrendt (The First Inventors ) and producer Michaela Perske (Larapinta ).Principal production funding from Screen Australia’s First Nations Department in association with Screen NSW. Financed with support from the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, Spectrum Entertainment, Documentary Australia and Philanthropy via the Shark Island Institute.
Our Medicine
NITV, SBS and SBS On Demand
Number of Episodes: 6 x 30 mins
Our Medicine is a ground-breaking observational series which takes viewers behind the frontline of our strained medical services and joins patients on their emotional journeys through the system. Alongside incredible access to some of the oldest traditional healing practices in the world, the series tracks the day-to-day challenges of medical professionals working in some of the busiest hospitals and jurisdictions in Australia. Our Medicine shines an important light on First Nations professionals and communities taking back control of Indigenous health.
Our Medicine is a Karla Hart Productions and Periscope Pictures production for NITV. Principal production funding from Screen Australia’s First Nations Department and NITV. Financed with support from Screenwest, Lotterywest and the WA Regional Screen Fund.
Big Backyard Quiz
TX: 2025 on NITV and SBS On Demand
Number of Episodes: 10 x 60 mins
Put another shrimp on the barbie and join Steven Oliver in a fun quiz show exploring Australia’s history and culture.
Skin in the Game
TX: 2025 on NITV and SBS On Demand
Number of Episodes: 1 x 60 mins
Marlee Silva aka ‘Rocket’s Daughter’ – rugby league legend Rod ‘Rocket’ Silva – tells her untold and personal story of the NRL past and present. In this intimate documentary, she reveals the truth about the nation’s most loved sport, through her own family story and intimate interviews with hard-to-reach rugby royalty. Marlee uncovers what the sport has done, and is doing, for Indigenous peoples, and families – just like hers. Across her journey, she interrogates the complex interplay of race, gender and class in the national sport – and what this says about us as a nation.
Skin in the Game is a Southern Pictures production for NITV. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with NITV. Financed with support from Screen NSW and the Shark Island Institute.
Going Places with Ernie Dingo season 6
TX: 31 October 2024 on NITV, SBS and SBS On Demand
Number of Episodes: 12 x 60 mins
Led by Australian icon and proud Yamatji man, Ernie Dingo, this popular travel and lifestyle program unearths and explores stunning locations and activities across Australia. In season six, Mark Coles Smith, Aaron Fa’aoso, Bianca Hunt and Rae Johnston join Ernie, meeting Indigenous peoples and local legends, who reveal surprising and inspiring Australian stories. The team showcase destinations in Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and the Northern Territory.
Season 7 of Going Places with Ernie Dingo will premiere in 2025.
Dreaming Big
TX: 2025 on NITV and SBS On Demand Number of Episodes: 6 x 30 mins
This six-part series for NITV takes an intimate look into the lives of gifted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youths on the cusp of becoming the nation’s next generation of sports stars. Each episode highlights two young elite athletes, showcasing their relentless pursuit to reach the pinnacle of their chosen field as they navigate family and cultural obligations while remaining focused on their goals.
The series will be directed by Andrew Dillon (Le Champion ) and Abraham Byrne Jameson (One by One ), with writer/producer Richard Jameson (Strait to the Plate season 2) and producer Veronica Fury (And We Danced ) also attached.
Dreaming Big is a Wirrim Media and Wildbear Entertainment production for NITV. Principal production funding from Screen Australia’s First Nations Department in association with Screen Queensland.
Emily, I Am Kam
TX: 2025 on NITV and SBS On Demand
Number of Episodes: 1 x 30 mins
This documentary celebrates the legacy of Australia’s most significant and prolific female artist - Emily Kam Kngwarray and explores the power of her work to protect her country, Alhalker. The film questions what legacy and success looks like for this extraordinary Aboriginal artist, revealing it is much more than the 3,000 paintings Emily left behind.
Using archival recordings, audio and visuals from the mid 1970’s onwards, many of which have never been seen or heard, we give Emily the opportunity to speak for herself. Key documentary creatives include First Nations Producer Danielle MacLean, and Executive
Producers Hetti Perkins and Kelli Cole.
Emily, I Am Kam is a Tamarind Tree Pictures production for NITV with funding from Screen Territory.
Journey Home - David Gulpilil
TX: 2025 on NITV and SBS On Demand
Number of Episodes: 1 x 90mins
David Gulpilil, a Yolŋu man, was one of Australia’s most outstanding Indigenous actors. Since his 1971 debut in Nicholas Roeg’s film ‘Walkabout’ he mesmerised audiences, appearing in over eighteen films. With a career spanning over 50 years, Gulpilil’s contribution to the Australian film industry is part of the history of both the Australian cinema and its representation of Indigenous Australians.
This is the story of David Gulpilil’s journey home after his passing in 2021, back to his birthplace in Eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.
This is a rare insight into a powerful ceremony of renewal and regeneration - told from the Yolŋu perspective and the perspective of his family. This remarkable event draws a direct line between the contemporary world of international fame and 60,000 years of Indigenous culture.
Journey Home is a Savage Films, Brindle Films and Savage Films NT production for NITV. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with Screen Territory and VicScreen. Local distribution by Madman Entertainment. Developed with assistance of NITV, Screen Australia, VicScreen and Screen Territory. Journey Home is written and directed by Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas, produced by Trisha Morton- Thomas, Rachel Clements, Jida Gulpilil and Maggie Miles. Executive Producer is Witiyana Marika and Associate Producer is Cathy Gallagher.