The Haplocks

Environmental evangelism goes wrong! For years we thought it was just us! Perplexed, bewildered and dazed by everything around about eco-sex appeal, eco-fashion, eco-razzi, eco-nomic and eco-vanity. The right, resource, recyle, re-use, retread – to Grogan Haplock destroyer of the world and manager of the largest landfill, it’s a recipe for redundancy.

Starring: Grogan & Jasper Haplock, Guru Goodwill and Freda
Animation, Game and Production: The Lampshade Collective, Fun Guy Media and Ben at Work, Project Factory
Producer: Veronica Sive

Everest The Promise

Family men are a rare breed high on Everest - Can such a man keep his promise to his nine-year old daughter on the night he left home that he will return safely when attempting to reach the highest peak on the planet?

What drives a man to leave the wife and kids he loves to the extreme environments on the planet? On Everest it is not a question of if, but who and how many will die on the slopes each year. This is one man’s struggle to balance his love for adventure with the love he has for his family and determined to keep his promise. But on Everest there are many things that cannot be controlled.

Tegernsee Mountain Film Festival, Germany, International Festival of Mountain Films Poprad, Slovakia, Ushuaia SHH... Festival Internacional de Cine de Montaña, Argentina, NZ Mountain Film Festival, New Zealand and Sir Edmund Hillary Award Winner, Mountain Film Festival, United States of America

Director & Editor Dee Mclachlan
Producer Veronica Sive
Director of Photography Dean Staples

Photograph

Of all the pictures in the world to have by your deathbed – why this one? At 76, Lydia Durham is dying. An old stage performer, she lies unable to speak, trapped in a bleak hospital room, falling in and out of consciousness. Her daughter, Mandy, comes to see her and finds a hidden photograph. It is the only personal artefact in the room. To Mandy, it is an image of shame. She becomes desperate to understand why her mother chose to have it by her deathbed. As Mandy, dissects the image and the memory of the day it was taken, she comes to accept her mother and her incredible lust for life.

Sydney Film Festival, Los Angeles Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, Hayden Online Film Festival (Finalist), Flickerfest, SHORTS Film Festival, In the Bin Festival, Show Me Shorts Film Festival, The Int'l Fest of Cinema and Technology, Winner of SPA Showtime Talent Assist, Rialto Binger Festival, Sapporo Short Fest, The London Australian Film Festival, Salento Intl Film Festival In Competition “Women Like it Short”, Worldwide Short Film Festival Marketplace, Festival Tous Courts Aix-en-Provence Film Festival, Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival and Moondance Film Festival.

Writer/Director Sarah Lambert
Producer Veronica Sive
Director Of Photography Andrew Commis
Production Designer Colin Gibson
Editor Veronika Jenet
Composer Miles Roston

Lydia Elaine Lee
Mandy Anne Louise Lambert

Make it Real (to me)

Kevin's mother died of AIDS, leaving him alone to fend for himself from the age of 10. Determined to stay in school, he supported himself by roasting peanuts. Kenya, Kevin’s country and community, like others in Sub-Saharan Africa, has been hard hit by the AIDS epidemic. Kevin is turning 17. He needs to know how to protect himself if he wants a future and his journey takes him from his home in a slum near Lake Victoria all the way to the Vice President of his country. Around the world, other teenagers put his questions to their leaders. It’s Kevin’s race to overcome the odds against him and discovers how to help those like him, orphaned and voiceless.

Writer/Director Miles Roston
Producer Veronica Sive
Executive Producer Pierre Peyrot

Festival Screening: Document 4 Human Rights Festival, Finalist for the 2006 ATOM Awards in the “Best Documentary Social & Political Issues”, 2006 DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival, Global Village Film Festival at the 2006 International AIDS Conference and Northampton International Community Film Festival, Urban Film Series across the USA, Wildsouth Film Festival and Brave Festival, Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children.

Website: Make It Real to me.

Produced in association with Australia Broadcasting Corporation, Sundance Channel, TG4 Ireland and Channel 11 Thailand.

Outback Opera

See La Boheme as you've never seen it before when Opera Australia’s touring company take it on the road in outback Australia. We get to know key members of the opera company as individual characters, and see the impact they have on audiences in the towns they pass through.

The documentary conveys key moments in the story of the opera, revealing the drama in sequence from the first to last acts, and explores the parallels between the lives of the bohemian opera characters, the touring company and the country audiences. The final act brings the audience to tears with the beauty of Puccini’s music and the tragedy of the story.

Writer/Director Jennifer Crone
Producer Veronica Sive
DOP John Whitteron

Music DocFest Rome, Tiburon International Film Festival, Ojai Film Festival, Musica

Nun's New Habit

Sister Carmel is no longer required to wear a habit, but since her return to the convent in the outback city of Whyalla, her new habit, is arguably just as profound. What is it that makes a woman give her life to religion and God? Is she really a Good Samaritan? A Nun’s New Habit provides valuable lessons in religious tolerance and compassion. It flies in the face of the fundamentalism and hatred that so dominates public discussion at this time and humanises the refugee and highlight tolerance in our society.

Writer/Director/Co Producer Robyn Hughan
Co Producer Veronica Sive
Editor Stefan Markworth

More Than Horseplay

In world first study into the therapeutic benefits of horseback riding for children with cerebral palsy and focuses on three; Lachlan aged eleven, Georgia five and Angus who is just four years old. As we meet the children and their families we understand their hopes and expectations. We explore the scientific team research methods and hypotheses. Will riding really improve the quality of life for children with disabilities? Was Winston Churchill right in saying “there something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of man”.

Writer/Director Sarah Barton
Producer Veronica Sive
Director Photography/Editor: Rob Murphy

Picture this... Film Festival (Canada)

Studio Consultant

Studio Consultant: Design & development of studios/ sound stages, production support and on site facilities for inbound and domestic film and television production.

Areas of expertise: Proposals for new developments; Feasibility studies; Business proposal and analysis; Review possible studio sites; Site Master planning; Industry Design Consultant; Business Plans; Design Development Brief; Construction Brief; Briefing Financiers; Co ordination with Government Departments; Project Management; Production Forecasting and Financials; Production Liaison Marketing Plans; Operational Methodology and Manuals and Day to Day Management.

Clients: Bali Nirwana Studios, Cape Town Film Studios, Busan Cinema Studios, Korea, Sydney Waterfront Studios, Sydney, Serenity Cove Studios, Sydney, Filmgraphics Productions, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Melbourne Docklands Studios, Sasani Studios, Cape Town South Africa, Fox Studios Australia, Sydney, E Village, Malaysia, Photologic Studios, Dublin, Ireland, Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios, Gold Coast.

Industry Consultant

Media Industry Sector Business, Strategies and Planning: The consultancy’s professional recognition in recent years continues to be built upon relationships formed, from production entities, networks, distributors, funding agencies and studio developers/operators through to various government departments. The result is a consultancy that provides extremely effective leadership to address the complicated media marketplace. Veronica Sive is experienced in the preparation of policy guidelines, reports, strategies and tender documentation review. She is also experienced and offers expertise in emerging global markets and training for the creative industries in both private and public sector.

Areas of expertise: Sector Analysis, Feasibility Studies, Business Case Studies, New Business Proposals, Facilitator, Networking forums, Business Planning, Marketing Strategies, Promotions Strategies, Operational Methodology, New opportunities, Independent Industry Advisor, Industry Sector Research, Co ordination with Government Agencies. Development of Policies, Stakeholder Research Projects.

Clients: City of Ballarat, Multimedia Victoria, DIIRD, Melbourne Development Board, The City of Melbourne, Win Television, Seven Resources - Seven Network Australia Namibian Film Commission.

Integrated content

Future storytelling is about experience and the ability to design those experiences. We focusing on digital and integrated branded content we access to industry directors and creatives and no matter what the project or production calls for, we use an innovative approach bringing together visionary teams on a project-by-project basis. We aim is to produce original, compelling and fresh media content.