TOULA 1970
Written by Oliver Howes
Producer Gil Brealey
29 mins, BW
Toula is a seventeen-year-old Greek-Australian in the heart of the Greek community of a big city. Her parents have difficulties living in an alien land. But Toula and the other young people have different cultural challenges, living with both their parent’s expectations and in a very different Australian world.
Special Award, 20th Melbourne Film Festival, 1970.
JUST ANOTHER DOMESTIC 1992
22 mins
Training video for NSW Police, with script improvised by the actors and police patrols, with scenes of physical and verbal violence.
Silver Medal in Professional Training Category, New York Festivals, USA, 1992.
STEP BY STEP 1990
A short drama training video about a migrant school cleaner injured in an industrial accident, and her rehabilitation. For the NSW Film and TV Office.
Award of Merit, Australian Training Film and Video Awards.
BIG SHAME 1999
20 mins video
A story about Child sexual assault in an Aboriginal community. For the NSW Film and TV Office.
World Silver Medal, New York Festivals, 1999
Silver Screen Award, US International Film and Video Festival, 2020
Gold Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival, 2000
Gold Award, International TV Association USA, for Communication
Gold Award, International TV Association for Special Achievement in Dramatisation
WHO’S THE LOSER? 1999
20 mins video
A story about family violence in and Aboriginal community. For the NSW Film and TV Office.
THREE WAYS TO HOPE 2009
Set in Dili, East Timor, a dramatised video of the work of PRADET, the psychological support NGO in East Timor.
UN Sergio de Melo Award for Human Rights, 2009
