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Amie Batalibasi is an Australian-Solomon Islander writer, director, producer and founder of creative arts platform Colour Box Studio. Amie’s creative practice aims to bring diverse stories to light by collaborating with people and communities at a grassroots level, to unearth stories that have the possibility to spark empowerment and create change.
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CEEBS Web Series funded for production
WE GOT FUNDED!!! CEEBS is officially coming to your screens after working on this project for several years!!!!! We’re right in the middle of making this web series and can’t wait to share it with you. Find the Screen Australia funding announcement here: CLICK HERE Stay tuned and follow CEEBS here: INSTAGRAM | TIKTOK CEEBS: …
Podcast release: creative conversations with colour box studio
It’s been a labour of love producing this podcast and it’s finally here for all to enjoy. The Creative Conversations with Colour Box Studio podcast provides a behind the scenes look at the creative journeys of leading artists and cultural practitioners, delivering an insightful and connective listening experience. Hosted by Māori visual artist and podcaster, Maria Birch-Morunga, …
Podcast release: creative conversations with colour box studio
short Film released online
Many years ago on my way through LA to a film festival, I shot a short film with some talented and inspiring creatives in the City of Angels. Over the course of one day we shot and improvised a film in my Koreatown AirBnb. It was such a beautiful collaborative process. Creative play and experimentation …
Native lens film festival filmmaker lab 2024
The Native Lens Film Festival Filmmaker Lab 2024 was most definitely a career highlight. The Native Lens Film Festival (NLFF) is the Solomon Islands’ very own film festival providing a platform for indigenous Pacific stories and raising Solomon Islands voices. In 2024, the first iteration of the NLFF Filmmaker Lab took place in Honiara for three …
It’s happening: The NLFF Filmmaker Lab 2024
In late October 2024, I will travel to the Solomon Islands to facilitate the first-ever Native Lens Film Festival Filmmaker Lab. This is particularly special because I get to go back to my island home to support new and emerging filmmakers to tell their stories. I am collaborating with two truly phenomenal women, twin sisters …
Blackbird Streams FREE on SBS OnDemand Until 2027
I’m pleased to share that NITV has renewed the broadcast licensing for the film for the next 3 years. This means that BLACKBIRD is available to screen online for free in Australia until 2027. View the film on SBS OnDemand here. If you’re outside of Australia, click through here. More information about BLACKBIRD film project here.