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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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Collaborations, Projects & Adventures
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.
Strength in Community
In October 2023, I was fortunate to be able to travel to the lands of the Yuwibara people, Mackay, Queensland for the Brown Sugar Festival. The event marked “the 160th anniversary since the first South Sea Islander people were brought to Queensland to work in the sugar and cotton industries.” I had the honour of …
COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
In late 2022 and again in June 2023, I was grateful to be able to facilitate a smartphone storytelling workshop with about 18 participants who came out on a Sunday afternoon to learn how to get the best out of their phones when shooting and editing videos. This was organised through Wyndham City’s Digital Art …
CEEBS WEB Series receives Development funding
Earlier in 2023, the CEEBS web series team were successful in securing development funding from Screen Australia. I am producing with Nikki Tran and we’re collaborating with writer/ creators Betiel Beyin and Leigh Lule. CEEBS is a 15-part TikTok mockumentary about recent high-school graduates, Zion and Ruby who join forces to run for Youth President at their …