BLACKBIRD (13 mins, PG) is now available to watch online for free in Australia via the SBS OnDemand platform until 2024. Stream on your computer or phone: CLICK HERE BLACKBIRD screened at the New Zealand International Film Festival; imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, Toronto 2016; the Pasifika Film Festival, Sydney 2016, where it picked up …
CEEBS web series was selected as one of twelve projects Australia wide to participate in the Screen Australia/ SBS Digital Originals initiative 2021. Twelve teams took part in development workshops in early May and from this group up to four projects will be chosen for further development. CEEBS is created by writer/performers Betiel Beyin and …
CEEBS Webseries Selected for Screen Australia / SBS Digital Originals Initiative Workshops 2021
I’m pleased to be producing the Lil CEEBS comedy project, along with writer/producer Nikki Tran, in supporting the vision of Betiel Beyin and Leigh Lule who are two wonderfully talented and funny Afro-Australian creatives from Melbourne’s West. This Instagram mini-series is the prequel to the CEEBS web series that was selected as one of twelve …
‘Lil CEEBS’ IGTV Comedy Mini-Series By Talented Melbourne Creatives
I spent the last few months of 2020 participating in the Australian Screen Forum New York – Women in Screen Workshop. It was an honour to be selected as one of eight women from Australia and the USA to be a part of mentoring, conversations, exploring the business and legal side of film guided by …
Women in Screen Workshops with Australian International Screen Forum New York
THALU is a kids TV series set up in the Pilbara, Western Australia. I was invited to direct two episodes of THALU: “The Aunty Who Talks Too Much” (written by Nayuka Gorrie) & “The Others” (written by Donald Imberlong). UPDATE: View THALU (Ep. 7&8) on ABC iView: here The story follows “a group of Indigenous children, …
BLACKBIRD is an award-winning short narrative film inspired by the history of Australia’s sugar slaves, written and directed by Australian-Solomon Islander filmmaker Amie Batalibasi. To watch BLACKBIRD via online streaming (for private viewing) or DVD (for educational use, community screenings & a variety of uses) read below. We invite you to share viewing links with …
It was a joy directing my first episode of television on a show that is kicking goals on and off screen. Watch Season 3 of Mustangs FC on ABC TV + iview now (Episode #5 “Roll With It” written by Magda Wozniak, directed by Amie Batalibasi). Matchbox Pictures’ Mustangs FC is a gem in this industry and I’m …
I was honoured to be invited by Weerianna Street Media to direct two episodes of THALU for ABC/ NITV. The story follows a mob of young Indigenous kids on a mission to get to the Thalu in order to save their country from a dangerous dust cloud. The show will air in 2020. This production was …
Directing on THALU TV Series for ABC/ NITV in Western Australia
ADG Press Release — Director Amie Batalibasi has just wrapped her shadow directing placement on Season 3 of Matchbox Pictures‘ Mustangs FC for ABC-TV – working with director Roger Hodgman, as part of the hugely successful Australian Directors’ Guild’s Shadow Directing program, which first commenced in 2016. Amie’s previous directing credits include the short films, Blackbird, Ka Puta Ko Au and Docked, and the drama/comedy webseries, Fresh!. …
That’s A Wrap for Directing an Episode of Matchbox Pictures’ Mustangs FC
BLACKBIRD (13 mins, PG) is now available to screen online for free for those in Australia, via the SBS OnDemand platform. Watch on your computer or phone HERE (UPDATE: available until June 2024) BLACKBIRD (13mins, PG) tells the story of Solomon Islander siblings, Rosa & Kiko, who were kidnapped from their island home to work on …
We’re delighted to announce that ABC International has acquired broadcast rights for BLACKBIRD to screen throughout the Asia Pacific region, free to air via their ABC international platform. This is particularly exciting because it means that those throughout the Asia Pacific region in over 40 countries, will have the opportunity to access to our short film. …
BLACKBIRD to Broadcast in Asia Pacific Region via ABC Australia 2020
It was such a joy to bring BLACKBIRD to the Berlinale – a career highlight in fact. This year the Berlinale NATIVe programme focused on films from Pasifika. I thank the Berlinale for highlighting the Pacific Island region and for valuing our stories. Meeting the other filmmakers, participating in the panels, sharing stories – having a …