Filmmakers & Creators

  • Professor Juli Coffin

    Producer, Lead Talent, and Founder of Yawardani Jan-Ga, Professor Juli Coffin is a pioneering researcher and cultural leader dedicated to healing and empowerment through Indigenous-led horse therapy.

  • Sean O'Reilly

    Director and Producer, Sean O’Reilly is a documentary filmmaker driven to tell emotionally resonant stories that reconnect us to forgotten truths.

  • Sophy Crane

    Cinematographer and Producer, Sophy Crane captures poetic and intimate visuals that reveal the spiritual connection between people, animals, and place.

Executive Producers & Consultants

  • Hunter Page-Lochard

    Hunter Page-Lochard is an Australian actor, writer, and director of Aboriginal Australian and African-American descent. He is known for his roles in The Sapphires (2012), Around the Block (2013), and the TV series Cleverman (2016–2017). In 2024, he won the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role in The Newsreader. Page-Lochard is the CEO and co-founder of Djali House, a production company dedicated to amplifying Indigenous and POC voices through genre storytelling.

  • Huna Amweero

    Huna Amweero is a multi-award-winning Australian screenwriter and producer. She co-wrote the feature film Blaze (2022) with Del Kathryn Barton, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and earned the 2022 AWGIE Award for Best Original Feature Film Screenplay and the 2023 NSW Premier's Literary Award's Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting. Amweero also co-created and produced the TikTok series Krystal Klairvoyant, which garnered over 100,000 views and won Best International Short at SeriesFest 2023. She is a producer and writer at Djali House, a First Nations/Black-owned production company focused on culturally safe storytelling.

  • Mark Coles Smith

    Mark Coles Smith is an award-winning actor and filmmaker from the Kimberley region. Deeply connected to the land and its people, he brings local knowledge, creative leadership, and a passion for community-driven storytelling to the film.

  • Stephen Page

    Stephen Page is a visionary cultural leader and former Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre. With decades of experience telling powerful First Nations stories on stage and screen, he brings deep cultural authority and creative insight to this project.

  • Aunty Di Appleby

    Aunty Diane Appleby is a respected Yawuru Elder from Broome, WA. She is a cultural educator, and through programs like Yawardani Jan-ga and Yawuru cultural training, she shares traditional knowledge and supports the well-being of Aboriginal youth and community.