Sharing Culture
"The earth is our mother, she feeds us and nurtures us, and if we don't take care of her, she wont take care of us". Quenten Agius, Aboriginal storyteller, sharing culture, stories and images of his country (Ngadjuri Land, South Australia).
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Kim Mavromatis and Quenten AgiusDirectorKing's Seal, Sacred Ground, Bobby Brown Homelands
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Kim Mavromatis and Quenten AgiusWriterKing's Seal, Sacred Ground, Bobby Brown Homelands
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Kim Mavromatis and Quenten AgiusProducerKing's Seal, Sacred Ground, Bobby Brown Homelands
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Quenten Agius, Chris Angrove, Rhashawn Yindala Agius.Key CastKing's Seal, Sacred Ground, Bobby Brown Homelands
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Genres:Aboriginal Culture, Environment, Tourism
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Runtime:3 minutes 45 seconds
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Completion Date:December 1, 2015
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Production Budget:7,500 USD
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Country of Origin:Australia
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Country of Filming:Australia
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital 4k
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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2016 Footprints Eco Film FestivalSydney
Australia
September 4, 2016
Best film (3rd prize) -
2016 Italy Drone Film FestivalNaples
Italy
July 15, 2016
Official Selection -
2016 London Drone Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
May 23, 2016
Official Selection -
2016 Tassie Eco Film Festival (TEFF)Hobart
Australia
November 17, 2016
Official Selection -
2015 Australian Video Producers National AwardsMelbourne
Best documentary U$10k
Quenten Agius (pictured) and Kim Mavromatis
Co-Directors / Co-Producers
We have been working together for over 14 years on a number of Aboriginal films, art, tourism, heritage and other projects. Between us, we have won 88 global, international, national and state awards.
Our previous 2 major documentaries, Sacred Ground (2007 ABC / 2010 NITV) and King’s Seal (2014 NITV), Aboriginal stories funded by Screen Australia and South Australian Film Corp, took 11 years to produce and have won many global, international and national awards.
Sharing Culture is one of the first films we've produced with a drone.
"For 100,000 years the old people have handed down creation stories, with creation stories come connection to country, and out of the stories come song, with song comes ceremony that we are handing down to our next generation. Our stories are written in the land - me and the animal got lore - me and the plant got lore - me and the insect got lore - to look after one another"....Quenten Agius