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Adrian Russell WIlls is a Wonnarua man originally from Bourke NSW who is committed to explore the outsider, the fringe dweller, the rebel. His point of distinction is that he explores stories that take an audience beyond what they would naturally seek out,
confronting and challenging them to go beyond their own experience. Adrian has explored the documentary form throughout his career; he directed OUR BUSH WEDDING; co-wrote and directed WHEN THE NATIVES GET RESTLESS; BOXING FOR PALM ISLAND and 88 looking at the Bicentennial celebrations of the British colonisation of Australia; his last documentary BLACK DIVAZ premiered at Queer Screen as part of the Sydney Mardi Gras 2018 Film Festival and screened on NITV – SBS. Adrian is a sort after writer/director of Drama, having worked on Blackfella Films’ drama series REDFERN NOW, with Endomol Shine on series 1 & upcoming series 2 of RFDS. Adrian’s other television directing credits include; RUSH; WONDERLAND; THE GODS OF WHEAT STREET; 8MMM; Emmy-nominated READY FOR THIS; WENTWORTH; THE WARRIORS. He is currently financing his original debut feature drama film and collaborating on several television projects.

Gillian Moody is a Wodi Wodi/Dharawal/Yuin woman who has worked in production roles at SBS Television and as an Investment and Development Manager in Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department before stepping into the freelance world and starting her production company Kalori Productions. Her documentary filmmaking includes Series Producer of the 6 x 30 min Documentary TV Series FAMILY RULES for NITV, collaborating with Director Adrian Russell Wills when she co-produced BLACK DIVAZ which premiered at the Sydney Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival receiving the Audience Award for Best Documentary, before screening on NITV and SBS. Gillian then stepped into the director shoes on a project for the NSW Teachers Federation NAA MURU GURUNG - 'to see a path for children' a documentary that tells the inspiring story of Aboriginal Teachers and the work of the union in Indigenous education. Gillian is currently the Senior Manager of Indigenous Connections at the Nations Film & Sound Archive.