Featured Projects


  • Out of the Closets, Into the Streets

    In 1970s Melbourne a group of students made a stand for gay pride at a time when homosexuality was criminalised and discrimination and abuse was widespread.

  • Exile: Songs & Tales of Irish Australia

    This live musical celebration of the Irish in Australia featured documentary visuals and special effects by Wind & Sky Productions. Photo by Benjamin Knight.

  • Online Farm Trials

    Online Farm Trials is a collaborative project putting research knowledge online and linking it to national data, opening up new possibilities for smarter farming and better research.

  • Memories of War – The Last Goodbye

    In 1914 Australia went to war. Thousands of young recruits passed through Ballarat on their way to the front, to prepare for battle and to say a last goodbye.

  • Seeing the Land from an Aboriginal Canoe

    On the rivers of remote Victoria, 19th century European settlers depended on Aboriginal navigators and canoe builders to transport goods, stock and people.

  • Natural Resource Management Planning Portal

    The Landcare Groups in the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority region are trialling a planning model which could revolutionise how communities work together.

  • The Savoy Ladies Group

    This short documentary follows Rosa, President of the Savoy Ladies Group, as she tells the story of Italians in the North-East, tobacco farming, women, family and friendship.

  • Val D’Angri – M.A.D.E Digital Stories

    Retired sewing teacher Val D’Angri recalls the 1973 restoration of the Eureka Flag and speculates on what life was like for the women who originally crafted it.

  • Bull Allen

    In Memory of Bull Allen

    This short film tells the little-known story of Leslie ‘Bull’ Allen, brought up in hardship in Ballarat in regional Victoria, to become a courageous, complex war hero.

  • Reflections of Flood Recovery

    In 2010 the rural towns of Clunes and Creswick were inundated by powerful floods, three times. This short film tells a moving story of individual resilience in the wake of disaster.

About

Wind & Sky Productions is an independent film production company specialising in short documentaries. Working mainly in digital video, we produce compelling stories for smaller screens.

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Projects

We favour projects that engender social responsibility and promote positive change. We take great care over every story, large or small.


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What's New

Ballarat Writers Festival: Queer Wars, an Interview with Dennis Altman

Lucinda Horrocks interviews the Australian academic and novelist Dennis Altman AM, one of the world’s most influential writers on sexuality and politics.

Ballarat Writers Festival: Writing with Pictures: Wind & Sky Documentaries

In this entertaining hour long interview with Mary DeBrett, producer Lucinda Horrocks will talk about where the writing fits in to documentary storytelling.

‘Out of the Closets’ screenings in October

October is LGBT History Month. To celebrate there are some screenings of ‘Out of the Closets, Into the Streets’.

Heroes of Flood and Fire – Rethinking the Australian Legend

On Sunday 16th July join us for a panel discussion about the remarkable stories of Aboriginal heroes of bushfires and floods in the 19th century.

 
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