To The Nations is a Christian ministry that ships containers with medical and educational donations from the east coast of Australia to the continent of Africa. They are the featured charity in the Uncontained Love series.
We are proud to continue to help tell their stories and provide content for speaking engagements across Australia and the world.
In 2019 we took a trip to South Sudan along with their partner, Favour Africa and produced short stories about the work in South Sudan.
A team of experienced disaster response volunteers, powered by mateship and determination, ride bicycles across the Simpson Desert to raise money for Australian charity Global Care, while lockdowns threaten to derail their adventure.
In 2021, Global Care Australia celebrated its 25 years of service undertaking projects for disaster relief and community resilience, in over 94 locations across Australia. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Jude Kalman of Little Drum Pictures during the 2021 and 2022 COVID pandemic, travel restrictions limited the filming of Global Care initiatives to Queensland locations.
It is a story of resilience when the going gets tough; mates helping mates across the harsh landscape of the Simpson Desert and in communities throughout Australia.
Production.
Creative: Jude Kalman
Executive Producer / Director / Camera /Photographer / Editor: Jude Kalman
Camera Gold Coast: Kitale Wilson
Go Pro and Grip: Chris “Skip” Skehan
Production assistants: Olivia Josie, Elijah Burton & Georgia
1 x feature-length documentary 1 hour and 10mins
1 x 1 min trailer
Hero stills for promotional purposes
Impact.
Red Dust Challenge is currently touring Australia throughout the INC movement, holding localized fundraising and celebration events.
Australians living with chronic skin, hair and nail conditions like eczema, psoriasis, alopecia, acne and vitiligo understand only too well how enormously challenging these conditions can be, both physically and emotionally, changing the way they live their lives. Finding the best possible treatment and support can make a huge difference.
Production:
Creative: Client + Jude Kalman
Director / Camera / Photographer / Editor: Jude Kalman
Deliverables:
1 x 3 min feature story
3 x patient cutdowns
1 x 3 patients cutdown
25 hero stills with and without graphics
Impact:
The campaign was shared across Australia with medical professionals and the community leading up to and during World Health Skin Health Day 2021.
Andy and Zoe Cullen head up charity PTSD Resurrected Inc which is a charity that provides support for individuals and families suffering from trauma; restoring hope, healing and purpose to the veteran, first responder and wider community.
After running courses with American video content and receiving feedback that people didn’t identify with American testimonials, PTSD Resurrected Inc contacted our team. Seeking financial assistance, they were successful applicants of the City of Gold Coast Community Grant program 2021-2022 which partly funded this production.
A series of videos were produced that are used as an introduction to each of the twelve sessions during the Trauma Reboot course. Additional cutdowns were also made for marketing purposes.
Production.
Creative: Client + Jude Kalman
Camera / editor: Jude Kalman
Camera Assistant: Jake Lawlor
Intern: Bella Goldring
Deliverables:
7 x 2 min intro session videos
5 x 5 min “Our Story” intro videos
3 x cutdowns for social media and marketing
Impact.
These courses are open to veterans, first responders and anyone who is living with trauma.
“Do You See All of Me” is a short film telling the story of immigrant women from diverse backgrounds adjusting to Australian culture. These women have a voice; a strong, independent voice that echoes a pride in their heritage and an excitement for a future in their new home, Australia.
The film showcases Anglicare North Coast’s “3Es to Freedom” program, designed to empower, educate and help these women seek employment so they can make the most of their new life.
Production.
Creative: Client + Jude Kalman
Cinematographer / Director: Jude Kalman
Camera Assistant: Kirsty O’Donnell
Editor: Jude Kalman
Deliverables: 1 x 9 min
Impact.
Since it’s launch in April 2019, “Do You See All of Me” has been screened at Helensvale Culture Centre, Coffs Harbour Regional Musuem, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Southern Cross University (Gold Coast and Lismore campuses) and Queensland State Parliament.
You Belong provides support and belonging to refugees settling in Toowoomba, Australia.
Production.
Creative: Client + Jude Kalman
Camera / Editor: Jude Kalman
You Belong International story supplied footage from the client and Little Drum Pictures
Deliverables:
1 x 1 min Rahila’s story
1 x 5 min feature story You Belong
3 x Cutdowns You Belong
Impact.
You Belong is using these stories to advocate for better resources and programs to help refugees settle within Australia.
Their use of story-telling through video content and podcasts aims to inform and change perceptions promoting inclusion within local and global communities.
Lessons is currently touring film festivals internationally and can only be viewed publicly via festival screenings. In April/May 2022, it will be screened at our home festival, the Gold Coast Film Festival, as part of the Emerge film program, inspiring student filmmakers from around Queensland and Australia.
People.
In “Lessons”, award-winning cinematographer Jude Kalman partners with debut screenwriter Summer Brown whose script delivers a heartwrenching snapshot of her lived experience of domestic abuse through the eyes of children, learning lessons for life.
What are your kids learning?
Summer now heads up the Impact Film Challenge and is teaming up with schools across Australia, mentoring in the industry to help teenagers express the issues they face through film production and screenwriting.
Production:
Creative: Summer Brown
Director / DOP / Editor: Jude Kalman
Executive Producer: Brett McCallum & Media8
DOP: Jake Lawlor
Camera Assistant: Isaac Lawlor
Actor dad: Andy Sparnon
Actor mum: Illana Collins
Actor teenager: Skylah Burns
Actor teenager: Judson Gainfort
Actor child: Cruze King
Deliverable: 1 x 1min micro film
Impact.
Award Winner – Poe Film Festival 2021 (USA) – Best Documentary
Award Winner – Tokyo International Short Film Festival 2021 (Japan) – Best Female Director
Award Winner – Calcutta International Cult Film Festival 2021 (India) – Women’s Films
Award Winner – Toronto Independent Film Festival 2021 (Canada) – Short Short (Under 5 Mins)
Award Winner – Dili International Film Festival 2021 (Timor Leste) – Public Service Announcement
Award Winner – Hong Kong World Film Festival 2021 (Hong Kong) – Best Under 5 Minute Film
Award Winner – Independent Shorts Awards 2021 (USA) – Best Micro Film
Official Selection – LAMPA International Film Festival 2021 (Russia) – Social Advertising
Official Selection – City of Angels Women’s Film Festival 2021 (USA) – Short Shorts
Official Selection – Infinity Film Festival 2021 (UK) – Best Micro Short
Official Selection – Idlewild International Film Festival 2021 (USA) – Micro Short Narratives
Official Selection – YoFiFest, The Yonkers Film Festival 2021 (USA) – Short Shorts
Official Selection – Canberra Short Film Festival 2021 (Australia) – 2 Minute Film
Official Selection – Ridgway Independent Film Festival 2021 (USA) – Professional category
Official Selection – Norwalk Film Festival 2021 (USA) – Commercials
Official Selection – Festival Angaelica 2021 (USA) – Mini
Official Selection – Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival 2022 (USA) – Narrative Short
Official Selection – Kalakari Film Festival 2022 (India) – Short Fiction Special Awards
Official Selection – The French Duck Film Festival 2022 (France) – Best Micro Short Film
A pilot course is currently running where students are creating, filming and editing their own short films.
Meet Trishelle Sayuuni, a teacher from the Gold Coast Coast, Queensland who packed her bags and whole life to move to Uganda and start a school. Her charity is 100% Hope. Aussie Mum African Heart is a story about Trishelle and the children and families in Uganda impacted by her vision.
Production:
Creative: Carrie-Anne Greenbank
Director / Producer: Carrie-Anne Greenbank
Director / Camera / Editor: Jude Kalman
Deliverable: 1 x 30 min documentary
Impact:
Aussie Mum African Heart featured on Channel 9 over the Easter weekend in 2017 with an overwhelming response. Starting with a news story on Friday 6pm news, Saturday morning’s Today show followed. The documentary aired in it’s entirety on Channel 9 nationally on Saturday afternoon. Due to the positive response, it was aired again on Easter Sunday on 9Gem and then again in May 2018, all nationwide.
The success was not just the broadcast. Viewers responded with great interest and the sponsorship of children increased along with financial support for the programs that 100% Hope offer. You still can contribute to this important charitable project, so for more information visit www.100-hope.org
For over a decade now, a family from the Gold Coast have quietly driven an initiative that delivers shipping containers filled with educational supplies, medical equipment and other household goods to communities in need throughout Africa.
PRODUCTION:
Creative: Jude Kalman
Producer: Carrie-Anne Greenbank
Producer / Director / Cinematographer /Photographer / Editor: Jude Kalman
“Uncontained Love” is a series of three short documentaries about this initiative, produced and directed by the award-winning Queensland cinematographer Jude Kalman.
It tells stories of the transformation that occurs in these African communities when the containers are delivered, and the work of partnering organisations who, in the face of great need, respond in love. Already, the group have delivered much needed supplies and services to Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia.
Kalman’s latest release “Uncontained Love: Love > Fear” explores the human struggle between love and fear, following a recent project in one of Nigeria’s major cities, Jos, where threats of persecution from terrorists Boko Haram and other rebel groups is a daily reality. Filming on location, Kalman interviews families and children displaced by crisis and explores the motivation behind those mobilised to help.
“Uncontained Love: Love > Fear” seeks to stimulate conversation about refugees and how we might respond to the needs of those most profoundly impacted by crisis in Africa.
IMPACT:
Awards:
“Uncontained Love: Love > Fear” – Winner – 2018 CMAA Award for Compelling Film / TV / Video Content.
“Uncontained Love: Love > Fear” – Award for Excellence – Docs Without Borders Festival 2018
Uncontained Love: Love > Fear – Winner – People’s Choice at YoFiFest 2020 (New York).
Meet Judes Yang, she is a social entrepreneur whose yoga mats give back. She is the first in the world to achieve BCorp status for her Sahaja Yoga Mats.
Her collaboration with Marine Megafauna Foundation sees her profits go toward marine education and swimming lessons for kids in Tofo, Mozambique.
Production.
Creative: Judes Yang + Jude Kalman
Director / Camera / Drone / Photography / Editor: Jude Kalman
Deliverables:
1 x 13 min short documentary
5 x cutdowns for social media / marketing purposes
