Fringe Dweller Films

We’re thrilled to be apart of the 2025 cohort with our next feature doc!

Screen Australia is thrilled to announce the five successful creative teams who will take part in the 2025 Audience Design Initiative! 🎉 Mentored by Síle Culley, the initiative offers the opportunity to gain an increased understanding of audiences in today's globally competitive industry marketplace.

The Audience Design Initiative participants are:
▪ Brooke Silcox, Olivia Martin-McGuire and Rebecca Barry (No Thing Productions and Media Stockade)
▪ Kate Riedl and Courtney Botfield (Denim Pictures)
▪ Lisa Albert and Vincent Lamberti (Fringe Dweller Films)
▪ Lydia Rui and Kate Laurie
▪ Darlene Johnson

🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/469tFzj

For our friends in New Zealand - KillJoy premieres tonight (with additional screenings to follow) on Rialto Channel. Grateful to our wonderful partners at Bonsai Films for their continued support.

While we do our utmost to ensure Kathryn’s pronouns are communicated clearly, there are occasional oversights. We appreciate your understanding and continued efforts in respecting their story and identity.

Kill Joy Kathryn Joy was just three months old when her father murdered her mother. After serving just 22 months, he returns to raise her in the same house he murdered her mother in.

The Richmond Tweed Regional Library supported KillJoy during production and its
wonderful to see the community of Lismore embrace Kathryn’s journey through a screening on Dec 5th - booking link below 🎬

Join us for a free screening of , a powerful that follows Kathryn Joy’s journey to uncover the buried story of their mother’s tragic death at the hands of their father. Spanning over four decades, KillJoy offers an intimate look at Kathryn’s search for truth, justice, and healing, from their childhood in Lismore to adulthood. This gripping film blends , , and an exploration of . Don’t miss this thought-provoking documentary that sheds light on a local story with universal impact.

Content warning: Please be advised that this documentary contains strong themes relating to domestic violence and su***de.

KillJoy will be screened on Thursday 5 December, 6:00pm at the Goonellabah Library.

To make a booking, use the QR code on the image, speak to us on the phone or in person at your local branch or go to the following link: https://rtrl.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/EVSESENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=19813065

Fringe Dweller Films Shark Island Institute Stan. Australian Childhood Foundation VicScreen Screen Australia

Streaming on Stan from today - September 8

Kathryn Joy was raised by the man who killed their mother. Now they want answers Kathryn Joy was a baby when their father shot their mother in the family home. Now they are trying to piece together who Carolyn Stuckey was – and why the system let them down

Fiona Richardson Award for Gender Equity!

An exceptional example of how media projects led by lived experience and community collaborations can be empowering, nuanced and impactful.

It was a privilege to work alongside Dallas Neighbourhood House, Northern Community Legal Centre and the women who invested their time and wisdom to make this project happen.

Congratulations to all !

*Link to video below

We were thrilled to receive the “Fiona Richardson Gender Equity Award” at today’s NHVic Awards for our Family Violence Peer Education Project. Special thanks to our Peer Educators, partner Northern Community Legal Centre and film makers Fringe Dweller Films. It was a fabulous team effort. Just in case you haven’t seen the video please take 2½ minutes out of your day to view it now – https://vimeo.com/685304715

We are proud to share the efforts of a 10 month collaboration with 12 women within the City of Hume, who are passionate in raising awareness and the desire to empower women in family violence situations to seek help.

This is an issue close to home for many including some who have recently migrated to Australia.

This is their message.

A collaboration between Dallas Neighbourhood House, Northern Legal Centre and Fringe Dweller Films.

Take the first step Take the First Step is the culmination of a 10 month Family Violence Peer Education project delivered by Dallas Neighbourhood House in partnership with Northern…

New Perspectives Pitch Lab participants unveiled - IF Magazine The projects and participants for the second New Perspectives Pitch Lab have been unveiled, with sessions for the training initiative to commence this week.

With the help of a Local History Grant, a series of short films about Aboriginal Elders’ experiences growing up on the Lake Tyers Mission and in improvised bush camps in the 1960s and 70s is being produced as a resource for future generations. Learn about the project here: https://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-blog/oral-histories-lake-tyers-and-surrounds

The Local History Grants Program is now open for applications for the 2021 round of funding here: https://prov.vic.gov.au/community/grants-and-awards/local-history-grants-program