Power to Country at Sydney Film Festival

Power to Country premiered in Your Planet: Climate & Environment Shorts at Sydney Film Festival, on Thursday 8 June 2023.

Shortlisted for the Sustainable Future Award, the jury highly commended Power to Country: “The short film Power to Country, directed by Josef Jakamarra Egger, was a beautifully shot, gently crafted and simply told film that left us all understanding the problem and the heartache that goes with it.”

Congratulations to everyone involved in bringing Power to Country to life:

Storytellers: Shirley Simon, Lynette Simon and Family

Director: Josef Jakamarra Egger

Producer: Andrea Distefano

Supervising Director: Genevieve Grieves

Field Producer: Libby Collins

1st Assistant Director: Conrad Rory

Co-Producer: Maya Ghattas

Executive Producer: Kelrick Martin

Consulting Producer: Kieran Satour

Cinematographer: Ryan Andrew Lee

Sound Designer: Lachlan Harris

Editor: Josh Burns

Sound Recordist: Francis Diatschenko

Supervising Post Producer: Ramona Telecican

Production Assistant: Anita Archer

Supervising Editor: Rah Dakota

Legals: Deborah Doctor

Special thanks to Yanyuwa and Garrwa People, Shirley Simon, Lynette Simon and family, Gadrian Hoosan, The Original Power team including Conrad Rory, Lauren Mellor, Dan Brookes and Scotty McDinny, Shaun Evans and the Li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Ranger Unit, Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Indigenous Corporation, Malandari store and Redimart store, Borroloola and the GARUWA team. 

Filmed on the traditional country of the Yanyuwa, Marra, Garrwa, Gudanji and Binbingka people of the Borroloola Community and Mumathamburru (West Island), North-East Northern Territory.

Power to Country was supported by ABC, Screen Territory, Doc Society and Shark Island Foundation