We are storytellers and strategic thinkers
We create communities of change
We acknowledge the First Nations peoples
We care about the planet
We value and embrace the arts
Social justice is at the heart of what we do
Documentary is our thing
This is Shark Island Institute

The Sessions

Good Pitch Australia

Shark Island Productions

An award-winning independent documentary production company based in Sydney, Australia.
We make social impact documentaries to engage audiences, shift thinking and inspire action
around social justice, the arts and the environment.

ENTERTAIN. EDUCATE. MAKE AN IMPACT.

OUR FILMS

The Portfolio

A portfolio of international documentaries telling the urgent stories of our time. We work strategically with outstanding film teams who pursue these stories and their outreach programs with determination and grit. We choose films that can act as a disruptor, and help develop their Australian impact campaigns.

Telling the important stories of our time.

View The Portfolio

The Labs

Through a series of residential workshops, international mentorship
and collaborative learning, we support the development of five
Australian social impact documentaries each year over a 12-month period.

SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN DOCUMENTARY.

About The Labs

The Sessions

A forum of documentary screenings, in conversations and intimate round table discussions – exploring and discussing the most pressing issues of our time.

GREAT MINDS. DEEP CONVERSATIONS. BIG TOPICS.

About The Sessions

Good Pitch Australia

We continue our support for 19 outstanding Good Pitch Australia documentaries and impact campaigns, with the ambition to shift the national conversation on key issues. We build powerful coalitions of supporters around each film, provide strategic guidance and create impact campaigns to shift consciousness, change behaviour and influence policy.

POWERFUL COALITIONS. GROUND BREAKING FILMS.

ABOUT GOOD PITCH

Team

We are a small and dedicated team of documentary filmmakers,
storytellers, changemakers, strategic thinkers, creatives and community builders.
We aim to tell great stories and create important social change,
and we do this together with a coalition of our philanthropic partners.

THE SHARKIES

MEET THE TEAM

Our Place

We believe in the importance of PLACE. Our two work places are
at the heart of what we do. They are spaces where we create,
inspire, discuss, develop, step into the uncomfortable conversations,
host screenings, nurture, nourish and share great food with our friends.

Build it and they will come

Dorhauer Lane

Kangaroo Valley

Contact

Call Us

+61 2 9058 3111

Address

Shark Island Institute
One Dorhauer Lane
Woollahra NSW 2025
AUSTRALIA

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