We are an award-winning independent documentary production company based in Sydney. We make social impact documentaries in Australia and create comprehensive education and outreach campaigns around these films (OUR FILMS). We are also producing partners and investors in a portfolio of international documentaries (THE PORTFOLIO).

OUR FILMS

We aim to tell great stories, educate, entertain and create meaningful social change with our films — and we do this together with our coalition of philanthropic and community partners. Shark Island Productions also creates extensive curriculum resources for educators and the secondary school sector, together with strategic outreach and community engagement campaigns.

Watch selected films on vimeo:

vimeo ON DEMAND
Poster: Confessions of a War Photographer
THE VALLEY | COMING in 2026
THE POOL poster
THE TWINS | A Film of the award-winning Play
THE FINAL QUARTER
THE DEPARTMENT
LIFE AFTER THE OASIS
SUZY & THE SIMPLE MAN
PAUL KELLY — STORIES OF ME
THE OASIS
IN THE COMPANY OF ACTORS
ALONE ACROSS AUSTRALIA
WOODSTOCK FOR CAPITALISTS
THE COMEDIAN
Polly and Me
Poster
THE SOLDIER
STORIES FROM THE INSIDE

THE PORTFOLIO

Our portfolio of international documentaries, telling powerful stories that challenge and inspire. We produce these films in association with outstanding film teams who pursue these stories and their outreach programs with determination and grit. THE PORTFOLIO is an investment partnership with Impact Partners, New York.

REMAKE — In Production
UNTITLED ART WORLD PROJECT — In Production
Untitled Megan Rapinoe Project
THE RIVER
FOLKTALES
MOTHERS OF CHIBOK — In Association with Shark Island Productions
FLY
PAPER & GLUE
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD
ON THE RECORD
INVENTING TOMORROW
THE BLEEDING EDGE
2040
WASH MY SOUL IN THE RIVER’S FLOW
BILLY PRESTON: THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT
ALLEN v. FARROW
THE FOURTH ESTATE
UNREST
ATHLETE A
THE HUNTING GROUND
DEAR MR. BRODY
HELL AND BACK AGAIN