We’re teaming up with Connecting Up Australia and delivering some workshops to assist not-for-profits to gain skills to make their own digital video works!

The Sydney edition is coming up on June 6, make sure you book now!!

http://www.connectingup.org/event/digital-storytelling-workshop-beginner

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WARNING: All videos linked to in this post are full of LOLs.

The Zyzz of Cooking is a comedy cooking show made by Khaled Mariam from Western Sydney. CuriousWorks has worked with Khaled on several projects over the last few years, so its fantastic to see him making his own hilarious films and posting them! Check out the video on Youtube! and subscribe! Looking forward to more!!

Khaled was previously part of the reFILL project which ran at Miller Technology High and CuriousWorks facilitated from 2008-2009. You can see Khaled’s work in short film Attack of the Bullies or featured in the reFILL Sketch Comedy Videos . In 2010 he also played the main role in a short film for the Digitalogic program, Art Class Anti-Stimulus .

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“Its in our blood. I live it, all I do is music.” – Marco

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A simple backyard party with family and friends quickly becomes a heart-warming site of cultural resilience.

Join Marco for a song and a story about upheaval, struggle and an unwavering passion for music that has kept his family and culture strong.

Take the full journey and meet Marco director Guido Gonzalez on the CuriousWorks website.

Marco
Release: March 2012
Location: Fairfield, Western Sydney

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Director, Producer, Editor & Director of Photography: Guido Gonzalez
Sound: Saif Jari

The Stories Project
Creative Director: Shakthidharan
Producer: Eleanor Winkler
Mentors: Elias Nohra & Platon Theodoris

The Stories Project is presented by CuriousWorks .

“We are Martu. We got everything we need out here.”

Catch a slice of Martu life in these 2 minute videos.

Punmu Life – Where We Come From

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Punmu Life – The Country I Paint

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Punmu Life – Everything We Need Out Here

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Punmu Life
Release: December 2011
Location: Punmu, Pilbara, Western Australia

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Directors: Curtis Taylor, Anthony Gibbs, Owen John, Carol Macdonald
Producer: Dave Wells
Directors Photography: Curtis Taylor, Anthony Gibbs, Owen John, Carol Macdonald
Editors: Curtis Taylor, Anthony Gibbs, Owen John

The Stories Project
Creative Director: Shakthidharan
Producer: Eleanor Winkler
Mentors: Elias Nohra & Platon Theodoris

The Stories Project is presented by CuriousWorks .

Content by the Desert Stories crew is produced in partnership between CuriousWorks and Martu Media, a division of Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa.

Music
‘Marathon Man’ by Jason Shaw
Under Creative Commons License
freemusicarchive.org

“We tell the stories of how our country is important, so our young people can look after it.”

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Jukurrpa Ninti — Knowledge of Culture was filmed during a return-to-country trip across Lake Dora in Martu country in the Pilbara region of WA.

Jukurrpa Ninti
Release: December 2011
Location: Lake Dora, Rudall River National Park, Western Australia

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Directors: Curtis Taylor, Anthony Gibbs, Owen John, Carol Macdonald
Producer: Dave Wells
Directors Photography: Curtis Taylor, Anthony Gibbs, Owen John, Carol Macdonald
Editors: Curtis Taylor, Anthony Gibbs, Owen John

The Stories Project
Creative Director: Shakthidharan
Producer: Eleanor Winkler
Mentors: Elias Nohra & Platon Theodoris

The Stories Project is presented by CuriousWorks .

Content by the Desert Stories crew is produced in partnership between CuriousWorks and Martu Media, a division of Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa.

Music Credits
Song — The Sacred And Her Journey Home
Artist — Mirko Uhlig
Album — The Rabbits Logbook