Chemical Media

29/02/2024

It’s out in the world! Thanks to Screen Australia for supporting the development of Chemical Media’s first foray into long form scripted television with the frankly fantastic DIE AND LET LIVE. There’s such a great buzz coalescing around this project, we look forward to delivering on its promise!
https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-support/television/funding-approvals/2023-2024-television-development-approvals

04/10/2021

Chemical Media are proud to announce our latest production 'Our African Roots' will premiere on SBS at 8.30pm Sunday 17th October. This extraordinary film was made in partnership with producer and host Santilla Chingaipe. It's a remarkable shake up of how we tell our colonial history, a fuller, more inclusive account of our nation's modern journey. Thanks to the incredible cast and crew who made this ambitious film a reality.

26/09/2018

We're proud to announce that YOU SEE MONSTERS has been long listed for the 2018 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. Congratulations to the whole team!

18/06/2018

Australia's Forgotten Islands. Now streaming - SBS On Demand

31/05/2018

If you missed AUSTRALIA'S FORGOTTEN ISLANDS last night you can now stream the film at SBS On Demand...
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1235286083719

A documentary chronicling the Cocos Keeling Islands - where Muslims outnumber Christians by more than five to one, and the Southern Star and the Islamic crescent moon sit side by side on the islands’ flag. As Australian strategists eye up the value of the Cocos as a military outpost, the locals ar...

30/05/2018

Just another day on another Australian street.
AUSTRALIA'S FORGOTTEN ISLANDS broadcasts tonight on SBS at 8.30pm

28/05/2018

AUSTRALIA’S FORGOTTEN ISLANDS. Wednesday night at 8.30pm on SBS.
Directed by Ben Pederick and Produced by Tony Jackson, it tells the extraordinary story of the Cocos Keeling Islands, a little known Australian territory inhabited by two very different communities.

15/05/2018

TONIGHT!!!!! BRISBANE. SYDNEY. ADELAIDE. PERTH. MELBOURNE.
YOU SEE MONSTERS is screening across the nation TONIGHT for the "International Day of Living Together in Peace". Showing in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth at Event Cinemas (eventcinemas.com.au), and Melbourne at the Jam Factory (villagecinemas.com.au). Part of 'Docsocial', a series of social impact films that inspire change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zVErS5pxcg

This brand new Artsville documentary explores the work of a new generation of Australian Muslim artists who are asserting their own agency and fighting anti-...

14/05/2018

BRISBANE. SYDNEY. ADELAIDE. PERTH. MELBOURNE.
YOU SEE MONSTERS is screening across the nation tomorrow for the "International Day of Living Together in Peace". Showing in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth at Event Cinemas (eventcinemas.com.au), and Melbourne at the Jam Factory (villagecinemas.com.au). Part of 'Docsocial', a series of social impact films that inspire change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zVErS5pxcg

This brand new Artsville documentary explores the work of a new generation of Australian Muslim artists who are asserting their own agency and fighting anti-...

07/05/2018

Coming soon on SBS... ‘Australia’s Forgotten Islands’, part of the ‘Untold Australia’ series.
The extraordinary story of the Cocos Keeling Islands, a little known Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. The film chronicles a pivotal time for the locals as they fight for a voice in determining the future of their homeland. Screens on Wednesday 30th May at 8.30pm. Watch the trailer here…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-JJQd8LlsI&index=3&list=PLd0sYhqUtnFTDzDcDiX5UBB8hkw_HpwIO

Australia’s Forgotten Islands is a documentary chronicling a little-known part of Australia – the Cocos Keeling Islands – where Muslims outnumber Christians ...

06/05/2018

Thanks to everyone who came along to the YOU SEE MONSTERS at ACMI last night!
If you missed it the film is screening across the nation on the 16th MAY for the "International Day of Living Together in Peace". Showing in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth at Event Cinemas (eventcinemas.com.au), and Melbourne at the Jam Factory (villagecinemas.com.au). Part of 'Docsocial', a series of social impact films that inspire change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zVErS5pxcg

This brand new Artsville documentary explores the work of a new generation of Australian Muslim artists who are asserting their own agency and fighting anti-...

19/04/2018

Newsflash: The trailer has just been released for our upcoming film ‘Australia’s Forgotten Islands’, part of the SBS ‘Untold Australia’ series.
Directed by Ben Pederick and produced by Tony Jackson the film tells the extraordinary story of the Cocos Keeling Islands, a little known Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. It chronicles a pivotal time for the locals as they fight for a voice in determining the future of their homeland. Watch the trailer here…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-JJQd8LlsI&index=3&list=PLd0sYhqUtnFTDzDcDiX5UBB8hkw_HpwIO

Australia’s Forgotten Islands is a documentary chronicling a little-known part of Australia – the Cocos Keeling Islands – where Muslims outnumber Christians ...

05/04/2018

We’re honoured that YOU SEE MONSTERS has been selected for the 2018 Human Rights Arts & Film Festival Program, screening in Melbourne at ACMI on the 6th May. After the screening director Tony Jackson will be taking part in a Q&A with the fabulous Abdul Abdullah and Nur Shkembi. Book tickets here… https://2018.hraff.org.au/events/youseemonsters/
Full schedule here… https://bit.ly/2pYmq7R

14/03/2018

YOU SEE MONSTERS at the cinema! Screening across the nation on 16th May in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth at Event Cinemas (eventcinemas.com.au), and in Melbourne at the Jam Factory (villagecinemas.com.au). Part of 'Docsocial', a series of social impact films that inspire change.

06/02/2018

Promo for this year's 'Australian International Documentary Conference' featuring Chemical Media's Tony Jackson...

https://vimeo.com/254405543

Australian documentary filmmakers talk about what makes their work, and the work of their peers, necessary and important.