Molasses Pictures

13/12/2022

Our short 'I talk to the moon' is screening on Sunday December 18 at the Immigration Museum as part of their 'Yearbook' event! Yearbook is a one day festival celebrating the best releases in music, literature and film in 2022 from Melbourne. Go along and check it out if you're around!

07/12/2022

The funniest Mother/daughter duo! How beautiful are Marija and Kata from The Bridge Inc ?

We’ve just celebrated International Day of People with Disability. We’re lucky to work with so many wonderful and diverse humans! Thanks team!

02/12/2022

Another 2022 highlight has got to be working with this icon of theatre himself - Bryan Nason! So excited for ‘Not To Be’ to be seen by even more people in the new year! The film took out an Australian Cinematography Award this year - thanks to Caleb Ware!

02/12/2022

What a busy year! We thought we’d share some of our highlights. Like taking over an entire empty hospital wing with this dream team to bring ‘I Am Daniel’ to life! Thanks so much legends!

05/08/2022

We love getting to work with The Bridge Inc ! So many amazing people with incredible stories to share!

03/08/2022

It’s been a busy time for us here at Molasses! You may have noticed we’ve had an exciting rebrand, no longer We Are Yarn we are now Molasses Pictures. We can’t wait to show you some of the exciting new things we’ve been working on!

28/07/2022

Ahh there’s too many awesome peeps to tag in this dream team project! Get down and see this live, finally. ’Speak of Country’, a VR experience we made in collab with Yuin Nation Storytellers is going to be exhibiting in a proper headset at Melbourne International Film Festival! Catch it at ACMI from 10-16th August or via the online platform. Fly in a Kombi van, interact and pick up things, listen to amazing stories about burning, creation, dance, bunan rings from Sharon Mason, Noel Webster, Vic Channell, Vikki Parsley, Warren Foster, Dan Morgan and many more. Pictured: Vikki Parsley in possum skin, djaadjawaan dancers & Gulaga dancers. Pic by Rhett Wyman

https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/melbourne-international-film-festival-miff-2022/speak-country-miff-70/

19/05/2022

26/04/2022

Boy was this shoot hot!! Behind the scenes in rural Queensland! Big thanks to all the wonderful crew who brought this film to life!

20/04/2022

Take us back to South Australia’s wine country! Loved this shoot for Vinomofo!

13/04/2022

Another fave moment from The Bridge Inc - drama class!

05/04/2022

Queensland’s legendary Bryan Nason at work in ‘Not To Be’ - coming soon!

23/02/2022

We loved working with Emily Wurramara on her ‘Black Smoke’ music video! Over 100,000 plays which is awesome for Emily ❤️

11/02/2022

Our virtual reality experience ‘Speak of Country / Yuin Djama Dhugan’ is on at Cinequest in April! Check out this sneak peek of what’s in store for festival goers…

Thanks to everyone who helped bring this piece to life!

Yuin Nation Storytellers: Christine Blakeney, Vic Channell, Colleen Dixon, Warren Foster, Bimi Freeman, Nyarru Freeman, Sharon Mason, Dan Morgan, Ellen Mundy, Vikki Parsley, Ado Webster, Noel Webster
Director: Katrina Channells
Executive Producer: Bridget O'Shea
Lead Producers: Noel Webster & Dan Morgan
Producers: Bridget O'Shea & Katrina Channells
Narrative Designer & Lead Developer: Michael Beets
VR Specialist & Cinematographer: Michael Beets
Developer: Brad Hammond
Editors: Katrina Channells & Michael Beets
3D Animator: Megan Quan
Producer (Bega Region): Jemma Douglas
Assistant Director (Nowra Region): Noni Eather
Photography: Rhett Wyman
Production Assistant: Thomas Wilson-White & Bree Wild
Aerials by XM2: Daniel Thomas & Daniel Guzzardi
Location Sound: Brendan Croxon & Jemma Douglas
Sound Design: Talia Raso
Music: George Hewitt / Harmony G
Motion Graphics: Bel Giles
Featuring: Christine Blakeney, Vic Channell , Colleen Dixon, Warren Foster, Sharon Mason, Dan Morgan, Ellen Mundy, Vikki Parsley, Noel Webster, Jalu Webster, Lleyton Callaghan, Kye Nye Anderson, Bimi Freeman, Nyarru Freeman, Gloria Carberry, Michael Andrews, Noni Eather, Georgie Blakeney-Etuale, Kathleen Blakeney, David Blakeney
DjaaDjawan Dancers: Aunty Vivianne Mason, Sharon Mason, Arwyn Landini, Jayla Forbes Williams
Gulaga Dancers: Warren Foster, Warren Foster Jr., Mitchell Parsons, Kyle Foster, Scott Parsons, Waruu Penrith, Ngubbra Penrith, Raphael Parsons

Special thanks: Yuin Nation community, Nowra Local Aboriginal Land Council, South East Local Land Services, Ulladulla Local Aboriginal Land Council, The former Bomaderry Aboriginal Children’s Home, Bundanon Trust , Dean Freeman, Noel Webster, Dan Morgan, Claire Hickson, Madelaine Veronese, Ashweeni Mason, Ronnie Mason, Graham Moore, Uncle Willie
Thanks: Anna Clark and Family, Tanja Lagoon Camp

The storytellers wish to thank Elders past and present for the knowledge passed on to their families

This project was assisted by the NSW Government through the Heritage Near Me program.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

09/02/2022

Melbourne friends! Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out our short film “Milly” at Melbourne Women in Film Festival this Saturday, 12th of Feb at 4pm at Hoyts Melbourne Central

https://www.mwff.org.au/fresh-shorts

01/02/2022

Our VR project is a finalist and in the running for an award at Cinequest in San Jose!! Speak of Country is a classic road trip - with a twist. In Virtual Reality you dive into unique cultural experiences whilst taking in the wonders of the Yuin coast from the sky, from your combi van and on the ground.

This has been a big project with so many people involved and stops and starts with Covid but we're just so stoked for the all the Yuin Nation storytellers, artists, leaders, elders, aunties and kids who led the project. Especially cultural burning experts Noel Webster and Dan Morgan. Big thanks to Michael Beets for all his hard work. Picture by Rhett Wyman featuring wonderful Vikki Parsley

Featuring
Aunty Christine Blakeney
Uncle Vic Channell
Aunty Colleen Dixon
Uncle Warren Ngarrae Foster
Sharon Mason
Aunty Ellen Mundy
Vikki Parsley
Noel Webster

19/01/2022

The Melbourne Women in Film Festival is coming up soon! Catch our film collaboration with Yolngu storytellers ‘Milly’ in the Freshly Squeezed Shorts Program 1 on Sat 12 Feb, 4pm at ACMI

https://www.mwff.org.au/fresh-shorts

12/01/2022

Lovely to work with you Tonia! Just another sneak peek of 'Not to be'...

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It's not every day you get to say you've been cast alongside the legend of Queensland theatre himself, Mr Bryan Nason. In this, his first ever film production - filmed in his legendary heritage listed house which is full to the brim with art, books, scripts, photos, props and costumes from countless theatre productions over many many years (my jaw hit the floor).
The story to be told is like none I've ever heard before. It's an honour to play my part and I cannot wait to see this man on screen! Myself and the entire crew get completely lost in his performance every single time action is called.
This will be a hard set to leave.
Amazing crew, amazing script, amazing history.

Thank you so much for having me

17/12/2021

One of our personal fave videos we've made for the wonderful The Bridge Inc !

26/11/2021

Woohoo! ‘Milly’ has been selected for the Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2022! Elder and community leader Bulkanhawuy was the driving force behind this film. Awesome to create a film that showcases Nhulunbuy talent.

‘Milly’ Co-written by director Katrina Channells, Yolngu Elder Joy Bulkanhawuy and linguist Emma Murphy

Made in collaboration with ARDS Aboriginal Corporation

24/11/2021

The very talented Patricia Piccinini's works from our VCA Greats series. We love this work!

19/11/2021

Can we just take a moment to praise the amazing Amy Dellar who took out a Silver Australian Cinematographers Society Award for ‘Unsettled’. ‘Unsettled’ is our short film shot in Queensland, so we’re stoked! We have collated a series of photos so everyone can bask in the glory of our legendary camera team who worked hard to make this film so beautiful. Sweaty but awesome times! Cinematographer Amy, AC & focus Drew Collins, Second AC Lilli CS

10/11/2021

Watch Stingray Sisters online now as part of the Climate Crisis Film Festival 2021, the UK’s first climate action film festival focussing on channeling constructive collective action and providing an intersectional analysis of climate, politics, economics and social justice. A lot of us have given up on our national leaders, we have to look to our local leaders for the way forward!

We want to ramp up the Protect Arnhem Land campaign again, so jump over and like the page. We need to protect Arnhem from oil and gas exploration now more than ever!

Watch it online from 1-14 Nov at climatecrisisff.co.uk

Climate Crisis Hub
Noni La Kai-kai Eather
Grace Eather

*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this film contains images and voices of deceased persons

01/11/2021

Stingray Sisters is screening at Climate Crisis Film Festival as part of COP26 in Glasgow! Check it out online from 1-14 Nov at climatecrisisff.co.uk

Protect Arnhem Land
Climate Crisis Hub

*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this film contains images and voices of deceased persons

29/10/2021

Another sneak peek from our film ‘Not To Be’ - coming soon!

20/10/2021

Our film ‘Unsettled’ won the Best Foreign Narrative Short at Hollywood Women's Film Festival! Wish we could be there in person when it screens this weekend!

13/10/2021

We can’t wait until we can get back to enjoying all our favourite spots in Melbourne again!

Pic: ANROWS Changing Attitudes Towards Women video

29/09/2021

Exciting news! Our film ‘Milly’ will be screening in Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival!

Cowritten with Yolngu Elder Joy Bulkanhawuy and Emma Murphy
Made in collaboration with ARDS Aboriginal Corporation