Shalom Almond is an award-winning Australian documentary filmmaker who is passionate about making character driven social issue films in Australia and overseas. more

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My Long Neck Chasing shadows The Love Market

About

Shalom Almond is an award-winning Australian documentary filmmaker who is passionate about making character-driven social issue films here in Australia and overseas.

Her award winning films have earned her a reputation for capturing people in their most intimate, up-close and personal. Shalom focuses on telling extraordinary stories about ordinary people, and has tackled a diverse range of issues from cultural exploitation, Indigenous issues, coming of age, refugees, sexuality and women.

Shalom is committed to giving a voice to people who usually sit outside of mainstream media, and is available to make documentaries for government, private sector and community organisations in Australia and overseas.

Shalom Almond is an Australian documentary filmmaker who is passionate about making character driven social issue films here in Australia and overseas.

Over the past few years Shalom has won several awards for her work, and her films have screened on television and at acclaimed festivals around the world.

Shalom’s recent directing highlights include The Love Market (2009) which follows the journey of four hill tribe girls struggling to grow up in the face of Vietnam’s growing tourism industry. The film was nominated for Best Documentary (under one hour) and Best Director at the 2009 AFI Awards, world premiered to a SOLD OUT audience at the 2009 Adelaide Film Festival, was awarded the Best Feature Film Award at the 2009 South Australian Screen Awards and won the Best Documentary Award and IF Audience Award at the 2009 St Kilda Film Festival to name a few. Other recent highlights include Chasing Shadows (2010) for ABC about a young Aboriginal man trying to carve out a career in the Hip Hop music industry. The film recently won the 2011 Best Documentary Award at the South Australian Screen Awards.

Currently, Shalom is working on several projects including My Long Neck which follows the story of Maja, a “Long Neck” Kayan refugee woman who faces exploitation in a Thai tourist village and dreams of freedom.