FILM Festival | SOUTH MAROUBRA SURF CLUB
Community surf and ocean storytelling event.
2026 Randwick City Council Creative Grant
Creative Initiative | Screenrights Cultural Fund 2024
A creative training program designed to mentor and up-skill female surf and underwater cinematographers through ocean-based collaborative filmmaking, creating pathways for women in water cinematography.
2024 Screenrights Cultural Fund
2025 Randwick City Council Creative Grant
2026 Randwick City Council Creative Grant
Creative Initiative | Randwick City Council Creative Grant 2024
Developed to positively engage young creatives and surfers in the Randwick area, the project involved workshops and the making of a short film with over 30 local surfers and youth across the beaches of Maroubra and Malabar.
2026 Randwick City Council Creative Grant
Feature Film | In Development
An Australian cult zombie feature film set in the insular surfing communities of Maroubra and the South Coast, it anticipates a not-too-distant future of climate change catastrophes. Emotional, cool and gritty, Surf Zombies fuses family drama and teenage romance with the horror of a human-zombie hybrid apocalypse.
Episodic | In Development
A scripted series exploring youth, science and climate resilience, encouraging greater participation of girls in STEM through storytelling.
Youth Training | In Development
Sydney Youth Performance Lab engages young people in developing confidence, storytelling and performance skills through workshops and the creation of short filmed monologues.
Feature Film | In Development
Saltwater Girl is a feature film in development inspired by the life story of an Aboriginal woman navigating kinship, identity and survival across generations. Set between memory and the present, the ocean becomes a powerful symbol of resilience and belonging.
Short Film | In Development
Once a rising star on the junior pro surf circuit, Will now wanders aimlessly through Sydney’s queer nightlife and dance scene, lost in a haze of drinking, drugs, and fleeting encounters.When tragic news pulls him back to his quiet coastal hometown, he’s forced to confront the ghosts he thought he had buried. Presented with an opportunity to mend broken relationships and reconnect with his past, Will must choose between confronting his demons or keep running.
Writer/Cinematographer – Ashlea Hingston
Producer/Director – Gabriella Maselli McGrail
