About Ballad
Films
Ballad Films (ABN 52 199 403 779) is the trading
name of Martha
Ansara who has been making, distributing, writing
about and teaching courses on films since 1970. Martha works in
various capacities with a number of associates.
Our office is located in a small, multicultural
suburb of Sydney – readily accessible by public transportation.
[For
Map click here]
Our films are primarily about social issues –
and include three close collaborations with grassroots indigenous
activists. Our most recent short drama, The
Ballad of Betty & Joe,
is a silent comedy which likewise arises from an engaged spirit.
Our films have been produced with finance from private
investors as well as with support from a range of Australian organizations,
including:
• Aboriginal & Torres Straight Islander
Commission
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
• Australian Film Commission
• Australian Film Finance Corporation
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Straight
Islander Studies
• City of Sydney
• Film Australia
• Film & Television Institute (Western Australia)
• Freedom From Hunger (now Oxfam)
• Metro Screen, Sydney
• New South Wales Film & Television Office
• SBS Television (Special Broadcasting Service)
• The SEARCH Foundation
And a large number of trade union, community and
peace organisations.
Martha
Ansara
researches and writes about Australian cinema, particularly
on historical subjects, documentary and cinematography. She has
conducted a large number of oral histories of Australian filmmakers
which are located in the National
Film and Sound Archive. |