Shalom Almond

Shalom is a South Australian documentary filmmaker who has firmly established herself in making character-driven social justice films in Australia and overseas. Over the past few years Shalom has won several awards for her work, including winning the 2001 South Australian Film Corporation’s Film Maker of the Future $50,000 Award for the short drama 1 day 2 tracks. Shalom’s recent directing highlights for clients include The Love Market (2008), a documentary which follows the lives of four hill tribe girls in the north of Vietnam struggling to come of age in the face of tourism, and Sisters in the Sector (2006), a documentary exploring the role of key Aboriginal women in government. Currently, Shalom is also working on several projects, including Chasing Shadows about the journey of three young Aboriginal men trying to carve out a career in the Hip Hop music industry and My Long Neck about the story of a young Long Neck Karen refugee woman stuck in a fake Thai run tourist village.