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Ten Australians Documentary
New York, United States
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Aim
Help share the untold stories of Australians in New York—and honor those who built lives here and those who never made it home.
Your Support Brings These Stories to Life
The Red Carpet Preview of Ten Australians to mark the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 was more than a celebration of documentary storytelling — it was a turning point. The audience response was overwhelming, emotional, and unmistakably clear: this feature documentary matters, and now is the moment to push it forward.
People told us they were moved in ways they didn’t expect. Americans in the room connected through their own stories of living far from family. Many spoke about the courage it takes to “make the leap.” One member said they could see themselves “perfectly in the skin of each person interviewed.” Another shared that they had never thought of themselves as part of an immigrant diaspora — until the documentary made that identity unmistakable.
Others told us the documentary captured something rarely shown: the human reality behind visas, relocations, and reinvention. And for those who lived through 9/11, Julie relating her experience on 9/11 was deeply meaningful — a reminder of why this documentary is dedicated to the Ten Australians who perished at Ground Zero.
The message from the evening could not have been clearer: This story needs to be seen. And it needs to be seen now.
We are entering the most critical phase of the documentary's life — festival submissions, distribution outreach, and community screenings. The coming weeks will determine how far Ten Australians can travel and how many people will experience the stories that moved our audience so profoundly.
To make that happen, we need your support.
🎯 Why Now Matters
- Festival deadlines are closing rapidly.
- Submission fees, deliverables, and marketing materials must be funded immediately.
- Early momentum is essential — festivals look closely at audience response and community backing.
🔥 What Your Donation Makes Possible
- Entry into major festivals where diaspora stories are urgently needed
- Community screenings that bring Australians — and friends of Australia — together
- The ability to carry these stories beyond New York and into the national conversation
The preview showed us what this documentary can do. Now we need to show the world.
💛 A Community‑Made Documentary Needs Its Community
If you were moved by the documentary, if you believe in the power of storytelling, if you want these stories to reach the audiences who need them — please donate today. Every contribution, large or small, directly determines how far Ten Australians can go.
This is our moment. Let’s seize it together.
📣 Seeking Corporate Sponsors for Ten Australians
We invite your organization to become a valued partner. By joining corporate supporters such as D‑Cyfr Consulting, Blackmagic Design, RØDE, EFPR, Old Mates, and a growing number of private donors, your partnership will help ensure these stories reach a wider audience.
While many sponsorship opportunities offer only short‑term visibility, documentaries create enduring impact. Ten Australians will continue reaching audiences long after this milestone anniversary, providing lasting recognition for those who helped make it possible.
Through credit recognition and association with the project, your organization will demonstrate its commitment to Australian screen production and its support for the values of remembrance, service, and Mateship that define the ANZAC spirit.
You can help carry these stories into the world. Your support ensures they reach the communities who lived them, the people who will learn from them, and the generations who will inherit them. These stories deserve to be preserved — not lost to time or limited to festival audiences.
This is the moment to act. Your support is what transforms this documentary from a finished story into a shared cultural memory.
Donate today to help bring these stories to the world.
Why This Story Matters
Australians are shaping New York in remarkable ways — building companies, driving philanthropy, creating social impact and strengthening community. Their stories reveal ambition, resilience, generosity and the unmistakable Australian spirit.
Our nation is living through a modern diaspora defined not by exile, but by aspiration — and yet the emotional dislocation is real. Australians in the United States often find themselves suspended between cultures, carrying the weight of distance while forging new purpose. This documentary brings that experience into focus, giving voice to a community rarely seen with such honesty.
The documentary also honors the legacy of 9/11 — acknowledging the Australians whose lives were lost, and the community that continues to carry their memory forward. These stories are part of Australian history. Preserving them ensures future generations understand the courage, sacrifice and resilience that shaped this community.
The Documentary Is Finished — Now You Decide Where It Goes
Independent documentaries don’t reach audiences by accident. They reach them because people believe in what they represent.
With your support, these stories will reach:
- Australian communities across the United States and Australia
- Schools, universities and migration studies programs
- Cultural organizations, museums and diaspora groups
- Business networks, social impact organizations and community leaders
This documentary was created over twelve months, supported by volunteers, and is now festival‑ready.
You’re not funding production. You’re helping amplify Australian impact — and honor a legacy.
Why Festivals Matter
Film festivals are the gateway to worldwide distribution. Selection at key festivals gives independent documentaries the opportunity to reach broadcasters, streaming platforms and international audiences.
Festival submission deadlines are approaching, and eligibility windows are closing. Every month we delay limits our ability to premiere internationally and build the visibility needed for distribution.
Your support today allows us to submit to major festivals while the doors are still open.
Where Your Contribution Goes
Funds received to date have carried this documentary through production and editing. Now we are at the moment where your support directly determines how far Ten Australians can reach.
Your donations will help fund:
- Community screenings — renting theatres and hosting Q&As that bring audiences face‑to‑face with the people whose stories shape this documentary.
- Festival submissions — typically $80–$120 each, opening the doors to national and international recognition.
- Marketing and publicity — trailers, social assets, press kits and targeted outreach that ensure this documentary doesn’t disappear into the noise.
- International deliverables — subtitles, captioning, and technical materials required by festivals and broadcasters.
- Educational distribution — preparing versions for schools, universities and cultural institutions.
Every dollar is a step toward visibility, impact and cultural resonance.
Donation Impact Tiers
Your contribution creates tangible impact:
- $25 — boosts targeted social outreach to help the documentary reach new audiences
- $50 — supports documentary festival submissions
- $100 — supports community screenings and earns a chance at premiere tickets
- $250 — prepares international deliverables for festival distribution
- $500 — funds marketing materials (posters, merch, press kits) that help the documentary reach a broader audience
- $2,500 — funds a community theatre screening
Director’s Statement
Ten Australians began as a feeling — a tension I’ve carried for years between the place that forms us and the place we choose to remake ourselves. New York has a way of stripping people back to their essence. It challenges you, sharpens you, and reveals who you are when no one is watching. As an Australian living here, I’ve witnessed that transformation in others: the grit, the humor, the vulnerability. This documentary is my attempt to map that inner landscape.
Through my work with The Australian Community, I heard stories that rarely reach the screen — stories of reinvention, loneliness, cultural friction, and the quiet victories that define a life built far from home. These voices shaped the documentary's tone: intimate, character‑driven, and unvarnished.
I wanted the documentary to feel natural, almost tactile. No stylized teal‑and‑orange grading. No B‑Roll used as camouflage. No score nudging the audience toward emotion. Just the truth of the room, the light, and the sound of Australian voices in a foreign city. Music appears only at the beginning and end, leaving space for the cadence of each story to breathe. The documentary breaks a few documentary conventions, but only in service of authenticity.
Threaded through the narrative is a responsibility I hold deeply: to honor the Ten Australians who died on 9/11. Their memory is a quiet undercurrent — a reminder that migration is not only about ambition, but about legacy, sacrifice, and the communities we build in the wake of loss.
Only Possible Through Community
This documentary exists because people showed up — volunteers, storytellers, filmmakers and supporters who gave hundreds of hours to bring these voices to the screen. This documentary was created for The Australian Community, a non‑profit that has stood behind Australians in New York for more than a decade.
This is a community‑made documentary — and now the community has the chance to launch it. Your support is what transforms this documentary from a finished story into a shared cultural moment.
Donate today — Help bring these stories to the world.
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Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 9th November 2026 at 9:32pm