Seven survivors of childhood sexual abuse respond to a call-out to take part in an experimental recovery program. Designed by boxing coach, academic, and survivor herself, Donna Lyon, the program addresses both the physical and emotional impacts of trauma through a unique combination of boxing and creative writing. But what begins as an eight-week plan for the participants soon becomes much more. Over the course of eighteen months, with intimate and privileged access, we follow their journeys, forging bonds that lead to unexpected transformations. ‘Left Write Hook’ is a powerful and timely exploration of resilience, expression and healing that will redefine what it means to be a survivor of childhood sexual abuse in Australia.

Director: SHANNON OWEN | Producers: GAL GREENSPAN, ALICE BURGIN, RACHEL FORBES

Amidst the chaos and destruction of the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, three artists defiantly find inspiration and beauty as they defend their culture and their country. In a war waged by professional soldiers against ordinary civilians, Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, and Andrey Stefanov choose to stay behind, armed with their art, their cameras, and, for the first time in their lives, their guns. Despite daily shelling, Anya finds resistance and purpose in her art, Andrey takes the dangerous journey to get his young family to safety abroad, and Slava becomes a weapons instructor for ordinary people who have become unlikely soldiers. As the war intensifies, Andrey picks up his camera to film their story, and on tiny porcelain figurines, Anya and Slava capture their idyllic past, uncertain present, and hope for the future.

Directors: BRENDAN BELLOMO, SLAVA LEONTYEV  | Producers:  CAMILLA MAZZAFERRO, ANIELA SIDORSKA, PAULA DUPRÉ PESMEN AND OLIVIA AHNEMANN

Darryl Gardiner has been a victim, an offender and a survivor of violence. A compelling voice in the conversation about Australia’s domestic violence crisis, Darryl teaches positive masculinity and uses boxing to empower communities and help break the cycle.

Director: MATT DAVIS | Editor: PETER OʻDONOGHUE | Executive Producer: AMANDA COLLINGE

‘Not In My Name’ navigates a labyrinth of sensitivity to bring an important but hidden story to light. Since Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel, growing numbers of Australian Jews broke ranks with mainstream Jewish groups supporting Israel’s military campaign. Many were frustrated their criticism of Israel was being conflated with anti-semitism. It fell to Compass to show that strongly differing views within the Jewish community could be expressed with balance and respect. We profiled Antony Loewenstein, a prominent critic of the war in international media, but still in Australia derided by some pro-Israel groups as an outlier or ‘self-hating Jew’.

Producer/Director: BRIETTA HAGUE | Editor: PETER OʻDONOGHUE | Executive Producer: AMANDA COLLINGE

‘This is Not a Game’ is the extraordinary untold story of the internet’s first conspiracy theory, the legend of Ong’s Hat. Marc Fennell will dive deep into a previously unexplored world of tech hippies, eccentric web subcultures and simmering paranoia, uncovering how this tongue-in-cheek artistic experiment backfired on its creator and went on to influence much of what’s wrong with the internet today.

Creator: MARC FENNELL

This four-part series questions ideas around security, mass surveillance and accountability. It looks at how truth is concealed, myth constructed, and the complicity of governments and media. Hosted by investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein, this podcast examines how Israel is reshaping conflict and population control globally. What happens in Palestine never stays there.

Key Creatives: ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN, ELLE MARSH, BETHANY ATKINSON-QUINTON

Celia Tait is the co-founder and managing director of Artemis Media, based in Fremantle, Western Australia. She emigrated from the UK in 1993, and together with her late business partner Brian Beaton, was active in pioneering, building and training the factual industry in WA. She continues to mentor screen practitioners. Celia has worked as a writer, producer, director and executive producer and has won many national and international awards for her work. Over the last 25 years Artemis has produced high impact factual TV for domestic and international networks and is renowned for stories that inspire, delight and inform. Celia and her team have pushed the boundaries of factual content, form and inclusivity with creative concepts that bring in big audiences and which help to create social change. These include The Dream House, Don’t Stop the Music, Maggie Beer’s Big Mission, Australia’s Health Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley, the first seven seasons of Who Do You Think You Are?, Saving Andrew Mallard, New Leash on Life, Storm in a Teacup , Every Family has a Secret, Australia’s Sleep Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley, and Ningaloo Nyinggulu. Celia is a passionate advocate for the local and national screen industry and is a member of SPA, the IAGC (Industry Advisory Group Committee), which advises the Screenwest Board, a Committee member of Screen Voice, an association for Australian independent screen producers, and a board member for the International Quorum (IQ) of Producers.