https://www.ellarubeli.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-03-02 https://www.ellarubeli.com/about daily 0.75 2025-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc38bcd8abc8d280402676d/0809a454-9fa5-4d11-a60a-f20e79f612d7/Ella+Headshot+1.jpg https://www.ellarubeli.com/selectedwork daily 0.75 2026-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc38bcd8abc8d280402676d/85026f98-fce9-4b8c-9db8-00aac16622fa/HalfLight-promo-image-16x9.png Selected Work HALF LIGHT — A feature hybrid documentary filmed over six years in the Australian wilderness following a teenage girl growing up as her father grows old. To be released in 2027. (Writer/Director) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc38bcd8abc8d280402676d/1575187313066-NSWWJ5UQDC2SBO6VUDCG/1J1A7887.jpg Selected Work RAVI AND EMMA — An interactive love story told in Australian Sign Language (Southern Dialect). Created in collaboration with Deaf storytellers and AI experts, this project uses cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technology to allow hearing audiences to experience Auslan first-hand. An uplifting romantic comedy documentary, this story illuminates the richness of Deaf culture and the complexity of Auslan. Winner of 2022 Walkley Award for innovation, Winner of the IDFA Special Jury Prize for Creative Technology, showcased at SXSW, IDFA and Sheffield Doc Fest. (Producer/Director) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc38bcd8abc8d280402676d/1575241225190-CJTTHWVQTFW4CRC398BL/Screen+Shot+2019-12-02+at+9.53.01+AM.png Selected Work K'GARI — An innovative interactive documentary that debunks one of Australia's first fake news stories by exposing the untold Aboriginal version of events. Created with internationally acclaimed artist Fiona Foley, writer Larissa Behrendt and voiced by Miranda Otto, this documentary was showcased at SXSW 2018, IDFA DocLab 2017 and was Walkley and Webby Award finalist. (Producer/Director) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc38bcd8abc8d280402676d/1575243116933-CEJMWZ0SG3FU00QTCZPY/SheCalledMeRed.jpg Selected Work SHE CALLED ME RED — A world-first, live, Instagram documentary. A personal story of the Rohingya refugee crisis told from the perspective of Yunus and his family as they fight to survive in the world’s largest refugee camp. This experimental project was told via updates posted to Instagram daily, featuring text, art and photos as well as videos sent directly from the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Nominated for a Walkley Award and a Premier’s Multicultural Communications Award. (Producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc38bcd8abc8d280402676d/1575252572298-49CYH0H3XKAH53EH6V50/_MG_9422_2041.jpg Selected Work COOL THREADS: THE DANDIES OF DOONSIDE — An interactive feature profile documenting the subculture of Congolese Sapeurs (members of La SAPE—the Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People) who have brought their hyper-vibrant fashion traditions from the Congo to the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc38bcd8abc8d280402676d/1575241152399-ZZ8RMWLXRSV5Z74KCB0S/Ella-work+-+3.jpg Selected Work MISSING — An untold Australian true crime story about an abducted 8-year-old girl and the Pitjantjatjara trackers who searched for her. This Walkley and Webby nominated interactive documentary was showcased at IDFA 2019. (Associate Producer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc38bcd8abc8d280402676d/1575246164288-BFSHQD14086RQ6PQJ2FU/hff2015-heart-thief-1.jpg Selected Work THE HEART THIEF — A documentary film set in Sydney Hospital in 1956, about a doctor and his assistant who become unlikely criminals when their passion for pioneering heart transplant leads them to commit a heinous act. Presented by ABC iview and screened at international film festivals including Heartlands Film Festival, Raw Science Awards LA and Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. (Writer/Director) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc38bcd8abc8d280402676d/1575246425746-0CZB0APBI2U2NPZKP1TB/Ella-work5+-+1.jpg Selected Work ESCAPING THE WAVES: A FIJIAN VILLAGE RELOCATES — Ella Rubeli visits ones of the first villages in the world to relocate inland because of climate change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc38bcd8abc8d280402676d/1792723098980-UKT09O3BEWL1SSANLQR3/855defe9743886c8b9177c5d18a6d1dfe849b926.webp Selected Work BUSY BODIES: MEET THE AUSTRALIANS STILL WORKING INTO THEIR 80s — Ella Rubeli meets some of Australia's oldest working Australians. https://www.ellarubeli.com/home daily 1.0 2026-10-23