Fruitful Films Pty Ltd
Fruitful Films is a video and TV production company in Melbourne, Australia. Its principal, Marsha Emerman, makes powerful documentaries that enrich, inspire, and open new windows on the world.Our award-winning independent films, made for international audiences, embrace arts and culture, social justice and peace, personal stories and positive visions of the future. They are shown in cinemas, on television and at international festivals, and are also highly valued for educational and teaching purposes.
Fruitful Films provides film-making, research, writing, script development and consultancy services. We also make films commissioned by international aid, human rights, community and educational groups.
Marsha Emerman
Producer / Director / Writer
Marsha is a documentary producer, director, writer and researcher with over twenty-five years experience. Her film Children of the Crocodile, a personal history of East Timor, was broadcast on SBS, screened in cinemas, and showed in festivals around the world. It won Best Documentary at Toronto’s Inside Out Film Festival, Award of Excellence at Through Her Eyes Film Festival, and was featured in a major exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Other directing and producing credits include Lihok Pilipina, about women in the Philippines and Intersections, about new migrants to Australia.
In the USA, Marsha gained a Masters Degree in Cinema Studies from San Francisco State University and worked on such classic films as Dark Circle, The Day After Trinity and The Fall of the I-Hotel. Since migrating to Australia in 1989, she has taught documentary filmmaking at the VCA School of Film & TV, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and other universities. Her 'Women and Documentary Film' class, and expert knowledge of women's contribution to documentary, have led to visiting lectureships at the University of Oregon and Portland State University.
Marsha continues to make visually and emotionally evocative films on arts, culture, and social issues. Her current project On the Banks of the Tigris explores the hidden history of Iraqi music and the cultural ties that unite people across religious boundaries.
Majid Shokor
Writer / Researcher
Majid Shokor is a multi-talented writer, researcher, and actor for stage and screen.
Originally from Baghdad, he lives and works in Melbourne. Since his arrival in Australia in 2001, he has appeared in many plays, short films, TV series and the feature film Lucky Miles, for which he was also the cultural consultant. His performances have received critical acclaim and been honoured with two prestigious Green Room Award nominations for Best Actor in Independent Theatre, in 2005 and 2009.
Majid holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Community Cultural Development (Honours) from the Victorian College of the Arts - Melbourne University. Currently he is doing his Masters Degree in the same subject and university department.
