We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Pearl Berry, a proud Yankunytjatjara woman, is an emerging writer and filmmaker based in Adelaide. Her screen career debuted in 2018 when she was selected to write for series 4 of ABCs’ Black Comedy. Pearl then gained further experience when she was selected to participate as a writer and director for the Deadly Family Portraits Initiative with SAFC and ABC iView in 2019. In 2021, Pearl and her collaborators, forming the production company Dinosaur Disco Films, were commissioned by NITV/SBS, Screen Australia and SAFC to produce the TV half hour Blak Empire, in which Pearl co-wrote and co-directed. In 2024, Pearl is co-writing her first feature film as part of the SAFC's FilmLab initiative. Additionally, Pearl works as an Aboriginal arts worker at Ku Arts, the South Australian peak body for Aboriginal art centres and artists. She is also a keen poet and visual arts creative, and enjoys painting, drawing, printing and many other random crafts.
Rona is a proud Kaytetye woman from Central Australia who works with high impact organisations to create systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and solutions.
Rona is the founder of Common Ground and brings 7 years
of professional experience working across First Nations organisations and not for profits. Rona was previously the Director of First Nations at YLab, a social enterprise that puts young people with diverse lived experiences at the centre of designing and developing innovative and impactful solutions
to complex social issues. Over her career, Rona has worked in policy at the Central Land Council, the Research Unit for Indigenous Languages at the University of Melbourne, Reconciliation Victoria, and the Foundation for Young Australians.In 2020, Rona was a finalist for the Victorian Young Achiever awards, was awarded a Westpac Social Change Fellowship. In 2019 Rona won a Diana Award and was named a 'Woman of the Future' by Women's Weekly.Through her work with First Nations communities across Australia, Rona aims to create future systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and cultures.Rona currently resides in Mpartnwe on Arrernte Country.
We are a First Nations not-for-profit that exists to centre First Nations people, Country and truth-telling. We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
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