Silenced
LoglineAfter #MeToo broke the cultural silence on gender violence, international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights against the weaponization of defamation laws to silence survivors.
World Premiere
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Sundance Film Festival
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World Premiere 〰️ Sundance Film Festival 〰️
ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS
Jennifer Robinson
Jennifer Robinson is one of the world’s most respected human rights lawyers and advocates. A barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London, she has acted in key human rights and media freedom cases in domestic and international courts. Her diverse and groundbreaking work includes representing Julian Assange and securing his release; successfully representing Amber Heard in the UK; achieving political asylum for West Papuan leader Benny Wenda; and successfully taking climate change to the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice. Jen co-authored How Many More Women? (published as Silenced Women in the UK) with her colleague, Dr Keio Yoshida.
Participant
Additional participants will be announced at sundance
Our Team
SELINA MILES
Selina Miles is an Australian director with a global reputation. Selina's debut feature film, MARTHA: A PICTURE STORY premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and received critical acclaim, winning numerous awards. Selina’s second feature documentary, HARLEY & KATYA won an International Emmy Award and was released globally on Netflix. Selina's work includes award-winning music videos for artists like Barkaa, The Hilltop Hoods and UK pop star Anne Marie. Her dedication to social justice saw her volunteer in Uganda in 2023, documenting the work of the nonprofit organization Operation International. The resulting short film, SAVING FACE, premiered at Sydney's Flickerfest.
Writer & Director
BLAYKE HOFFMAN
Blayke Hoffman is an Emmy Award-winning creative producer with a talent for finding fascinating stories and engineering them for screen. Her 2025 feature documentary DEEPER by director Jennifer Peedom premiered to sold out screenings at SXSW Austin. In 2022, Blayke co-wrote and produced the feature documentary HARLEY & KATYA, which won an International Emmy Award and in its first week on Netflix, achieved top 10 film rankings in the UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa and Ireland. Blayke has held commissioning positions in both fiction and non-fiction, with SBS, Network Ten and Red Bull Media House globally.
ProducerJENNIFER PEEDOM
An award-winning writer, director and producer whose credits include SHERPA, SOLO, MOUNTAIN, RIVER and DEEPER. Jennifer’s films have played at A-list international festivals including SXSW, Telluride, Toronto and IDFA, garnered multiple awards and a BAFTA nomination. As an executive producer, Jennifer has mentored teams to achieve ambitious projects including festival breakout MARTHA: A PICTURE STORY, Emmy award winning HARLEY & KATYA and the Netflix Original ONE FOUR: AGAINST ALL ODDS. Jennifer is currently in post-production on TENZING, a biopic about the famed Everest mountaineer Tenzing Norgay starring Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe and Genden Phuntsok for Apple+.
Executive Producer
SARAH NOONAN
Sarah Noonan joined Stranger Than Fiction as general manager and producer in 2021 to support the company in a time of accelerated growth. Sarah was an executive producer on HEARTS AND BONES (2019), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, BEYOND THE KNOWN WORLD (2017) and WARM BLOOD (2021). With Stranger Than Fiction she has produced ONEFOUR: AGAINST ALL ODDS for Netflix, THE WAY WE WORE series and ANATOMY OF A STRING QUARTET. At STF, Sarah is an executive producer on feature documentary DEEPER (SXSW 2025, SFF 2025) and documentary series AUSTRALIA: AN UNOFFICIAL HISTORY (2025).
Executive Producer
Jo-anne McGowan is an Emmy Award winning producer with over 25 years’ experience in documentaries and co-founder of Stranger Than Fiction alongside Jennifer Peedom. In 2017, Jo-anne co-produced the feature documentary MOUNTAIN - a collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, which had a sell-out live performance tour nationally and is one of the highest grossing Australian documentaries of all time. Jo-anne’s award winning slate of films include RIVER (Telluride 2022), DAVID STRATTON’S STORIES OF AUSTRALIAN CINEMA (Cannes Classics, 2017), and HARLEY AND KATYA, which won an International Emmy Award in 2023.
Executive ProducerJO-ANNE MCGOWAN
MALINDA WINK
Malinda Wink is the executive director of Minderoo Pictures. Established in 2021, Minderoo Pictures invests in scripted and documentary projects in development and production. Projects in the portfolio include OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, THE CRANES CALL, UNBREAKABLE: THE JELENA DOKIC STORY, LILITH FAIR, SHIVER, PRIMA FACIE and SILENCED. Malinda was executive producer of several of Australia’s most high-profile social impact documentaries of recent times including 2040, THE FINAL QUARTER about champion AFL player, Adam Goodes and BIG DEAL: IS OUR DEMOCRACY FOR SALE?, and is a highly regarded leader within the global screen industry and not-for-profit sector.
Executive ProducerSHAUN RICHARDS
Shaun Richards is the General Manager of Soundfirm, one of Australia’s leading film and television post-production companies. With over two decades in the screen industry, he combines strategic insight with hands-on operational leadership and a deep respect for creativity. He has worked on acclaimed projects including THE POWER OF THE DOG, THE ROYAL HOTEL and THE DARK EMU STORY. As an executive producer he fosters strong partnerships, mentors talent and aligns creative ambition with technical and commercial excellence.
Executive Producer
MICHAEL LATHAM
Michael Latham is an LA-based cinematographer originally from Melbourne, Australia, known for his work across both narrative features and documentaries. He frequently collaborates with acclaimed directors, including fellow Australian Kitty Green. Together they have created critically acclaimed and boundary pushing documentaries; UKRAINE IS NOT A BROTHEL, CASTING JON BENET and scripted features THE ASSISTANT and THE ROYAL HOTEL. Latham has shot for directors Bryan Storkel, Zach Heinzerling and Errol Morris. He also lensed Cristina Costantini’s documentary SALLY, about pioneering astronaut Sally Ride. He is currently shooting THE MARK, a spy thriller directed by Justin Chadwick, starring Jessica Alba.
Cinematographer
BERNADETTE MURRAY
Bernadette Murray is an award-winning editor with two decades of experience across feature film, series and short film. Known for cutting complex investigative and character-driven stories that demand sensitivity and tension, she also brings a powerful sense of rhythm, place and visual flow to nature-based observational films. Select credits include THE OPPOSITION, CHINA LOVE, BACK TO NATURE and the iconic, long-running FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT for ABC, where she is a trusted regular editor. A Venice Biennale College alum, her work has screened at leading festivals including Rotterdam, Hot Docs, and CPH:DOX.
Editor
CHIARA COSTANZA
Chiara Costanza is a film and TV composer and electronic producer based between Melbourne and Torino. Her work blends classical training with innovative electronic exploration. She has composed for Netflix’s HEARTBREAK HIGH, PANOPTICON (Karlovy Vary 2024), INSIDE (Tribeca 2025) and MIXTAPE (SXSW 2025), as well as TOTALLY COMPLETELY FINE (Stan) and THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS (SBS). Her film credits include AUSTRALIA’S OPEN (MIFF/ABC), LONG STORY SHORT and the Palme D’Or-winning short ALL THESE CREATURES (Cannes, 2018). Chiara has collaborated with contemporary dance companies and visual artists, including Chunky Move, Prue Lang, Callum Morton, and Kris Moyes.
Composer
JESSICA MEIER
Jessica Meier is an AACTA award-winning sound effects editor based in Sydney, Australia. With over six years’ experience in the film and television industry, she has built a reputation for emotionally driven, detail-oriented sound work that enhances and elevates the visual narrative. Her recent credits include George Miller’s FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA, Garth Davis’ FOE and Jane Campion’s THE POWER OF THE DOG, which earned widespread critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Director.
Sound Designer
ANDY WRIGHT
Andy Wright is an Oscar-winning supervising sound editor & re-recording mixer based in Sydney. He’s been working in film sound since 1999 with Australia's leading post production sound company, Soundfirm. He's had the fortune to work with acclaimed film makers such as Phillip Noyce, Gillian Armstrong, Rachel Ward, Bruce Beresford, Shirley Barrett, Robert Connolly, Eva Orner, Thomas M Wright, Kitty Green and Mel Gibson.
Supervising Sound Editor
Stranger Than Fiction (STF) is an award-winning production company renowned for powerful, cinematic storytelling. Founded in 2015 by Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan, STF has created internationally acclaimed documentaries including box office hit MOUNTAIN, RIVER (Best Documentary AACTA), HARLEY & KATYA (Emmy Award Winner), DAVID STRATTON: A CINEMATIC LIFE (Cannes Classics), ONEFOUR: AGAINST ALL ODDS (Netflix) and top-rating series AUSTRALIA IN COLOUR S1&S2 (SBS), AUSTRALIA: AN UNOFFICIAL HISTORY (SBS), THE WAY WE WORE presented by Celeste Barber (ABC). Alongside award-winning films and series, STF is a leader in giant screen storytelling, with recent and upcoming projects including FUNGI: WEB OF LIFE (narrated by Björk),BUTTERFLY JOURNEY, and CAVES: THE HIDDEN FRONTIER. Stranger Than Fiction continues to build a bold slate of documentary and narrative projects that captivate audiences worldwide.