Charlie Hill-Smith & The House of Red Monkey

Feature films

TV

Documentary Film and TV Production

30 years of story telling…

Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story - Music can rise above tyranny. An expedition of imagination and discovery to the hidden Indonesian province of West Papua that exposes its violent and tragic history and culminates in a joyful and defiant musical celebration.

Indonesia Art Activism and RocknRoll - political artists in Central Java collectively fight Suharto to win democracy and human rights in new Indonesia.

Motorkite Dreaming - an adventure to the heart of Australia. A feature documentary we shot across twenty Indigenous language nations, also check out the Motorkite Dreaming TV Series at redbull.tv

Culture

Airileke and the 1000 Drums - Papua New Guinea’s premier drum master journeys from west to east to unify the cultures of the great island of Papua

Animation

The Jacob Rumbiak Story - the story of freedom fighter and political prisoner Jacob Rumbiak. Animation by CHS & Juan Serrano. Music by David Bridie

Comics & Storyboards

Crime Scene Australia - Charlie has produced storyboards and created comics. He has a deep love and knowledge of all things comic book and graphic novel.

Cartoon red monkey dancing energetically on a white background.

Music Video

George Telek - Telek is the voice of PNG. He plays with Ngaiire and David Bridie, singing in memory of West Papua’s greatest songman Arnold Ap.

Community

Echoes of Tradition - A Tarantella Journey - the role of folk/world music in a multi-cultural city . The story of Calabrian Tarantella music in migration-rich Melbourne. THORM and Bolkata Productions are driven to create films that reflect our community and capture the stories that built Australia.