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Filmmaker · Cultural Storyteller · Event Creator

Stories told through fire, dance & screen.

Karla Hart Productions is the studio of multi-award-winning Noongar filmmaker and event creator Karla Hart — built on 140+ episodes of television, twelve years of running Australia’s biggest Noongar corroboree, and a refusal to tell anyone’s story but our own.

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WA OF THE YEAR ’21· IMAGINENATIVE WINNER· NAIDOC ARTIST OF THE YEAR· WA SCREEN AWARDS ’14 ’24· CINEFEST OZ ’24· NATIONAL DEADLY
140+
EPISODES OF TELEVISION
12 YRS
WARDARNJI FESTIVAL
100+
PERFORMERS EMPLOYED ANNUALLY
2021
WA OF THE YEAR · ABORIGINAL
— Trusted by

A decade of work with leading institutions.

— What We Offer

Three pillars, one vision.

Whether it’s a six-part NITV series, a 10,000-strong corroboree, or a workshop for 30 high-school students — every project we take on is grounded in Noongar culture and built to land.

01

Events & Experiences

Custom cultural events, festival headliners, corporate ceremonies, smoking ceremonies and Welcome to Country. Twelve years curating Wardarnji, Karla Kaaditjin, First Nations Fusion and bespoke productions for Black Swan, Perth Symphony Orchestra, AFL House and more.

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02

Film, TV & Storytelling

Factual and drama from page to screen. Series, single docs, commercials, branded content. Credits include Our Medicine, Family Rules, Yokayi Footy, On Country Kitchen, Wirnitj, Tooly, and the upcoming feature Moodja.

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03

Programs & Workshops

Schools, corporates and community groups: Noongar dance and song workshops, cultural literacy training, language taster sessions, and youth mentoring. Trusted by AHCWA, the Department of Justice, and TAFE.

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— Selected Work

Series, films & live productions.

A short selection from over 140 episodes of television and three decades of stage and screen. The full archive lives on the Work page.

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Series 1 & 2 · NITV

Our Medicine

Co-Producer / Director
3 Series · NITV / SBS

Family Rules

Writer / Director / EP
Flickerfest · St Kilda · NFLA

Wirnitj

Writer / Director
3 Series · NITV / AFL

Yokayi Footy

Executive Producer
CinefestOZ Finalist

Tooly

Writer / Director
Stuff The British Stole · ABC

The Return

Writer (Episode)
Series 1 & 2 · NITV / SBS

On Country Kitchen

Writer / Director
VR · ImagineNATIVE Winner

Virtual Whadjuk

Writer / Director
— Live Events

Events that don't fade when the lights come up.

Karla doesn’t book talent for your event — she designs and runs the event itself. From conception to choreography, performers to producers, audio to art direction. Past clients include the Fremantle International Street Arts Festival, Black Swan Theatre Company, Perth Symphony Orchestra, the WA Museum, and the City of Fremantle.

12 YRSWardarnji FestivalArtistic Director
2025Karla Kaaditjin · Fremantle Street ArtsCreator / Director
2024Carols on Country by CandlelightCreator / Producer
2024First Nations Fusion · VibrationsProducer
2019—WOWAK · w/ Perth Symphony OrchestraCreator
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— Recognition

Selected Awards & Honours

2024
Best Innovation in a Series
WA Screen Culture Awards · Our Medicine
2024
Best Indigenous Film
CinefestOZ · Our Medicine
2024
Southern Light Award
Australian International Documentary Conference
2022
Best Ensemble · The Bleeding Tree
WA Performing Arts Award
2021
Western Australian of the Year
Aboriginal Category · CitWA
2020
Digital + Interactive Award
ImagineNATIVE International · Virtual Whadjuk
2017
NAIDOC Artist of the Year
Perth · 2nd time
2014
Best Short Film Factual
WA Screen Awards
— About

Karla Hart, CitWA

Noongar woman. Filmmaker. Cultural leader.

Karla Hart is a multi-award-winning filmmaker, actor, broadcaster and event creator whose work places Noongar story at the centre of Australian screens and stages. A proud Noongar woman raised on Goreng country, she trained at WAAPA and Edith Cowan University, and now runs Karla Hart Productions out of Perth.

Her credits span 140+ episodes of television, three feature dramas in development, the Wardarnji Festival, and a decades-long practice of cultural mentorship. She employs more than 100 Aboriginal people each year — performers, runners, mentors, and cultural leaders — across every project she touches.

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— Let's create something

Ready to bring your story to life?

Whether it’s a new series, a one-off film, a community ceremony, or a festival headliner — start here.

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