The Show

Self-funded, and self-initiated. After shooting promos for the Whittlesea Agricultural Society, we found a story worth chasing: a small group of volunteers who put on a country show for tens of thousands of people every year, and a 163-year-old tradition that might be about to end.

We followed them for eight months. Meetings, working bees, locals prepping their exhibits, and finally the weekend of the Whittlesea Show itself.

Documentary means being on the ground, in the thick of it. That's where the real film reveals itself. The conversations shift, the personalities come out, and you start to see the companionship holding the whole thing together. That's what makes it special.

And then the question that hangs over all of it: after more than a century and a half, is this the last one?

Currently in post-production.