TEN ALPHAS

08/08/2026

Today is Dying to Know Day, an annual national campaign held across Australia.

It aims to improve death literacy, encouraging people of all ages to talk openly about death, dying, and grief, and to plan ahead for end-of-life wishes rather than keeping them a secret.

A few years back TEN ALPHAS had the great honour of filming a documentary web series following 11 people who knew they had 12 months or less to live. Taking us to all corners of Australia, their stories changed our perspective on life and I hope they do to you too.

My personal favourite is Edward - “always say yes to an invitation, you never know where it might lead you to”

Vale good sir and rest well.

https://www.iamliving.org.au/story/edwards-story/

Writer / Director / Producer Nick Bolton
DOP Jess Milne
Editor Adrian Powers
Cam Asst Danny Smith / Cooper Dennis
Grade and Sound Jess Milne

Edward Broomhall sees life as one great adventure. He speaks of coming to terms with two separate debilitating illnesses and how he has adapted to continue creating art.

23/07/2026

The official trailer for LudoVic.

A story about a boy, a hat, and the end of the world.

Written by Vic Barbeler
Directed by Nick Bolton
Starring Bas Tang and tobie! 𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋

Shot on Panavision G and T-Series anamorphics, with huge appreciation to Panavision and Nic Godoy for backing us.

Cinematography by Jess Milne
Lit by Tom Brian
Steadicam and 1st AC by Stephanie / Steph Furdek
Edited by Adrian Powers
Production design by
Colour by Antonio Centonze Csi
Music by Russell Webster
Sound design and mastering by John Hresc at The Sound Brewery

Produced by Nick Bolton, Vic Barbeler and Jess Milne.

A TEN ALPHAS production in association with Vic Barbeler.

22/07/2026

LudoVic is now making its way through the festival circuit

Official Selection
Verona International Short Film Festival

Official Selection
Far South Film Festival 2026

Semi-Finalist
New York Indie Shorts Awards 2026

Honourable Mention
Titan International Film Festival 2026

Best Director, Nick Bolton
Salt House Creative International Film Festival 2026

A story about a boy, a hat, and the end of the world.

Congratulations to director/producer Nick Bolton Nick Bolton and writer/producer Vic Barbeler Vic Barbeler, our wonderful cast and every member of the crew who helped bring LudoVic to life. We’re very proud to see the film beginning its festival journey.

15/07/2026

Nice little 5 camera vodcast setup 👌

14/07/2026

Fun little campaign we shot on behalf of Wisdom Agency. Great concept to get kids playing golf. Wisdom Creative Marketing Agency

03/07/2026

🎬 BRISBANE SCREENING – GANIBARRA 🐾🖤💛❤️

To all our followers, friends and anyone who has been wanting to see Ganibarra (Dingo in the Jirrbal language), here's your chance!

We are excited to announce that Ganibarra has been officially selected to screen at the West End Film Festival next weekend in Brisbane.

📅 Saturday 27 June 2026
🎥 Session: Documentary 1
🕚 Time: 11:00am
📍 Venue: SAE University College Brisbane

Ganibarra is a deeply personal Indigenous-led documentary that explores the enduring relationship between First Nations people and dingoes through the eyes of Jirrbal woman, Sonya Takau. It's a story of culture, family, identity and the unbreakable connection to Country.

This screening comes just before our international festival debut at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival during NAIDOC Week.

🎟️ Tickets are selling now, so grab yours while they're still available!
Link for tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/the-west-end-film-festival-2026/tickets

Thank you to everyone who has supported this journey. We can't wait to see you there and share Ganibarra with you on the big screen.

Please feel free to like, share and tag your family and friends who might like to come along!

ALPHAS

14/05/2026

LUDOVIC.

Recently we screened the film to a full house of cast, crew, families and friends, the people who made it possible and watched it together on the big screen for the first time. Walking out of that room, the same thing kept coming back: this only exists because of the people in it.
A film like this gets made on goodwill, craft, and a shared belief that the story is worth the work. Every prop placed. Every frame composed. Every line carried. Every call sheet honoured. The screening was a chance to see what all of it added up to.
To everyone who was in the room, and to everyone who couldn't be, thank you. The film is yours as much as ours.
Now into festivals.
Written by
Directed by
A TEN ALPHAS production in association with Vic Barbeler

Produced by Nick Bolton, and
Executive Producers: and
Executive Producers at TEN ALPHAS: and Nick Bolton

Cast:
Ludo:
Dash:
Nurse: Makayla McDonald
Doctor: Tony Barea
Strange Woman: Juliet Scrine

With Larence Wann, Kari Hill, Ruby Hill, Troy Webster, Cindy Melissa, Jack Jessop and Louis Jessop.
Newsreader: Nick Bolton
Vic Barbeler as herself

Crew:
Cinematographer:
Production Designer: , with Dan Smith
Editor:
Colourist:
Costume:
Composer: Russell Webster
Sound Designer & Mastering: John Hresc at The Sound Brewery
1st AD: Vicki Sugars
3rd AD & Runner: Maika Shiine James
Continuity: Coreen Larocca, Kayla Powell and Christopher Daw

Camera & Light:
Gaffer:
Steadicam & 1st AC: /
2nd AC: .dennis

Sound Recordists: Clifford McBride, Peter Kaloudis and David Do
HMUA:
Locations & Unit: Nick Bolton and
Script Consultant: Nick Bolton
BTS Photography: , , .dennis and Honi Perrin de Graaff
Caterers: Wai Mun Tang, Susan Webster and Troy Webster

Song “Do You Know” written and performed by
Music Recording Engineer: Cody Munro Moore at Stranded Recordings, Bellambi

Shot on Panavision G & T-Series anamorphics, with huge appreciation to and for backing us.

20/04/2026

BTS with some of the TEN ALPHAS crew out and about this week

15/04/2026

Our latest film LudoVic is having its Cast and Crew screening, alongside Sharon Lewis moving film Linda
Thursday 23rd April
Gala Cinema, Warrawong
All welcome and free tickets can be booked here

https://events.humanitix.com/short-film-screening

LudoVic - A story about a boy a hat and the end of the world.

Amid catastrophic loss and a broken world, a young survivor struggles to cope, until a chance encounter with a familiar face reignites her will to go on.

Join us for a special evening celebrating local filmmaking with a cast, crew, family and friends screening of Linda and LudoVic

10/04/2026

For 6 years I throughly enjoyed my part time role as Creative Industries Business Advisor for NSW Government and their Business Connect program. It was a great service where I got paid by the government and my advisory was free to the freelance filmmakers I advised.

Many of you reading this would have benefitted.

Last September the program was pulled but it is being brought back.

The NSW Government has announced that it will provide a new advisory service for small businesses to replace what was Business Connect!

For those of you who used the previous program you'll know just how vital it was for thousands of creatives and creative small businesses, and this next phase of consultation is incredibly important.

To design the new program, Service NSW is conducting a comprehensive review based on the needs and priorities of the people who used it, and will again. The review will be presented to the NSW Government in May 2026.

Here's the really important bit...

You can tell the review what you need in the new service, and it's an opportunity to tell them that the creative industries, and creatives, need specialist support - and more of it.

We recommend letting them know that there should be a dedicated Creative Industries specialist service, one that understands and caters to the unique challenges of being a professional creative or running a creative business.

The survey closes on April 19. You can make a submission or complete the survey via the link below, and we encourage everyone who can to have their say!

SNSW