Lara Damiani is a passionate, purpose driven, Adelaide-based producer and director. In 2008, with no previous experience, no funding and no support, she directed, produced and distributed her first feature documentary “Tibet’s Cry for Freedom”.

Lara produced and directed “Little Bang’s New Eye” (SBS, 2021) and “A Place to Call Home” (ABC, 2020). In 2021, she released “Banjo Morton: The Untold Story” – an interactive multimedia documentary and school resource. She has worked around the world in remote and far flung places including assignments for UNDP, the World Bank, Relief International across places like Tibet, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, the Pacific Islands and more. Lara is passionate about ways of connecting with audiences and impacting social change by making compelling purpose and character driven stories for traditional screen platforms as well as immersive and multimedia platforms.