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Taysha McFarland

Taysha is a multi-award-winning producer, director, writer, and founder of Toprock Productions. Her short film Blue Orchids, which she wrote and directed, was selected as the Wildcard Finalist in the 2026 return of Tropfest. She produced the AACTA-nominated short film Jia and was a recipient of the Screen Australia and YouTube Australia Skip Ahead initiative, through which she co-directed and produced the comedy web series Life of Kea. In 2023, Taysha received the Berry Family Fellowship for the development of her documentary Unheard Memoirs from the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and was selected for AIDC’s Leading Lights program.

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Taysha McFarland

The Peoples’ Story: uncovering the undocumented history of one of Malaya’s darkest periods.

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