the project — Kokoda... the spirit lives

the project

A modern telling of the Kokoda story, its significance in the Pacific War and an exploration of the enduring spirit which sustained the Kokoda Diggers and which still inspires Australians today.

The film makers

Patrick Lindsay

Writer/Director Patrick Lindsay will draw on his 25-year study of the campaign and its participants to vividly present the story to the digital generation.

PAUL Croll

Director of Photography, Paul Croll, one of Australia’s finest cinematographers, will call on his hard-won experience of more than 30 crossings of the Kokoda Track to capture the drama of the campaign and the treacherous terrain that served as its backdrop.

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