ABOUT HAPPEN FILMS
We make films because we believe it’s the most powerful way we can share new ways of thinking, being, and doing. It's our way of contributing toward creating a new story for humanity to live by so that all of Earth’s creatures can thrive.
We’re currently living through an exceptional time in human history, where what we’ve known as normal is breaking down due to environmental, cultural, and social limits being reached. This metacrisis has created the conditions for a massive global shift in the way we relate to the world and each other.
We need to transition to not just living ‘sustainably’, but in a way that heals and regenerates the damage that’s being done. So how do we go about this? Exploring this question is what Happen Films was founded upon and is what drives us to do what we do. We want to find the people responding to the metacrisis and share their stories in order to inspire others to make change in their own lives and in their communities. Ourselves included!
Meet the Happen Films team
Jordan Osmond
In his mid-teens, growing up in Ballarat, Jordan was struck by how documentary films were having an impact on how he saw the world and lived his life. He wanted to get behind the camera and have a positive impact on the lives of others.
Antoinette Wilson
Born in Tasmania, raised in Aotearoa New Zealand, Antoinette left university for a career in book publishing that lasted 20 years. As her understanding of the state of planet and human health developed, a journey of exploration led her towards a change in career that began with work in a market garden and completing her permaculture design certificate.
Anna Veale
Anna fills the role of Editing Assistant alongside her soundie role when she’s able to join on film shoots. Growing up in Christchurch listening to Radio New Zealand and pottering in her mother’s vegetable garden Anna developed a love for the environment and public broadcasting.
Nick Tucker
Nick uses his skills in communication, positioning and strategy to the production and promotion of Happen Films content. Growing up on the family dairy farm in southern England, Nick’s love for the outdoors – and the plants and creatures that live there – began early.