District 3030
a short documentary directed, produced and edited by Jessie Mahina Caesar, Georgia Downey & Delphi San Roque for Kim Montgomery’s studio, 'Memory, Identity & Neighbourhoods', at RMIT University.
With thanks to Turi Caesar for the soundtrack.
Violence. Drugs. Gangs. Two boys share their reality of living in Melbourne’s West.
District 3030, otherwise known as the Werribee and Point Cook area is often painted by the media as a place of violence, drugs and gangs, predominantly present within youth. We sit down with two young boys who face this as their reality to break down and bring clarity to these stereotypes and redefine the meaning of ‘gang’. This short documentary shed’s light on youth culture, identity and the importance of sticking to those you call family.
A CREATIVA CHRISTMAS
a short film directed, produced, shot and edited by Jessie Caesar.
Intern at Creativa Video Productions talks with the rest team about their highlights for the year & their plans for the holiday season.
Coming to the end of the year and my internship - I decided to talk with the team here at Creativa about what Christmas means to them, what their highlight of the year was and if they have any holiday traditions…
TO BE SOMETHING
Directed, produced and edited by Jessie Mahina Caesar for Rohan Spong's studio, 'Real to Reel', at RMIT University.
'To Be Something' documents the dreams that our youth in the world have for our future. But with all that’s going on in the world in this current day and age – poverty, conflict, inequality and corruption... is there any hope for these dreams to eventuate? who actually is responsible for making these dreams come true?
Peter maccallum cancer centre - Mri scan explainer video
This project was produced in association with RMIT University with funding provided by the Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation. Edited by Jessie Mahina Caesar and Kiralee Greenhalgh.
rmit x acmi - pepper’s ghost explainer video
ACMI worked with it’s partner RMIT University and their Bachelor of Communication (Media) program to help students produce a series of short explainer videos communicating concepts across film, TV, videogames and digital art.
The project was run as a studio subject with ACMI working with RMIT course leaders to provide guidance and critique to the students throughout the concept development and production of these pieces.
This video was directed & produced by Jessie Mahina Caesar, Jude Islip, Sherly Lim & Sarah Jackson Harris.
melbourne women in film fest (mwff) 2022
Jessie Mahina Caesar interviews screen-write, Riwia McKenzie Brown.
Directed & Produced by Jessie Mahina Caesar for Catherine Gough Brady’s Women Beside the Screen studio at RMIT, for screening at the Capitol Theatre & entry to the 2022 Melbourne Women in Film Fest (MWFF).
Password: MWFF
A leap of faith
a stop-motion, claymation short film directed, produced, filmed and edited by Jessie Caesar.
A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward. -Harvey Mackay
Everyone is afraid of jumping into anything new, and uncertain… It’s human nature. This stop/start Claymation, A Leap of Faith, explores this notion of taking that first leap into something new, in a rather endearing analogy.