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Shontell Leah Ketchell Shontell Leah Ketchell i(25812860 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Kaanju ; Torres Strait Islander ; Torres Strait Islander Meriam
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BiographyHistory

'Shontell Leah Ketchell, is an Aboriginal (Kaanju Nation) and Torres Strait Islander (Badu & Mer Island) emerging screenwriter and producer from Cairns, Far North Queensland. In 2018 she was accepted into the Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting: Feature Film course at AFTRS.'

Source: WOW (Women of the World) Festival Australia, 2022.

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Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Gold Diggers ( dir. Helena Brooks ) Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2023 25940233 2023 series - publisher film/TV Two sisters, party animal Gert and naive Marigold, try to make their fortune in the 1850s gold-rush town of Dead Horse Gap.
2024 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Narrative Comedy Series
form y separately published work icon Barrumbi Kids ( dir. Grant Brown et. al. )agent Northern Territory : National Indigenous Television , 2022 21974272 2022 series - publisher film/TV children's

Follows two best friends, Tomias and Dahlia, growing up in a remote Northern Territory community.
2024 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Children's Television Series
2023 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Children's Program
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