Lis Bastian talks about community projects and what helped her to stop and recharge after the fires, floods and Covid in 2020. Lis helped establish The Big Fix, a registered charity in the Blue Mountains, NSW. In her work she develops and shares collaborative models for living. She works with with artists and storytellers to creatively redesign media, education, work and to consider how communities connect. The Big Fix is an umbrella organisation for The Big Fix Media, Blue Mountains Pluriversity, Edgy Blue Mountains (a Collaborative Social Enterprise Incubator), Blackheath Community Farm and the Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute.

I acknowledge the Darkinjung, Darug, Dharawal, Gundungurra, Wanaruah and the Wiradjuri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area; and pay respect to Aboriginal Elders past, present and emerging, recognising their strength, capacity, resilience and deep connection to Country.

2018 Courage for the Long Haul (14min) Filmed collaboratively with Cloudcatcher Media. Written, produced and edited by Rani Brown.

Premiered at Melbourne Environmental Film Festival. This film considers community processes that unite beyond political affiliation to protect our life support systems on Earth. Australian Independent Film Festival , Brisbane, Byron Bay International Film Festival, Byron All Shorts
Byron All Shorts, 2019 Audience Award Best Short Film Australian Independent Film Festival, Brisbane 2019 Finalist

We meet women from all walks of life who have come together to bring levity to an otherwise serious situation. They apply the principles of non violent direct action with powerful results.

2013 Knitting Nannas (21 min) Written, filmed, edited by Rani Brown. The story of a dynamic group of women who productively and peacefully protest the coal seam gas industry in Northern NSW.

Premiered at Flickerfest International Film Festival, Sydney and Byron Bay All Shorts International Film Festival 2014. Screened in Australia and internationally for community interest groups. Screened at Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba for World Heritage Day celebrations, 2014 and World Community Film Festival, Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada 2016, Flickerfest, 2014 Highly Commended, Greenflicks Environmental Short Film Byron All Shorts, 2014 People’s Choice Award