The Project

In Australia, limited awareness of dementia in ethnically diverse communities often results in delayed diagnosis, poorer prognosis, and a higher burden of care on families and health systems.

Moving Pictures, an innovative multi-media project, aims to change this through the production of short films co-produced with people from ethnically diverse backgrounds. The Moving Pictures team has produced 28 short films with Greek-, Spanish-, Italian-, Vietnamese-, Hindi-, Tamil-, Mandarin-, Cantonese- and Arabic-speaking communities. For each language, there are three films: Detection and Diagnosis, Navigating Care, and the Carer Journey.

The films are based on the stories and lived experiences of carers of people living with dementia, and the expert views of key service providers. The team has also developed comics to complement the films.