Tom Zubrycki has been giving voice to those on the margins through nearly 40 years of documentary filmmaking. His latest project brings a human face to climate change by following a Sydney woman and the plight of her relatives in the small Pacific nation of Kiribati. The Hungry Tide premieres at this year’s Sydney Film Festival.

In a filmmaker interview for ASO, Tom reflects on key films from his extensive body of work and tells us why he chooses the stories he does:

'I felt that I was carving out new territory – that nobody had really looked, in a really intense way, closely observed way, at the lives of immigrants, refugees. That this was something that hadn’t been explored before in this country, except perhaps superficially. And I guess that’s also why I made films about unions early on, because that was also subject matter that wasn’t ever a subject of documentaries.’

You can watch the interview with Tom here. The interview is accompanied by a stills gallery and a comprehensive screenography.

The Hungry Tide is eligible for the Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize at the Sydney Film Festival. Tom presents the film at a sold-out screening on 12 June at 6 pm, Event Cinemas 9, George St.