Resonant Films

04/08/2026

Far North Queensland is heading to the big screen this August with Storm Bird, a new feature film shot entirely across the region.

Directed by James Ivor and Eryk Lenartowicz, the film follows an unlikely friendship that forms over one life-changing weekend in Far North Queensland.

The film’s Far North Queensland tour begins this Thursday with its premiere at the Munro Theatre in Babinda, before continuing to cinemas across the region.

We’re proud to see a locally made feature reaching audiences across the Far North and beyond.

Storm Bird was produced by Resonant Films director Caden Pearson, alongside Ivor.

STORM BIRD is making waves up in FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND with a feature article in the Cairns Post

Catch us@on the big screen in:
Babinda Aug 6
Cairns Event Cinema Aug 8
Malanda Aug 9
Mareeba Aug 16

Tickets at the door!

11/05/2026

Join us in Cairns on Friday 22 May, 6–8pm at Guyala Café, to celebrate Taste of the Tropics Series 2 on SBS Food.

Resonant Films is proud to have produced Episode 1 — Share Plates with Steph Tisdell — alongside our fellow Far North Queensland teams: Wild Life Pictures (Foodie Friends, with Oliver James) and Fresh Basil Films × Blue Octopus Films (Tropical Innovators, with Sharon Cavanagh-Luskin).

The evening will feature a screening of the series with canapés inspired by recipes from each episode and a welcome drink on arrival. Come along and celebrate the people, places and incredible community in Tropical North Queensland.

Tickets $65 via Eventbrite — capacity is capped at 100:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-the-tropics-season-2-celebration-tickets-1987371105475

Hosted by Guyala. With thanks to SBS Food, Screen Queensland and Screenworks.

03/05/2026

Hear wonderful stories and meet passionate farmers, cooks and more from tropical north Queensland as engaging food and travel show 'Taste of the Tropics' returns for a new season.

03/05/2026

03/05/2026

27/04/2026

Sicilian ravioli, Far North Queensland.

In Share Plates, Steph Tisdell cooks with Jake Girgenti, his dad Mario, and his grandmother Zina in Shannonvale — a rainforest cane-farming township northwest of Port Douglas. Jake's grandfather Giuseppe came out from Sicily in 1953. The white eggplant in their dish is the only plant surviving from his garden.

"Food is a way to remember your heritage, and to remind ourselves that we do belong here." — Jake

In honour of Giuseppe Girgenti.

Director Caden Pearson
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26/04/2026

Bulkiji on Kuku Yalanji country.

In Share Plates, Steph Tisdell meets Tahlia Burchill-O'Brien — a Kuku Yalanji + Maltese & English dancer, storyteller and educator — on Newell Beach to cook pippi aljotta with coconut saltbush damper. A dish that blends two sides of Tahlia's story.

"I'm Yalanji, I'm Maltese, I'm a mum, I'm a dancer — and all of these things can come together just like the vegetables in this dish." — Tahlia

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25/04/2026

Hole-in-the-wall, big flavours.

In Share Plates, drops into to learn sambal and nasi goreng from Brondong and Mermaik — a husband-and-wife duo who brought the flavours of Java to a Javanese kitchen just off the Cairns esplanade.

"Every ingredient from Indonesia, we can grow up here." — Brondong

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23/04/2026

Back to her roots.

Yidinji comedian and actor Steph Tisdell returns to Gimuy (Cairns) for Share Plates — Episode 1 of Taste of the Tropics Series 2.

Three locals. Three dishes. One unforgettable day of cooking, laughter and stories about what it means to belong.

Thursday 30 April, 7:30pm on . Streaming .

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