Alive to This is presented in collaboration with TEDxSydney and Small Giants Academy. The series is made possible with support from Bill Manos and the Manos Foundation.
Trailer
Host
Eleanor Gammell
Eleanor is a convenor focused on systems dynamics and human futures. She curates and facilitates immersive experiences to engage with the pressing ideas and emergent dynamics of this moment in time.
Her work spans institutions such as Small Giants Academy, TEDxSydney, MONA and The School of Life, where she has co-created transformative journeys through forests, borderlands, boardrooms, underground museums and public stages.
She is the host of Esther Lane, a gathering space in Sydney devoted to inquiry and collective sensemaking.
She is a mother of two small humans. The future their generation will inherit is forever on her mind.
Team
Executive Production
Jo Yeldham
Jo Yeldham is a photographer and acupuncturist. She studied photography at the Australian Center for Photography and has contributed to Harper's Bazaar Australia and Spain, Dumbo Feather, Walker's Journal, Vogue Australia and the Financial Review. Jo has designed, edited and contributed to the Picador-published book Surrender, and collaborates with her partner Joshua Yeldham in their shared creative practice and home studio.
Editing
Peter Cramer, The Milk Bar
For more than two decades, The Milk Bar has partnered with many of Australia's most respected producers, production companies and broadcasters: crafting stories that resonate on screen and beyond. With roots in both television and entertainment marketing, they understand how to shape an idea from its first spark to its final frame, drawing on a global network of trusted collaborators: directors, crew, and designers: scaling each production with care to match the story and vision.
Music
Tristan Barton
Original score ‘Dawning Light’ composed by Tristan Barton. Tristan Barton is a proud Yorta Yorta man and CQUniversity music alumnus whose career as a composer, producer and session drummer has continued to gain momentum on both national and international stages.
Social Media
Lilly Vongratsavai
Lilly Vongratsavai is a social media and engagement strategist across entertainment, media and social impact. Since 2019, her work has focused on purpose-driven campaigns and movements supporting people, planet and future generations. She works across social media strategy, influencer engagement, community and events, and has contributed to the community independents movement, the Indigenous Voice to Parliament and the campaign to bring Julian Assange home.
Executive Assistant
Molly Moloney
Molly Moloney is a writer, filmmaker and executive assistant. She has worked with directors to craft compelling creative pitches and scripts, and derives meaning from helping people execute their ideas. Her films have screened in festivals within Australia and overseas, and her writing was recently shortlisted for the Kill Your Darling’s 2026 Flash Fiction Prize. Across all of her work, she is deeply committed to creating generative spaces where people can gather, perform and live shared stories in real time.
Video Production
Made in Katana
Founded as a visual production house servicing the international music industry in 2000, MIK has since transformed into a full-service global creative powerhouse working across music, advertising and video.