FIRST NATIONS ADVISORY GROUP
Adam Jenkins
Adam Jenkins is a Kaurna/Ngarrindjeri man, an independent filmmaker, and professional photographer. His credits as a writer and director include short films Aucune Perte (2000), The Other Side of Negative (2005), and a documentary for NITV’s Our Stories about his mother, Aunty Steph: Becoming an Adelaide Jewel (2017). Adam’s short film Wild at Heart, which he directed and co-wrote with Tammy Coleman Zweck, came third in the People’s Choice at the Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air First Nation Short Film Festival in 2022. He wrote and directed the SAFC funded Aboriginal short horror film The Getaway, which premiered at Sydney SXSW Film Festival and the Adelaide Film Festival and won the 2024 South Australian Screen Award for Best First Nations Film.