UNCLE (2026)
Documentary
In Production in 2023-26
Australian Cultural Fund // UNCLE
A Gunai/Kurnai man journeys from the remote community of Aurukun to Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust to care for his mother, reckoning with his past to find personhood as a man who walks in many worlds.
On Country I’m one person, in the city I’m another. All my life I’ve tried to belong. but I conquered that. I survived in the Western world. —uncle jason coombes
About
UNCLE (AUS, 2026) is a documentary about the extraordinary life of Uncle Jason Coombes.
UNCLE is an intimate, character-driven documentary following Uncle Jason Coombes—a proud Gunai-Kurnai man, queer elder, nurse, and drag performer as he moves between Country, family, care work, and performance. Walking many worlds, Uncle Jason’s life unfolds across remote Indigenous communities, suburban homes, and queer spaces, revealing the quiet negotiations required to belong.
Through moments of humour, loss, and joy, UNCLE reframes resilience beyond survival, celebrating care, kinship, and self-determination. As Uncle Jason reflects on family, identity, and the homes he has built across a lifetime, the film offers a tender portrait of belonging as something earned, shared, and carried within. Offering lessons in living boldly and with self-compassion to us all, this is a film for audiences ready for an uplifting take on the healing power to self-determine one’s own path.
Director Alexandra George
Producers Uncle Jason Coombes, Alexandra George
Associate Producer Emiel Eddy
Cultural Consultants Hannah Brontë, Terri Janke & Company, Antoinette Yunkaporta
With Uncle Jason Coombes
Director of Photography Petra Leslie
Editor Derry Sheehan
Additional Cinematography Kate Cornish
Drone Cinematography Joe Nossal
Still Photography Glendyn Ivin
Creative Producer (Post) Theo McMahon
Location Sound Conor Whitty
Title & Credit Designer Amery Oke-Johnston, Thought & Found
Supported by Creative Australia’s MATCH Lab, Australian Cultural Fund and Pride Foundation Australia
And all those who will be thanked in time.