Connecting back with something real.

Our mission in a noisy world of constructed, artificial narratives is to connect back with the truth. Working with purpose-driven organisations, we exist to meaningfully engage audiences for social and commercial impact.

Origin Story

I have always been searching for a way to work with like-minded people in a creative, collaborative fashion and in service of meaningful outcomes. A simple premise that has led to where we are today.

In 2013, off the back of a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing, I co-founded the production company, Barking Wolf in my hometown of Fremantle, Western Australia. For six and a half years we worked with brands, museums, galleries and community organisations telling socially motivated stories.

In 2019, I moved to Melbourne and went all in on documentary filmmaking. I scrapped together small pots of funding and produced multiple shorts that featured in festivals around the country. This led to award nominations including ‘Best Short’ at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival & Sydney Short Film Festival.

It was here that the heart Of Place Films was born; creative project teams, full of collaboration, working together in service of emotionally resonant documentaries.

In 2023, I was blessed with the news my partner, Rach and I would be welcoming our daughter, Bobbie into the world. This illuminated a clarity of focus that brought the past 11 years together and set out a path forward.

Of Place Films is now bigger than a collective of directors, cinematographers, sound designers and colourists, we encompass the organisations we work with, and the stories of sacrifice, connection and the pursuit of meaning.

We want to work with businesses and Not For Profits who value people and the stories their organisations harbour.

I hope the process of working with us leaves you feeling heard and inspired and that the outcome is more impactful than you could have ever envisaged.

-       Founder, Mitchell Withers

What we Value

  • We want to make audiences truly feel and connect deeply with the people and places depicted on screen. This only occurs when objectives, story and creative approach all work together in alignment and with great intentionality.

  • We want to build ongoing, lasting relationships and contribute positively to the organisations and communities we partner with. The foundation of this is trust. To earn and maintain trust, we must operate ethically and openly, always.

  • Far from being prescriptive, we want to connect with what is real and amplify it to audiences. To connect with this, we must remain open and curious at all times.

  • We are on a journey to unattainable mastery, we are avid film and art lovers and are committed to pushing what is possible with each and every project.