Supported by Screen Australia, Film Victoria & SBS
The Children in the Pictures
by Akhim Dev & Simon Nasht • 2021 • 90’ • Australia
Credits
Directors:
Akhim Dev & Simon Nasht
Producers:
Tony Wright & Simon Nasht
Task Force Argos is the world’s leading specialist police investigation team skilled at running covert operations inside the vast online criminal networks dedicated to child sexual abuse. In a cat and mouse game fought in the deep reaches of the dark web, predators and police both seek to remain hidden from view. This is the toughest job in law enforcement, because as the technology evolves so does the threat to the children.
Festivals
Human Rights Film Festival Berlin 2022
UNAFF — United Nations Association Film Festival 2022
Mondvisioni 2022
Filmmaker’s Biography
Akhim Dev is an established creative producer with over 20 years of experience in broadcast television and digital content. He has worked in story producing, post-producing, and digital producing roles on a number of major commercial TV productions in Australia. Internationally, his projects have been vast and varied; from following nomadic tribes in India to chasing the biggest waves in the southern hemisphere and searching for Bollywood’s next star. His credits include writing, directing or producing on THE 3G of US for SBS, STORM SURFERS for Firelight Productions, and THE FINAL SACRIFICE for Discovery and National Geographic.
Simon Nasht is former political journalist for The Age and ABC. In 2014, he launched the specialist independent distributor Screen Impact, and in 2018, DNX Media — a partnership with December Media to finance and produce long-form content for the global market. Simon’s films have won many awards including Logies, AWGIES, AFI, and the Eureka Prize for science journalism, and he was the first filmmaker to be nominated for the coveted Prime Minister’s History Prize. Simon has written best-selling non-fiction books, continues to write for digital outlets, and has a long-time interest in media policy and education. He is a former teacher at the European Film College in Denmark and has guest lectured at many of the world’s leading film schools.