SHORT FILM
AWARD-WINNING, BUTTERFLY/BATAPLAI
A Papua New Guinean/American woman challenges her evangelist father's strict rules to find her voice as a makeup artist.
SCREENPLAY
HISTORICAL, INDIGENOUS, FEMALE-LED FEATURE
THE DEFIANT ONE
Written by Veialu Aila-Unsworth
On a Pacific Island colony, an Indigenous girl accidentally gets her brother arrested and must save him from being executed.
"Recommend" in script coverage.
The Black List's 2021 CAPE List
Long list, 2023 Black List x WIF Residency
Round 2, 2022 Sundance Development Track
Special Mention, 2022 UK Online Pitchbox
Quarter Finalist, 2022 Spring Screencraft Fund
FABER ACADEMY
WRITING A NOVEL
Veialu was awarded the 2025 Faber Writing A Novel Scholarship. Presented by Australia's leading independent publishing house Allen & Unwin in partnership with the prestigious UK publishers Faber & Faber.
SCREENPLAY
HISTORICAL , FEMALE-LED SCREENPLAY & PILOT SCRIPT
WAR DANCER
Written by Veialu Aila-Unsworth
A teenage girl, forced into an arranged marriage, dreams of being a dancer, falls in love and must escape the Japanese invasion of Burma, World War II.
"Recommend" in script coverage.
TV CAMPAIGNS
FOR AUSTRALIA'S MOST LOVED TV SHOWS
Veialu brings 20 years of experience as a creative producer, copywriter, editor, and promo director with Australia's major TV networks, Nine and Ten.
A recent campaign was the 2025 launch of the groundbreaking, unscripted series, BIG MIRACLES, on Network Nine.
MENTOR
ARMED WITH A CAMERA FELLOWSHIP
Veialu was a mentor for the 2023-2024 Armed With A Camera Fellowship (AWC) in Los Angeles, a program run by the pioneering media arts organisation, Visual Communications in Los Angeles.
For over 20 years, this annual fellowship has supported Asian & Pacific Islander filmmakers who empower communities & challenge perspectives. Veialu is also an AWC alum herself.