Projects & Productions
Feature films, television, books, music and cultural storytelling projects developed through RooH Productions and collaborative creative partnerships across Australia and internationally.
RooH Productions
Founded in 2014, RooH Productions is the independent creative studio of filmmaker, writer and producer James Vegter, developing original projects across film, television, publishing, music and educational storytelling.
Through RooH Productions, James develops cinematic and cross-cultural works exploring history, identity, truth, mental health and human connection through screen, literature and music.
Current projects include historical dramas, psychological thrillers, educational initiatives and international film developments created across Australia, India and internationally.
FILM & TELEVISION
Feature films, television concepts, documentaries and cinematic developments grounded in historical, psychological and cross-cultural storytelling.
FILM & TELEVISION
Feature films, television concepts, documentaries and cinematic developments grounded in historical, psychological and cross-cultural storytelling.
RECENT PROJECTS
Morrups Call
Period Drama - Short Film 14 mins
Finished - 2026
Actor - Writer - Producer- Director
After releasing a book about his 32 years living with the Wadawurrung people, escaped convict William Buckley dies. But his spirit — his moorup — journeys back across Country, drawn by the distant voice of a young girl calling to him from a fire, as he witnesses the devastating impacts of colonisation unfolding across the land he once called home.
Barry’s Music Adventiures
5 Book Children Series
2025
A guitar-playing Labrador travels across Australia, discovering friendship, culture, and the power of music to bring communities together.
Garra’s Chance
Period Drama - Short Film 6 mins
Writer - Producer- Director
During the Silent War on Wadawurrung Country, a young Indigenous girl separated from her family must survive alone in the Anakie Mountains while guided by the spirit and wisdom of her ancestors.
Torres
Taken with the winds.
Short Film -8 mins
Writer - Producerr - Directrorm- Actor
Feature Film (In Development) - Period Drama
In 1606, Portuguese navigator Luis Vaz de Torres sails into unknown waters after becoming separated from his fleet, uncovering the passage later named Torres Strait — while the shadows of colonisation, kidnapping, and the naming of Australia begin to emerge.
Spotwind
It Never Ends
Written and Directed by James Vegter
Short Film- 12 mins
Psychological Drama
Starring: Alice Chaston, Lucy Sharpe, James Vegter
In Development
feature films
television
documentaries
books
music projects
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
Ngarram
Purra and Buckley’s Chance
Period Drama
Production Status: Set for Production 2026
Actor - Writer - Producer
Based on a true story from the silent war in Southern Australia set between 1803-1856.
Atman
Colour Of Fear
Feature Film - Thriller
Production Status: Development/ Screenplay Written
Set in Melbourne and Mumbai.
Writer- Producer - Director
MeM
Who am I?
Feature Film - Sci-Fi Thriller
Production Status: Development / Screenplay
Set in Thailand, Malta, the British Virgin Islands, Miami, and New York.
Writer- Producer
Torres
Taken with the winds.
Feature Film (In Development)
Period Drama
Writer - Producer
Tequila Diamonds
Four Winds, Four Stories and North Wind.
Feature Film
Production Status: Development / Screenplay Written
Set in Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
Writer - Producer - Director
Dead Feather
Light In Darkness
Feature Film - Psychiological Thriller
Production Status: Development / Script Written
Set in Argentina and Peru
Writer - Producer - Director
BOOKS & PUBLISHING
Literary works, children’s books, educational publications and long-form storytelling projects spanning fiction, memoir and research.
MUSIC & SOUND
Original compositions, cinematic soundscapes and music projects developed alongside film, literature and visual storytelling.
EDUCATIONAL & CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Research-driven projects exploring Indigenous knowledge, truth-telling, history and long-term educational storytelling through collaborative cultural development.
International Collaborations
Creative partnerships and project development across Australia, India, China, Africa, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Collaborate
Open to film, television, publishing, music and cross-cultural storytelling collaborations internationally.