Milutis Film + Media

One of a series of animations written, produced and directed by Tara Milutis on UNFPA's Three Transformative Results – the sexual and reproductive health and rights targets that work to advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

One in a series of French and Spanish case study videos produced by Tara Milutis for UNFPA’s 101 on Human Rights Course.

While working as a full-time communications consultant for UNFPA Asia Pacific in Bangkok, I produced a series of videos documenting the joint project between Zonta International and UNFPA to strengthen gender-based violence services in Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste. The videos included 8-10 minute versions used for reporting, and shorter versions for social media. All footage in the field was shot by local videographers.

I traveled to Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia to make three short social media videos for UN Women's Generation Equality campaign, profiling inspiring women in the region who are realizing their rights towards an equal future. I also wrote profile pieces on each of the women and took still photography to be used in the campaign. UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most visionary agenda for women’s rights and empowerment everywhere.

A film by Tara Milutis on UNICEF’s early childhood development programming in Azerbaijan, part of a multimedia advocacy kit Milutis Film + Media produced for UNICEF Azerbaijan. We produced all content for the kit - all text, photos, videos and illustrations (in both English and Azerbaijani). Shorter versions for social media and all language versions can be found on our Vimeo page.

A film about the life of a migrant domestic worker in Bangkok, produced by Tara Milutis and UN Women HQ. Written, directed, co-shot and edited by Tara Milutis. Slow-motion cinematography by Nopakorn "Toto" Theinsiri. Music by Chris Zabriskie and Ketsa. Screened at the UN General Assembly in New York for the first-ever Summit on Refugees and Migrants.

A motion graphics animation on breaking the cycle of violence against women and children in Europe and Central Asia produced by Milutis Film + Media. Russian language and shortened social media versions available for viewing on our Vimeo page.

A video by Tara Milutis documenting UNFPA’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia 2020 regional leadership meeting in Istanbul.

A motion graphics animation produced by Milutis Film + Media on negative perspectives towards female migrant workers in Asia Pacific.

A video shot, directed and edited by Tara Milutis documenting World Bank Group's conference, three years before the Covid-19 outbreak, on financing strategies for pandemic preparedness. The event gathered global heads of government, finance ministers, scientists, doctors, and aid & development workers together in Bangkok.

Milutis Film + Media produced this animated video for ECPAT's "Speak Out" series - created from interviews with survivors in the United States and Thailand that were conducted by Tara Milutis. The animation is an overview of the growing epidemic of the sexual exploitation of children by travelers and tourists.

Part of ECPAT's "Speak Out" series - this video was filmed in the United States and Thailand and created from interviews with survivors that were conducted by Tara Milutis. It addresses the demand side of the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Produced, directed, shot and edited by Tara Milutis for ECPAT International.

Journey to my Dreams - Child Migration in Thailand. A film produced, directed, shot and edited by Tara Milutis for Terre des Hommes Netherlands about child migrants from Myanmar and Cambodia coming to work in Thailand. Second camera by Lillian Suwanrumpha.

“Christmas in Karen State” — a short documentary on a Jesuit priest’s Christmas visit to a Black Zone village in Karen State.

A short video by Tara Milutis documenting the beginning of a five year education project in northern Thailand. The program is for Karen refugees from black zone villages in Karen State, Myanmar as well as marginalized ethnic minorities living in the borderland region who don't have access to proper schools.

A profile of the United Nations Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and their projects in Asia Pacific. Written, directed, shot and edited by Tara Milutis. (ARCHIVAL)

A fundraising video for Turner Broadcasting and Christian Action's "Soul in a Metropolis", a photography project featuring the works of Hong Kong based refugees, launching a multi-year arts initiative at Chungking Mansions Service Center for Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Directed, shot and edited by Tara Milutis. (ARCHIVAL)

A short documentary by Tara Milutis made to help raise funds for a remote medical clinic in Myanmar's Karen State, that profiles the work of Father Vinai Boonlue - an ethnic Karen Jesuit priest who does aid work in the region. (ARCHIVAL)