Community remembrance at Mount Kembla. Footage supplied by WIN TV for the documentary series Shattered
A personal approach
With care,
and room to listen.
I’m Kathie Melocco, a grief and loss educator and documentary filmmaker. I bring more than 20 years’ experience in senior communications strategy, including crisis management.
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My work has been shaped by personal loss and by listening to the stories people carry. Through GIDII, I bring together education, storytelling and communication to help build a more grief-literate world—one person, one conversation at a time.
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There is room here for love, humour, meaning and joy, alongside grief.
Documentary work
Stories to spend time with.
We bring human stories into workplaces and communities through documentary, conversation and education. Our purpose is to deepen understanding, strengthen connection and help people explore what they can change together.
A four-part documentary series · Life after workplace injury, exploring the role of family, community and connection in recovery.
Feature documentary in development · Grief, loss and change across a lifetime—and how community can help us find our way.
A PERSONAL STORY
The love behind my work
My parents had been together since they were 14. Their love story is the reason I do the work I do.
In 2021, both contracted COVID-19 in an aged care facility. Their experience sparked a national conversation about aged care and vaccination, and I spoke publicly about their care and the importance of keeping families connected.
Both have since died. I honour them through my work—in ceremonies that remember a whole life, education that helps people respond to grief, and films that explore love, loss and connection.
Their story is part of why GIDII makes room for love, humour and joy alongside grief. It is also at the heart of my documentary, Love Stays.
Media coverage of my parents’ story and my aged care advocacy.
Contact
Start with a conversation.
For memorial planning, workplace education, documentary screenings and facilitated conversations.