Production Partners and Media Outlets:
Services:
LOGISTICS
We offer full-service logistical support including journalist/media visa assistance, specialist permission, transport, multi-lingual guides and more.
CONSULTATION
We can assist with pre-production research, risk assessments, production plan development, security reports, advice on equipment and budgets.
LOCATION MANAGEMENT
We have on-location experience managing commercial trips and projects in 30 destinations including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Central Asia, Russian Caucasus, Siberia, Puntland, and Somaliland.
POST-PRODUCTION
Untamed Borders Media has a network of professionals available for video editing, motion graphics, sound design, and colour grading.
Projects:
We guided the legendary broadcaster Michael Palin in Iraq, along with a film crew. We planned out the adventure and provided on the ground logistics support for the series, which aired on Channel 5 in the UK and was titled “Michael Palin: Into Iraq
We arranged guiding and organised logistics for a multi-award winning film, which follows the progress of the Afghan skiing community and the formation of the Bamyan Alpine Ski Club. “Champions of the Golden Valley” had its world premiere at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in New York and is now available to stream on the Olympics.com website. Our Founder, James Willcox is an Associate Producer of the film and Noble Peace Prize Winner, Malala Yousafzai, and actor Arian Moayed are Executive Producers.
We arranged guiding and logistics for Belgian broadcaster, Tom Waes, and a TV crew in Northern Pakistan, for the popular “Reizen Waes” travel show. The programme was aired in the Autumn of 2025.
At the end of 2023 we organised a special adventure for two guests, who kayaked to the lowest lying island on earth, in Ethiopia’s Lake Afrera. It lies 102m below sea level and there have only been 5 previous documented visits, with the last one taking place in 1973. The project was turned into a film.
White Silk Road tells the story of three Australian snowboarders who travelled to Afghanistan to carry the sport across new frontiers. In one of the most dangerous parts of the world, they discovered incredible mountains, breathtaking landscapes, and heartwarming communities of hospitable people. The feature film was produced in conjunction with leading surf & snowboard brands Billabong, Burton, Oakley, and Transfer, with Untamed Borders Media arranging the logistics.
Canada based outdoor/culture photographer and filmmaker Jordan Manley approached us to arrange the logistics for a ski film which would form the final episode in his extensive film series called “A Skier’s Journey”. The series, produced in association with outdoor clothing company Arc’teryx, covers a variety of other destinations such as Kashmir, Argentina, Baffin Island and Iceland. You can find out more about all the films at www.askiersjourney.com.
We also assisted an American team, and a film crew from The North Face and Stept Studios, in making the first ski ascent and descent of Iraq’s highest peak, Mt. Halgurd. This was part of US Veteran, Stacy Bare’s Adventure Not War project which is the story of three U.S. veterans traveling back into the mountains of Iraq on a mission to heal wounds and experience the country and its culture without the shadow of war.
The American magazine Newsweek, which a circulation of 1.5 million readers, arranged for a story about skiing in Afghanistan in conjunction with Storyhunter TV — a leading global video journalism network. The collaboration resulted in a short film observing the lives, hopes and dreams of some of the Afghani competitors in the annual Afghanistan Ski Challenge.
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio, online and television network. Untamed Borders worked with SBS Australia to produce a short piece about travel in offbeat locations covering travel tales from Afghanistan, Iran and Somalia.
Australia’s state-owned and funded national public broadcaster, ABC Australia, requested us to arrange the logistics for a 25 minute presenter-led piece which explores Afghanistan’s current political situation and its impact on tourism/social development in the country. The story is told through the words of local female skiers, Afghan policymakers and competitors in the international Afghanistan Ski Challenge.
In 2017 the Untamed Borders Media team worked closely with a British documentary film production team to handle the logistics of their filming expedition to the Baikal region of Siberia to capture the immense variety of wildlife native to the area.