About Sinta Group

Michelle Baltazar and Michael Troy are the founding directors of Sinta Group, a collective of
Filipino-Australians with a vision to broaden national awareness of Filipino arts and culture in Australia.

Sinta’s mission is to support at least one major event in Australia each year showcasing Filipino art to
the local community.

This year, we have called on Natalie Palomo to help us support our maiden project – promoting
Brillante Mendoza’s film entry “Lola” at the 2010 Sydney Film Festival. Natalie is an accomplished
producing graduate from AFTRS and has recently worked with Tony Ayres, Helen Bowden, Penny
Chapman, Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst for two years to build up Matchbox Pictures
culminating in $750,000 worth of enterprise funding.
(www.matchboxpictures.com)

Michelle Baltazar is the editor of Sydney-based finance publication Financial Standard. Her community
activities include being one of the radio hosts of Radio Sandigan, publisher of the Australian Filipina
and contributor to various local publications.
(www.michellebaltazar.com)

Michael Troy is the part of the Multi National Studio Celsius Media, a multimedia services provider that
has long catered for the Filipino community. His community involvement includes being the
Marketing Director of the Grand Philippine Fiesta Kultura and ‘behind-the-scenes’ director of the
annual Global Filipino Awards.
(www.celsiusmedia.com)

Natalie Palomo
Creative Director
natalie.@sinta.com.au

Michelle Baltazar
Communications and Marketing Director
michelle@sinta.com.au

Michael Troy
Production and Sponsorships Director
michael@sinta.com.au