THE SUNNYBOY
Frontman Jeremy Oxley of the Australian band the Sunnyboys has had a 30-year battle with schizophrenia. A meditation on a condition often stigmatised and misunderstood, The Sunnyboy buries below the surface of Jeremy’s public identity to explore his own reality. The film follows Jeremy as he tentatively unpicks his confused thoughts and feelings about the past with his brother Peter. From his struggle with the physical effects of years spent self-medicating to his hopeful contemplation of a married future and a daring return to the stage,
STOLEN
Filmmakers Violeta Ayala and Dan Fallshaw travel to North Africa intending to make one film only to discover a hidden truth that takes them on a journey they could never have imagined.
The film follows the story of a Saharawi refugee separated from her mother since she was a toddler and reunited through a UN family reunion program. The reunion reveals a secret and the film quickly spirals into another world.
INTERVENTION - KATHERINE NT.
A record of the impact of the first year of The Emergency Intervention in the Northern Territory region of Katherine and the surrounding communities of Beswick, Barunga, Eva Valley and Binjari. The documentary was shot over a period of 8-months and features the lives of ordinary community residents as they experience the Intervention first hand, as well as the various government and business workers who came together to implement it.
WANJA
A documentary about ‘The Block’, through the eyes of Auntie Barb and the life of Wanja her blue heeler dog, recently deceased. The Block’s many and varied stories of Wanja reflect on the issues affecting this indigenous community in the heart of Sydney.
The stories of Wanja tell us how the tension between the community and police escalated, why the housing has continued to deteriorate and largely been demolished, and why the strength of the community - it’s elders, moved on.