by Viv Mullan | Apr 24, 2016
Gambling with Minds Gambling with Minds 2016 – Director/ Producer/ Script editor Documentary 10 minutes ABOUT A poetic, experimental documentary which voices the experiences of various mental health advocates who have lived experience of mental illness and the Australian mental health system. Gambling with Minds was a community documentary project facilitated through Bus Stop Films’ inclusive documentary film studies program. The program engaged 7 people with complex and persistent mental health issues, empowering them to learn about documentary filmmaking subjects, and as a group, pick a...
by Viv Mullan | Apr 23, 2016
Kill Off 2016 – Writer/Director (original story)Comedy Drama15 minutes ABOUTA vivacious woman with Down syndrome forms an unlikely friendship with a Sudanese refugee through their mutual love of KRUMP. Kill Off is an inclusive film project brought to life by 11 students with an intellectual disability under the guidance of professional film industry mentors. The short was made through a 10-month inclusive filmmaking program, that I developed based off a short story I had written and characters I’d created. The program was designed to give people who never usually get the chance to study or...
by Peter Wright | Oct 6, 2015
Heartbreak & Beauty Heartbreak and Beauty2015 – DirectorExperimental Documentary15 minute ABOUT Heartbreak & Beauty is an experimental short film that explores how we are all connected through our shared human experiences of love and loss. Expressed through visual metaphor, dance and poetry, twelve people living with an intellectual disability give their perspective on what it means to be human. Over 10 months I held weekly filmmaking workshops with 12 students with an intellectual disability at Bus Stop Films, with the vision to create a poetic and emotive short film that expressed...
by Peter Wright | Oct 5, 2014
Work Mate Work Mate2014 – Writer/DirectorComedy16 minutesClient – Australia Post ABOUT When an introverted office worker is invited by his work mate with a vision impairment to go cycling, he tries desperately to find a way out of it. A piece of branded content I wrote and directed for Australia Post’s Real Stories Project. This film was inspired by the true story of an Australia Post employee with vision impairment who lives life to the full. It has been used as a training resource to raise awareness about the importance of inclusion in the workforce, as well as this, it has been...
by Peter Wright | Oct 2, 2013
The Interviewer The Interviewer2012 – Writer/DirectorComedy Drama12 minutes ABOUT Thomas Howell gets more than he bargained for in his interview at a prestigious law firm; an insult about his tie, a rendition of Harry Potter and the chance to change the lives of a father and son. The Interviewer is an award-winning inclusive short film, made through our Bus Stop Films, filmmaking program. The film was devised with 12 people living with disability, all of whom actively participated in the development of the film and were mentored through the process of making the film with professional...
