OUFF FILMS

Producer - Editor -Illustrator - Filmmaker

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Going through old drawings from my film Trab Laus.

I'll be popping my show reel up here too, so keep your eyes peeled!

New horizons are on their way.

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Slavery Never Ended

I came home yesterday after a shoot in India.

Myself and one other camera operator filmed various community-run NGOs across Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, who each specialised in combating slavery. Some focused on preventative strategies, steering children from dangerous situations. Others were for rehabilitative reasons, counseling and providing legal aid to those who have been trafficked and enslaved.

I met children across many red light districts, women who had been abducted and were victims of acid throwing, visited villages, and learned more than I ever anticipated. I've came home with 500G of footage, audio, and photographs.

Most of them I can't and won't share, in respect for the survivors. The photograph below is from Varanasi. I found a local family, and gave this little guy a sticker.

I came here to really say that slavery is alive and well. And I plan to edit all of this footage to remind many of us just how prevalent it is.

There are 15 million slaves across India. They are sometimes trafficked. Sometimes stolen. Sometimes bought. Sometimes killed.

15 million.

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Josh Reynolds thinks it's funny when I play tough. He's right.

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Getting my bio on before heading to New Delhi for a jam packed week of shooting.

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The Sydney Film Festival gets better and more exhausting every year. This is me, half post-coital half asleep after many hours of laughing, crying, crying from laughing, and being in the dreamiest place on Earth - The State Theatre. As always, it served as a big kick up the arse to continue doing what I do, and sticking out any project that lingers around long enough to cause me to lose sleep over. I feel completely rejuvenated, and ready for new places.

But first!

Sleep.

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My current project - Sydney Museum of Words.

This is the second exhibition I've produced of this pretty wonderful museum. For anyone who likes words, good looking art galleries, and humor, come on down and visit me at 73 George St, The Rocks. (It was previously located in Potts Point).

We have sourced a whole heap of words and definitions by people that you know and love, and added a bit of tongue in cheek satire to the mix. I promise that it will at least make you a laugh a little.

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Finally releasing my exclusive video of Warpaint's secret show! These girls were exceptionally friendly and lovely. They let me follow them around the cemetery with my camera for a while, before performing their hauntingly beautiful show in one of the oldest cemeteries in Sydney.

I do not own the rights to these songs and recordings. Songs performed by Warpaint. Rights owned by Warpaint and Remote Control Records.

All rights to footage exclusively mine.

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I'm drawing again. It feels very good.

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Warpaint (Sydney Secret Show, Camperdown Cemetery)An absolute pleasure to shoot. Lovely and extremely talented humans. Video coming soon! Keep your eyes peeled.

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Warpaint

I was lucky enough to have been asked to shoot Warpaint at their secret Sydney show last week. What a brilliant show, and genuinely lovely band. Video release coming soon!

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The Sydney Museum of Words

I've been producing this mother of a project for the past few months. Launches this Saturday, and runs for 2 weeks (16 Nov - 01 Dec).

Read more here!

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Operation: House Rules. If Jamie Packer can start a casino, ignoring all laws and regulations, surely anyone can! So we did!

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What have I been up to lately? newslab.com.au

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News Lab

Introducing my new pet.

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Your Social Environment

I haven't updated properly in a while. And no one is to blame, but a thing is. My environment. My social environment. It is so important to immerse yourself with people that keep your little heart beating. It is equally as important to know when to cull a friendship or relationship, as hard as it may be. We need to believe in our decisions when we feel as though someone's company is no longer having a positive affect on us.

Friendships and relationships have a time. And we feel that. We dream about people when they're in our realm. We are excited to see them, and feed off their energy and give them some of ours when we are around them. But then sometimes that stops. And we find ourselves no longer giving and/or receiving very much, but we still might love them, so it is difficult to let go. But the longer we fake it, the longer we inhibit our own life as well as theirs.

There is always someone out there that is more on your page. More on your level, and understanding of life. And for me, I was reminded of this as I was walking home recently and was invited to an artist's studio. Lately I've been extremely reclusive, or even anxious of new environments. But I fought against it, and I walked in to one of the most awe inspiring studios that I have ever seen. It was full of beautiful, welcoming, and warm energy. There were artists working on cinematic films, backdrops, paintings, exhibitions, and sculptures. They put everything down to come and introduce themself to me, offered me a drink and food, and we talked for hours before going to two art openings. I walked home with a smile on my face, and a feeling in my heart that I could do anything. And strangely, I have only ever felt this once before, and it was during an incredibly difficult break up. I think it was the general feeling of freedom and not being responsible for anyone but myself. So I would make a conscious effort to make ME okay. To feed MYself with things that I needed. And that was a social environment of artists. Of passionate active people, who would seek space to make art, and once they found it, they would utilise it. They walked the walk. And this is what I am beginning to do. And instantly I am better for it. I feel that doors, windows, and ceilings are opening for me all over again. And I am promising myself to never let this go.

The difference is... people that say they would love to do something, and the people that do what they love. Trust your decisions. They are hard, and they usually hurt. But time passes, and soon enough we will forget the pain, and be much more fulfilled for it.