DISABUSED
2017 // DRAMA // 13’24”
Writer / Director / Co-Producer
Redemption comes at a cost — especially when silence has been your only shield.
Synopsis
Vince returns to his hometown and church, haunted by the ghosts of his youth. As he attempts to make peace with the past, he confronts not only the man who let the abuse happen, but the buried shame inside himself.
Disabused is a stark, emotionally-charged drama about faith, guilt, and the corrosive power of silence.
Cast
Ron Kelly, John McNeill, Jimmi Doherty, Harry Stephens, Jonny Haselam, Philip Herington, Bobbi-Lea Dionysius, Lewis Edwards, Stewart Kirkland
Crew
Produced by Lauren Brown
Director of Photography: Scott Kimber
Production Designer: Tori Toms
Editor: Judy Yeh
Colourist: Dan Rice
Sound Designer: Gabriel Adams Gardner
Awards
Winner – Best Direction in a Student Film, Australian Directors’ Guild Awards (2017)
Silver – Short Film, Queensland ACS Awards (2016)
Nominations – Best Film & Most Outstanding Script, Griffith Film School Showcase (2016)