Focal

2023 • OPEN ENTRANT SHORT
Filmmaker: Peter Renzullo

About this Short Film

#Depression #Focus #Group #Isolation #Mental Health #Mental Illness #Perception, Viewpoint #Teenager Child #Young Adult

Focal (Peter Renzullo, Australia, 2023) Focal explores perception, focus and the shifting experience of mental health. Through careful imagery and sound it looks at how attention alters what we notice, and how young people can feel both together and alone within a group. The film considers themes of depression, isolation and viewpoint without prescribing answers, instead inviting audiences to sit with its moments and reflections. Subtle and observant, it uses film language to open questions about connection and self. Presented in the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival, Focal contributes to a programme celebrating the abilities, experiences and achievements of people with disability.

Film Details

Country: Australia
Category: OPEN ENTRANT SHORT
Genre: Music
Festival Year: 2023
Filmmaker: Peter Renzullo

Film Transcript

You I Keep trying not for better. I fall down. It's not for Forever I go back. No, I stay away. Take me there. I feel bad I feel better if I say I would never have thought I'd go bad No, I fit away. Take me there Oh I've been bad, but I've been back if I see you and I fuck back I was away not forever. I see you as I saw better I saw the way I'd be better. I saw the way I'd fall back and I'd say I'd go back When I fade away I Keep trying Down it's not forever I thought I'd go back now. I stay away. Take me there. No, I feel bad I feel better if I said I would never have thought I'd go back No, I fade away. Take me there Oh I You You

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