SELECTED WORK
NARRATIVE FILM
COMMERCIALS
DOCUMENTARY
PHOTOGRAPHY
THE HILL IS AN INTIMATE POETIC DOCO SHORT.
CRAFTED AS A VIDEO PHOTO ESSAY, THE FILM CAPTURES THE LIFE OF GEOFF MITCHELL, A FOURTH-GENERATION CATTLE FARMER IN REMOTE RURAL AUSTRALIA.
AS THE FATHER OF FOUR DAUGHTERS—NONE OF WHOM WISH TO TAKE ON THE MANTLE OF THE FARM—GEOFF QUIETLY REFLECTS ON LEGACY, IDENTITY, AND THE LAND THAT HAS SHAPED HIM.
THROUGH EVOCATIVE IMAGERY AND A DEEPLY PERSONAL LENS, THE HILL EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO BELONG TO A PLACE THAT MAY NOT BELONG TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
FEATURING: GEOFF MITCHELL
DIRECTOR/DOP/WRITER/EDITOR: LESTER JONES
COLOURIST: TED DEACEY
COMPOSER: NICK SMITH
SOUND DESIGN: JOE WILLS
ONLINE: BRAD SMITH