Meet the Participants
Sid Norris
Musician | YellowstoneSid Norris is a musician in his late twenties who finds unexpected joy in isolation - returning to the piano, preparations for his wedding and deciding to pursue music studies. But as the world begins to open up again, Sid faces a new set of challenges.
Nicola Hamilton
Support Worker | Desert IslandNicola Hamilton is a support worker and occupational therapist in her early twenties, still visiting clients while the rest of Sydney stays home. When lockdown lifts, she makes a bold decision to start a new chapter, but life doesn't go quite as planned.
Milan Malesevic
Postgraduate Student | Moonlit OceanMilan Malesevic is a student in his early twenties, suddenly unemployed and cut off from his friends, who finds unexpected contentment at home through enjoying the little things — small rituals that isolation makes profound. His predictions of how the world might change take the film in a new direction.
Dave Gibson
Performer & Comedian | Wooden ShackDave Gibson is a comedian, performer and Sydney radio star in his sixties (known for The Doug Mulray Show and Australia’s Funniest Home Videos) faces lockdown while living alone. He brings warmth and humour to the film, including an unexpected impression, alongside a hard-won clarity about what it really means to go back to normal.
Georgia Durmush
Wellbeing Researcher | AntarcticaDr. Georgia Durmush is a PhD student focused on her family and advocating for First Nations youth. During lockdown she struggles with a sense of purpose after losing her community. Three years on, she's navigating a world that looks very different from the one she might have hoped for.
Susan Diggs
Support Worker & Occupational Therapist | Snowy RoadsSusan Diggs is a clinical psychologist and keeper of hundreds of isolation stories, whose own wellbeing surprisingly improves during lockdown – finally finding time for herself. Three years later, she reflects on just how difficult it is to change, even when we know we should.
Ian Leong
Banking Software Consultant | Inland AustraliaIan Leong is a banking software consultant who uses lockdown to reflect on what matters most - the people he loves - made all the more poignant by being separated from his children during lockdown. Three years on, he takes stock of where life has actually taken him.