Directors: Jeremy Ley, Prateek Bandopadhayay Producers: Jeremy Ley, Prateek Prateek Bandopadhayay, Joseph Ibrahim, Philip Wade
Description:
Professor Joe, a geriatrician, is faced with a difficult decision when he finds that his elderly patient, Mr. Jones, can no longer live safely at home. He decides to put Mr. Jones in an elderly home to protect him from all the risks around him but soon finds himself uneasy about his decision.
Biography: Jeremy Ley is an artist, writer, director, illustrator and feature film storyboard artist who has also worked with clients in the corporate arena, such as Telstra, Toyota, the Commonwealth Bank and the AFL, using his illustrations to help bring corporate visions to life in presentations. Prateek and Jeremy have recently completed a number of experimental film projects in collaboration with Professor Joe Ibrahim, exploring storytelling as a medium to attract audiences and ignite community discussion and debate on important aged care issues.
Prateek Bandopadhayay is a budding film director. After completing the double degree program in medicine and law at Monash University, his training in ophthalmology was interrupted when he sold a feature film screenplay to film producer and past medical doctor, Dr. George Miller (Happy Feet, Babe, Mad Max). Prateek worked as a screenwriter and trainee director for Dr. Miller for 5 years, co-writing a new Mad Max film with him, whilst having the pleasure of exploring first hand Dr. Miller's extensive lifelong study into the need for storytelling in the human psyche, as well as the power of stories and mythology in engaging and influencing people.
