Two Worlds Collide.
Lives Transform.
74 minutes
Some Happy Day (2021)
Struggling to escape a traumatic past, homeless Tina meets Frances, a social worker reeling from a disturbing discovery about her husband. As their lives intertwine, both women are forced to confront their partners and everything they once believed.
Humanising the face of homelessness
As Australia’s fastest-growing homeless demographic (women over 45) rises, Tina unveils their humanity, holding us accountable for our inaction. These characters, beautifully drawn, will take up residence in your imagination and leave you richer for it.
Love, loss, liberation
Some Happy Day examines domestic violence as controlling behaviour, linking two women’s struggles in emotionally abusive relationships. Ultimately it is a story of hope, celebrating self-love and reclaiming autonomy as a key to freedom.
Uncompromising and entirely authentic
Filmmaker Catherine Hill draws on 20 years as a crisis worker supporting those who are homeless, and collaborates with lived-experience actors (and organisations like the Salvation Army and Sacred Heart Mission) to tell their stories with honesty and heart.
Struggling to escape a traumatic past, homeless Tina meets Frances, a social worker reeling from a disturbing discovery about her husband. As their lives intertwine, both women are forced to confront their partners and everything they once believed.
Humanising the face of homelessness
As Australia’s fastest-growing homeless demographic (women over 45) rises, Tina unveils their humanity, holding us accountable for our inaction. These characters, beautifully drawn, will take up residence in your imagination and leave you richer for it.
Love, loss, liberation
Some Happy Day examines domestic violence as controlling behaviour, linking two women’s struggles in emotionally abusive relationships. Ultimately it is a story of hope, celebrating self-love and reclaiming autonomy as a key to freedom.
Uncompromising and entirely authentic
Filmmaker Catherine Hill draws on 20 years as a crisis worker supporting those who are homeless, and collaborates with lived-experience actors (and organisations like the Salvation Army and Sacred Heart Mission) to tell their stories with honesty and heart.
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Cast
Tina
Peta Brady
Frances
Mary Helen Sassman
Ben
James O'Connell
Jay
Cameron Zayec
Annie
Sara Bolch
Mick
Harry Borland
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Meet the Filmmakers
Catherine Hill
Writer/Director/Producer
Cecilia Low
Producer
Catherine Hill
Writer/Director/Producer
Catherine is celebrated for her work as a director, writer, and producer with a passion for telling new Australian stories. She has her own theatre and film company, and has worked for major theatre companies and commercial producers, directing several national touring productions. With over two decades of experience of front line crisis work, she brings a profound understanding of human complexity to her craft, making her a unique voice in Australian arts.
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