Dog with a yellow coat behind a glass window, standing on a wooden platform and looking outside.
A newborn baby wrapped in a white blanket is sleeping on the hood of a yellow car outside, with a white truck in the background and trees surrounding the area.

A Nice Little Town

2025-

currently in post-production

Shot and produced by I&J

A short documentary set in a remote rural town that initially appears serene, untouched, and almost dreamlike. Arriving from the heat of Queensland into the cold, crisp mountain air, the place feels like a world of new beginnings — quiet streets, vast landscapes, and an immediate sense of calm and possibility.

As the story unfolds, that first impression slowly gives way to something far more complex. Beneath the surface of this seemingly peaceful community lie long-held tensions and buried truths that begin to reshape everything we thought we understood about the town and its people.

Rather than relying on sensationalism, the film explores real human stories marked by greed, hardship, mental health struggles, and systemic neglect — conditions that have quietly shaped lives and, in some cases, led to profound loss. What begins as a journey into beauty and stillness becomes an unflinching look at the fragility of place, memory, and the human condition.

A landscape with rolling hills and wind turbines in the distance, overcast sky, power pole in the foreground.
Two people sitting at a table in a darkly lit restaurant, with a window showing the street outside.
A rural area with several parked and abandoned cars, some rusted, with trees and houses in the background under a blue sky with some clouds and the moon visible.
A house with a cluttered front yard filled with various household items, plants, flags, and a white car parked in front.
View of a covered porch area with chairs and a small table, seen through an arched opening. There are trees visible in the background, and a signboard with handwritten text leaning against a fence in the front.
Kids playing around a fire truck with a firefighter on top spraying water, in a park with large trees in the background.
A backyard with a sheep standing behind a chain-link fence, surrounded by trees and various discarded items, including a broken picture frame on the ground, scattered furniture, and debris.
Dark outdoor scene with a chain-link fence and an illuminated staircase structure behind it, surrounded by trees and grass.