Noni Dunstone

This is a story about finding balance.

Where is The Line Between

This documentary was born during a yoga and mediation retreat. The retreat came at the perfect time for me and I could feel its benefits. I had more energy, was waking up easier, I felt sharper, stronger and generally happier. So I asked Ian, when’s the next retreat?

He said the next one was in Horsham. The town where he grew up then virtually ran away from and where his family still lives. These Horsham workshops were financing and enabling his regular visits from Queensland to see his elderly mother.

So I took a small crew down to Horsham, filmed Ian during a retreat, met his poet mother, went to some of his significant childhood hideaways and started to wonder how this boy from the bush had found yoga.

The Line Between uncovers Ian’s story and looks at how his life experiences bring his knowledge and understanding to bear as a teacher, and helps us uncover ours.

Why are some people drawn to yoga? How does it work as a way to understand ourselves better, bring light to our baggage and blocks, alleviate body aches and pain and generally have more ease in our everyday life?

My experience is that Yoga is not just a series of stretches, it’s about how we are dealing with ourselves in that stretch. Are we pushing to hard? Or are we avoiding the discomfort. Is finding the balance, the line between, really all it takes?

How your funding will help

Thus far the film has been self funded, had generous in-kind support by other artists and all filming has occurred within Victoria.

The next step is to film Ian in his Queensland home during a 7 day yoga and meditation retreat at his yoga studio.

The funding will pay for flights and accommodation and contribute to equipment, script development, composition and editing.

Primarily I am an actor, writer and performer. I am an honours graduate of Flinders University Drama Centre and more recently of 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne. I have worked in children's theatre, film and television, and written and performed character comedy show's in festivals. The Line Between is my first foray as a film maker and a new and exciting way to use my skills to explore the human condition and tell a story.

Hana Zreikat

Composer & Collaborator

I am a recent graduate of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. In 2012 I was awarded the Esther Rofe Scholarship for a female student who demonstrates promise in the field of composition. My debut into professional composition was at the early age of 16, when my piece for string orchestra achieved second place alongside university graduates in the Chamber Strings of Melbourne Young Composer of the year competition. 

Krisztian Pilisko 

Sound Recordist

Krisztian Pilisko is a recent audio engineering graduate. He has worked as sound recordist on short films and features directed by Nicholas Bufalo (Neighbours, Winners & Losers) and Andrew O'Keefe (The Independent) among many others. He enjoys documentary work just as much, if not more than scripted productions for their Run & Gun style shoots.

Alex Jones

Camera Operator 

Alex is a film student at SAE with a passion for documentary filmmaking. He has worked on numerous short films and other documentaries as a camera operator, gaffer, director of photography and editor. Alex is currently writing and directing a documentary of his own.

Justin Bachelor

Camera Operator & Editor

Justin is a Film Maker and storyteller and big fan of new media. He creates visual documents, shoot's short films, compile's actor Showreels and other forms of film making. Mainly it's coffee, wine and dabbling with veggies in the backyard. Occasionally, he still treads the boards and sticks his head in front of a camera as an actor.

Additional Thanks to Zak Zreikat for the use of his original composition 'Sunrise', featured in this trailer.

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