A storytelling experience exploring the space between your truth and mine.
THE SILENCE THAT INSPIRED UNSAIDDuring COVID, I watched both my parents choose their own endings through voluntary assisted dying (VAD). We had the one thing most people pray for: time. We knew exactly what was coming. And yet, even with that time, so much was left unsaid.I realise that even when we are in the same room, even when we love each other, we are all living inside our own unique version of reality. I never asked how they truly saw me. I never learned what they carried or what they regretted.That silence is why I am making UNSAID.This series isn't about the polished version of our relationships. It is about the real version where what happened, what hurt, and what was misunderstood, all sit side by side. My parents’ ending was peaceful, but the silence that preceded it stays with me.This is an invitation to have the conversations I wish I’d had.
THE CONCEPT: SAME MOMENT. DIFFERENT TRUTHMost of us live with a version of the past we don’t really question.
We assume the people closest to us remember it the same way. Often, they don’t.UNSAID brings two people together to explore a shared moment, experience or event, not to “win” the truth, but to see what sits between your perspectives when you finally compare notes.What this creates
A space to speak: what you’ve held onto, or never quite found words for.
A space to listen: to their version, without interruption or defensiveness.
A space to reconnect: with something more honest than either story alone.
START THE CONVERSATIONIs it possible that there's a moment or an event that you and someone close to you remember very differently, and may not even realise it?We are looking for pairs: parents and adult children, siblings, long-term partners or friends who are curious about what happens when you compare notes and say what never got said.If you’ve ever thought, “I wish we could talk about that again" or "I wonder what they really thought”, UNSAID might be for you.
COLLABORATE WITH USWe're currently inviting expressions of interest from contributors who may want to support the project in other ways (filmmakers, editors, story producers, psychologists/therapists, location partners, funders)