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SEEN: No one belongs alone

SEEN explores what happens when people choose to show up honestly within a shared space.

Set at Pranafest in South East Queensland, the documentary reflects on how participation, ritual, and collaboration transform strangers into contributors.

Pranafest approaches community as a practice of acceptance rather than an identity to conform to. SEEN observes what becomes possible when people no longer have to perform to belong, when being witnessed comes before fitting in.

  • Josh Macphee
    Director
  • Jacqstar Davies
    Director
  • Dom Fusca
    Producer
  • Brett Gadenne
    Producer
  • Dom Fusca
    Key Cast
  • Brett Gadenne
    Key Cast
  • Lauren Cuthbert
    Key Cast
  • Michael Bennett
    Key Cast
  • Tess Fapani
    Key Cast
  • Damian Campbell
    Key Cast
  • Jackson Kubian
    Key Cast
  • Leah Luna
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    21 minutes 51 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 7, 2026
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Various - Sony a7siii + A7sii
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Josh Macphee, Jacqstar Davies

Josh Macphee is a Queensland-based filmmaker exploring themes of identity, perception, and human connection.

With a background spanning theatre, music, and film, his work is shaped by a multidisciplinary approach to storytelling - combining performance, sound, and visual narrative to create intimate, intentional works.

Josh began his career in acting and theatre before moving into music production and composition, later working across short films and feature projects in roles including sound recordist, composer, and sound designer. This foundation informs his directing style, with a strong focus on atmosphere, rhythm, and emotional authenticity.

His work explores the inner motivations behind identity and meaning, and how those inherently subjective experiences shape the way we see ourselves and others.

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Director Statement

SEEN comes from a long-standing interest in how people behave within social environments, and how identity shifts depending on the space they’re in.

While attending Pranafest, a wellness festival in South East Queensland, I noticed a pattern. Not just in how people spoke about the experience, but in how they showed up within it.

Trust seemed to sit at the foundation of the space.

The festival’s culture was seemingly built through participation, vulnerability and a willingness to be seen in ways most of us never allow in day-to-day life. As that behaviour was modelled, it gave others permission to do the same.

The film is about that process: how a space can transform outsiders into contributors, and contributors into co-creators. Not through expectations set by the environment, but through the removal of them entirely. What emerges is a community shaped by trust, where inclusion is no longer something to strive for - it simply exists

In the age of social media, AI, and digital space, SEEN acts as a reminder of what human-to-human connection can look like.

You don’t have to act a certain way to belong.
You can simply show up as you are and be accepted.