Pieces

If you want to feel proud to be a West Australian who has the joy and privilege of living amongst incredible talent WATCH. THIS. FILM.

To officially open Mental Health Week, Pieces is a gut wrenchingly beautiful, inspired film written, filmed, directed and produced in Perth. It's our city like you've never seen it before and the stories of the characters will haunt. I cried (a lot), I laughed, I pondered, I reflected and thought deeply about how we view mental health and carers who devote so much to struggling loved ones.

Grab your gang and see this magnificent film whilst it's in Perth. It will be on the world stage before we know it - you want to see it first.

From the very first scene this movie grabs you - and you know it's going to be a no holds barred view of mental illness. And it delivers!!

The first half of this movie is really gut wrenching. The scripting and acting is so real you wonder whether you are watching a documentary or an acted storyline.

Pieces covers a range of mental illnesses, brilliantly portrayed by the ensemble cast.

But the arc of the movie moves to some kind of resolution so there is hope for those living with mental illness. There is resolution and solutions that can work.

For anyone living with mental illness, or for those who care for people with mental illness this is a movie that must be seen.

"Today I saw a film that instantly changed my life. It is really hard to put in to words how important this film is, so much so that my friend and I were still deep diving into it's layers several hours later and audibly asking "how did they just do that?!" If there has ever been a film that allows it's audience to enter in to the personal thoughts and emotional struggle of people struggling with very real mental health situations, it is this one. In my opinion this film should be screened in every high school as curriculum. It is raw, bold and brutally honest at the same time as being shot and edited beautifully, with the message of love, patience and acceptance as it's backbone. . it was clear that everyone on the set of this film had one goal: to de stigmatize and open up conversations surrounding mental health and give straight and clear answers to those who walk with them on that journey. Second to how amazing this film was, the whole crew are from WA and the film was shot in Perth. Congratulations to Martin Wilson Director, Nicole Ferraro and everyone involved in this creation.

My wife and I were wondering in the first few minutes, what was coming up. We stayed and were enthralled by the movie, even though we found some parts of it confronting for us. As long term mental health carers and with both of us having had rather extreme mental health conditions at times, we could see in the characters, ourselves and the types of behaviour we could relate too. However, for the 94 minutes, we could not take our eyes off the screen. This film is something unlike anything else we have seen. The actors were amazing and. The movie keeps you think about it for some time after. Will see again.

As a person who has supported family members who have mental illness this film hit me in the heart. There were so many dynamic elements...the reality of the characters and their individual journeys, the message of hope and community. The art work was so creative, with the costumes lifting the film to a whole new level. How do you cram so much value for the viewer into an hour and a half? This film is unique and very special. It may not appeal to everyone stylistically, but there is a message in it for all. I have seen it several times and each time it has impacted me tin different eays. Kudos to the makers.