i am not from here
August 21st 2026
“Reality Film”
Dir. Daniel Tune, Kai Perrignon, and JP Meldrum
Direct to YouTube
From my end, this is an excercise in vibes based editing. Kai, Daniel, and I walked around Melbourne and shot what we found most compelling before culminating in hours of drinking beers with Ian and talking about where we're from. I did not know what I'd do with this footage, so I buckled down, stressed out from some Destroyed shit, put on Basic Channel, crush 4 tall cans, and got this edited in automatic poetry mode in one 5 hour stint.
It's like a mix of a Chris Marker movie and a podcast that only ran for an episode that you can't figure out how to remove from Apple Podcasts. I call these, alongside my films "No Bummer Summer" and "He Drinks a Lager Drink" 'reality films', as I don't think these fit documentary, mockumentary, experimental film or even a video diary ala Chris Marker or Caveh Zahedi - a diary implies a single vantage point; a first-person perspective whereas this is skewed by collaboration and spontantiaty; like a conversation is, then muddled into a conceit by editing ala reality TV. These are not films meant for festivals, blu-rays, or any kind of distribuition; they are my version of a VSCO account.
They are meant for me, dan, kai, and ian first, and made public as a 'why not' act of proliferation and maybe a little inspiration for those stuck in a creative draught to look around at their life and assemble something for fun. Vernacular. Scrapbooking.
I think its just about boys kicking it, about how home always beckons even if its a place filled with murky memories (not for me tbh but the other guys maybe??) and how, still, these metropolis's all feel the same; like a giant magnet.
He Drinks a Lager Drink
June 22nd 2026
“Reality Film”
Dir. JP Meldrum
Direct to YouTube
This is the sequel to No Bummer Summer, something we talked about doing for years and off-and-on shot for since 2022. I sourced most of this from group chats, our collective iCloud folders, my own artful attempt at making one for 2022, and Sean Rea’s GoPro (he’s responsible for most of 2024 and 2025).
This is not a big movie. It’s a “D2YT” joint; not for festivals nor public screenings. It’s meant to be enjoyed by those involved first and then maybe be something to inspire people with more exciting worldviews or lives to weaponize their own iCloud creatively and, maybe, its a little window into what the lads are like with as little bowdlerization as possible; the good, the bad, and the drunken. I like it most as a ‘vibes based’ editing practice, and I like it as an archival document for my pals and I.
In the Land of Fish and Honey
November 2nd 2025
Fictional Feature
Dir. John Ledingham and JP Meldrum
Theatrical
John and I’s first fictional feature together - hot off the heels of his debut solo feature Search for Gold (which I happened to be in as well!). Its about a wordless man searching Victoria far-and-wide for fish and honey - based on a reoccuring dream. I grew a ridiculous beard for it. Its an ‘indie drama’, an ‘atmospheric diy’ film, and a 'regional horror’ joint all wrapped into one. I started this movie two times over, and I’m so happy we got it across the finish line. Special thanks to Motern Media for the gas to get it done.
Fish and Honey has screened in Victoria, Vancouver, Melbourne (at BUFF), and in Toronto. It is not free to stream wherever you can.
The Promised End
December 3rd 2024
“Reality Film”
Dir. John Ledingham and JP Meldrum
Theatre / DVD / YouTube
A film documenting my radio DJ life and preparation for a live performance of a show with Maxwell Paterson. Part concert film, part doc, part farce. A celebration and, maybe, a vanity project, cherishing a decade of a vernacularly creative life. Shot on DSLRs and iPhones. It came together as a feature on accident and on the fly. On December 4th 2024, I rented out the Cinecenta to debut it along with Matt Farley’s seminal Local Legends as a DIY movies-about-struggling-with-intuitionally-unvalidated creativity double feature. I made twenty or so DVDs, but there all gone. Might do a Search for Gold / Promised End extended cut blu-ray down the road.
No Bummer Summer
2018
“Reality Film”
Dir. Sean Rea, Vincent Crawford, and JP Meldrum
Direct to YouTube
A film about having a no bummer summer. Documented over the summer of 2017. Part doc, part fiction. Edited by me, shot by everyone, conceived by Vinnie and I, frame deviced by Sean Rea, and starring a gaggle of the boys. Shot on a handheld DV camera I got for my eleveth birthday. A time capsule and tribute to male comradery and youthfulness.