About
The Home Front
THE HOME FRONT film delves deep into the world of our modern veterans, uncovers the issues, highlights the problems and explores the solutions.
All too often our modern veterans live in a world of shadows, doubt, pain and isolation. A world of darkness and depression, of PTSD and unresolved mental issues. A world where homeless looms. a world where suicide lurks.
The film aims to highlight the problems of our modern veterans and to support the changes needed to improve their lives and futures.
THE HOME FRONT allows our vets to tell their own stories, supplemented by the stories of their families and loved ones. These problems are examined by experts and illustrated with real examples.
In our longest war, over 20 years in Afghanistan, we lost 41 men killed in action. Over that same period, more than 1400 veterans took their own lives.
Our vets are tragically over-represented in our homeless and our suicides. One in every 20 of Australia’s homeless is a veteran. Ex-servicemen under 30 have a suicide rate more than twice that of the national average.
THE HOME FRONT aims to educate Australians on the plight of our veterans. It shows our veterans that they are not alone in facing their many issues.
It aims to act as a beacon to foster collaboration between veterans, ex-service organisations, government, the corporate world and the broader community.
The film’s impact campaign will support the Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide and will work to ensure its recommendations are fully implemented. It will highlight the urgent improvements needed in the administration of the Dept of Veterans’ Affairs and in handling the transition of veterans from service to civilian life.
Meet the makers
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Patrick Lindsay
WRITER/DIRECTOR
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Paul Croll
CINEMATOGRAPHER
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Lisa Cotton
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER