The Man Who Ate a Succulent Chinese Meal

Children with Out Of Home Care (OOHC) experience more abuse, neglect, homelessness, criminal activity, apprehended violence orders, and mental health complications.1

There is an “overlap between [OOHC] and crime”.2

More than half (53.1%) of released Australian prisoners return to corrective services within two years.3

There are ~45K children living in OOHC4 and ~30K children experiencing homelessness5 in Australia.

Children in OOHC are 19 times more likely to be under Juvenile Justice supervision.6

References:
1. Colvin , L., Gerard, A. and McGrath, A. (2020) Children in out-of-home care and the criminal justice system: A mixed-method study. Canberra, ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology.
2. Fernandez E., Bolitho, J., Hansen, P., Hudson, M. and Kendall, S. (2014) A Study of the Children’s Court of New South Wales. NSW: University of NSW.
3. Australian Government Productivity Commission (2022) Report on Government Services 2022. Docklands, VIC.
4. Australian Government Aus…

– Increase awareness to counter unwitting or unwilling ignorance for long-term potential impacts of OOHC, abuse, and institutionalised individuals
– High-profile subject “Jack” to propel significant media attention to the outcomes of a OOHC children
– Safe alternative avenues for victims to seek help
– Increase in mid-to-high income earning and/or metro-based foster families
– Pressure on decision-makers to highlight and reduce abuse in institutions and OOHC
– Reduce socioeconomic gaps and prejudices

Short-term Outcomes:
– National and international media coverage and announcements
– Increased web traffic and enquiries for fostering
– Immediate empathy and awareness from target audience
– Hyper awareness from institutions that they are in the spotlight

Medium-term Outcomes:
– Increased foster parenting
– Increased resources for children in OOHC
– Political pressure to highlight and reduce abuse in OOHC and institutional care
– Secure alternative avenues for OOHC or institutionalised abuse victims to seek help

Long-term Outcomes:
– Normalising mid-to-high income earning, and/or city-based foster families
– Increased resources for OOHC
– Increased programs to reduce recidivism and recriminalisation rates
– Decreased childhood homelessness (increased trust and options for OOHC)
– Increased permanency outcomes for OOHC children

A large following exists across all major social media platforms as well as countless Australian and international news articles, TV references, merchandise options, and sub-cultural attention.
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Bonsai Films brings 17 years of history in connecting with national and international audiences through various distribution channels. Director, Heath Davis, has a proven catalogue of films featuring marginalised Australian subjects and characters, with cinema releases nationally, internationally and through major VOD providers.

Anticipated Audience Actions after Film:

– Self awareness of own opportunities
– Empathy towards individuals who have experienced OOHC or have been institutionalised
– Look into OOHC and recidivism statistics
– Start researching fostering
– Social media propulsion
– Hopeful social media movement
– International media coverage
– Writing to politicians and decision-makers
– Seeking help if they have been a victim of abuse in an institution or government program