“Once considered to be the next big thing in psychiatry, psychedelic treatments have been frowned upon since the war on drugs came to dominate in 1960s and 1970s.
The new SBS documentary 'Psychedelics: Stepping into the Unknown' follows the true stories of people suffering with anxiety as they take part in a new psychedelic treatment trial within Australia.”
Guests: Dr Paul Liknaitzky, head of the Clinical Psychedelic Lab at Monash University.
Chris Phillips, director Psychedelics: Stepping into the Unknown
Video with judges’s views of Conversations with Coal Miners about Climate Change (co-director)
Judges Comment: “What he achieves what came achieves in this film is something that we don't normally see, it's not the same old tropes and the same old way of approaching the climate message. These kinds of films are extremely rare. – JESS SEARCH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DOC SOCIETY
“A brilliant illustration of taking controversial topics and making people find common ground and learn from it.” – PETER MURIMI, EMMY AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR & PRODUCER
http://miff.com.au/shorts-awards
Video produced by the Melbourne International Film Festival after the awards night where we were lucky enough to bring home a gong.
Jury Statement: Chris Phillips’ documentation of ethnic fighting in Papua New Guinea is a powerful and necessary insight into the devastating impact imported weapons have on communities. Compelling storytelling
A bit of press for the upcoming Black Summer film. Link to article here
Black Summer shows Matthew not as a derring-do thrill-seeker, but as a gentle individual who cares deeply about the job, the story, and the subjects
Interview on Movie Metropolis with Peter Krausz Thursday August 15, 2019 about Lost Rambos short documentary.
”Dirty Power is a collaboration between one of the world’s foremost environmental organisations, one of the nation’s best investigative journalists, and one of the country’s most talented film-makers…. Chris Phillips is behind the film-making, and on that front, this short film is a pretty stunning example of condensing an enormous amount of very complex information into a short format that is easy to follow.”
https://newmatilda.com/2019/05/14/dirty-power-if-we-hate-coal-so-much-why-is-there-so-much-coal/