Home is where the hurt is.

David Robinson-Smith is a worried man. The Australian has watched a housing crisis engulf his country, with renters hit from all sides. Many would love to confront the landlords who evicted them, and that righteous anger courses through ‘We Used to Own Houses’, a short film written and directed by Robinson-Smith.

The system is broken, and it has broken people like Thom (Thom Green). Armed with a claw hammer, he sits down to a tense dinner with his former landlord, Anthony (Anthony Phelan). Thom tells Anthony to read a poem inspired by the lyrics of Ashenspire, a heavy metal band who skewer late capitalism with rusty nails.

As words like "I have a feeling that it's falling apart at the seams" and "Another deep breath of asbestos in a godforsaken town" set the tone, Robinson-Smith cuts between the most tense spaghetti meal of all time and powerful, heightened interpretations of homelessness.

Product Category: Short Films

Territory: Australia

Home is where the hurt is.

by Andrew MacGregor

David Robinson-Smith is a worried man. The Australian has watched a housing crisis engulf his country, with renters hit from all sides. Many would love to confront the landlords who evicted them, and that righteous anger courses through ‘We Used to Own Houses’, a short film written and directed by Robinson-Smith.

The system is broken, and it has broken people like Thom (Thom Green). Armed with a claw hammer, he sits down to a tense dinner with his former landlord, Anthony (Anthony Phelan). Thom tells Anthony to read a poem inspired by the lyrics of Ashenspire, a heavy metal band who skewer late capitalism with rusty nails.

As words like "I have a feeling that it's falling apart at the seams" and "Another deep breath of asbestos in a godforsaken town" set the tone, Robinson-Smith cuts between the most tense spaghetti meal of all time and powerful, heightened interpretations of homelessness.

Product Category: Short Films

Territory: Australia