Key Creatives
"When we first began this journey together, we couldn't have imagined all the twists and turns that would bring us to this moment. Through the challenges of the 2019 bushfires, the 2020 Brisbane floods, and a global pandemic, PTSD Love Stories carries not just the stories of our participants but also the fingerprints of everyone who contributed their time, expertise, and heart along the way. From concept to completion, our production spanned 10 years, 39 shoot days, and 5 cities and towns (yes, almost 10TB of footage!). Together, we built story awareness and audience engagement that led to a Screen Queensland grant and a national broadcast acquisition with ABC Compass."
Arun Ketsirat - Producer/ Director


Meet the Team


Arun Ketsirat
Director | Producer | Cinematographer | Editor | Impact Producer
Arun Ketsirat is a Thai-Australian filmmaker, educator, and founding director of Seeding Time Pictures. Her work has received support from Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, including Bigger than Boobs (APSA Short Film Fund, 2018), PTSD Love Stories (SQ Completion Fund, 2020; ABC Compass, 2021; SA Producer Equity Program, 2023), Epilogue (SQ R.I.D.E. Shorts, BIFF Premiere, 2022), and Why Is It So Hard to Talk to My Mother? (SQ Development Fund, 2025). Arun worked in the Assistant Directing team on Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives (Amazon Prime, 2022) and has lectured in film at Griffith Film School since 2013.


Kym Melzer
Producer | Writer
Kym Melzer is a producer and writer whose commitment to equity is grounded in her Māori heritage, as a proud descendant of Heeni Te Kirikaramu (Jane Foley). She produced PTSD Love Stories (2025) and the award-nominated The Ripple Effect of PTSD, underpinned by her PhD in documentary ethics. Her credits include Netflix productions Spiderhead, True Spirit, and Ticket to Paradise, alongside work with Screen Australia, Universal Pictures, and Legendary Entertainment. With a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and an AFTRS certificate in Production Accounting, Kym now blends creative insight with strategic support in production accounting while championing inclusive storytelling.


Judy Yeh
Editor
Judy is a film editor and post-production specialist with over 10 years of successful projects demonstrated in the arts, documentary, television, film and media industry. Her cultural background has, not only made her highly adaptable, but have also enriched her creative language and experiences, which she expresses through her craft. Judy’s works include: Flyways: The Story of Migratory Shorebirds (2023, Arte, HHMI, ABC and PTS); Lili (2019, Sydney International Film Festival Premiere and Best documentary for the Hungarian Film Critics Award); Lost Contact (2022, Flickerfest Official Selection and Best documentary at St Kilda Film Festival); Good Times and That’s Okay (2022, Melbourne Queer Film Festival Best Short Film).


Sara Goddard
Editor
Sara is an emerging filmmaker who began working at Seeding Time Pictures as a transcriber and throughout her three years with the company has worked as editor on various social media campaigns, such as The Making of Soulbeats (2020), an 8 x 3 min behind the scene series. PTSD Love Stories is her debut feature film work. In 2021, Sara was the Media Manager of the first season of Below Deck Down Under, the latest spin-off of the hit US reality show Below Deck. Although her main love is editing, Sara enjoys working in different areas of production; she was a videographer on the behind-the-scenes of Soulbeats (2020) and worked as a researcher as part of an internship with Wall to Wall Media. Sara’s goal is to one day work on feature films and create projects that explore her Australian/Guyanese heritage.


Michael Vasiliev
Re-Recording Mixer | Dialogue Editor
Michael is a Brisbane based freelance sound editor and re-recording mixer for film and TV. He has been working with Seeding Time Pictures since 2013 and is a key collaborator for their sound post production team. Over the years he has contributed to many of their titles, and in his spare time he can often be found sailing the sound waves of the frequen sea, in his pursuit of discovering the ultimate sound of diamond tier fidelity. Michael takes exceptional pride in his craft and has only one philosophy: If the bass ain't boomin', I'mma be fumin'.


Sarah Ward
Sound Designer | Composer
Sarah is a sound designer and sound editor and composer for Film/TV and Games. Growing up on an island in Moreton Bay, Sarah spent much of her childhood using her imagination, thus igniting her creative spark which she has carried on in her sound and music work. She has worked on many projects with Seeding Time Pictures since 2018 - most recently PTSD Love Stories, which aired on ABC’s Compass in May 2021. She has also worked with SuperTonic on the survival adventure game Windbound (Xbox, Playstation, PC, Nintendo Switch, Stadia), developed by 5 Lives Studios and published by Deep Silver. Most recently, Sarah has contributed sound design to The Great and Grand Rumpus currently exhibiting at the State Library of Queensland.
Key Contributors
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Aprille Asfoura
Impact Producer
Aprille Asfoura is a Palestinian-Australian mother with a background in the arts and screen industries across Australia and overseas. She studied documentary production at AFTRS after collaborating in New York with acclaimed filmmakers on award-winning projects (Cameraperson by Kirsten Johnson; Life, Animated by Julie Goldman). Her diverse experience spans story development, directing, creative writing and project management across festivals, scripted shorts, VR and documentaries. She worked for two years with Screen Australia supporting the Gender Matters Task Force led by Fiona Cameron. Aprille is passionate about developing her own documentary practice, using storytelling as a tool for political change and advocacy for human rights and social justice.


Natasha Akib
Impact Producer
Natasha Akib is an impact storyteller with over a decade of experience in filmmaking, impact producing, capacity building and campaigning within the for-purpose sector. She is the co-creator and Director of Digital Storytellers – a B-Corp and social enterprise founded in 2013 to create a better future through the power of story. Natasha leads workshops and capacity building programs aimed at democratising media and has delivered storytelling initiatives with UNDP Somalia, the World Health Organisation, Facebook and other social impact organisations. In 2023, she was selected for the inaugural Documentary Australia Impact Producer Fellowship and is currently impact producing Trailblazers, a Stan Original Documentary about the Matildas' fight for equal pay.


Francis Thompson
Camera Operator
Francis Thompson is a Brisbane based cinematographer. Having graduated from Griffith Film School in 2013 with multiple awards for best cinematography he went on to work across a diverse range of productions including short film, music video, big budget feature films, corporate and documentary. Extensive work as a camera assistant has allowed him to broaden his experience and skill set as a cinematographer as well as making him comfortable working in any variety of crew size, budget or location. His passion lies in documentary storytelling where he enjoys bringing to life human stories with cinematic flare.

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Daniel Warner
Lead Animator | Motion Graphic Designer
Daniel is a details driven video editor with a structured approach to all aspects of post production. He developed his creative editing skills working in Sydney’s fast paced agency environment before taking on Canada then London as an online producer, editor and writer creating short documentaries, TVCs and other content. He now runs a freelance editing business Hello Editing from Brisbane focusing on remotely servicing clients around Australia and the world. Daniel also has the Australian feature film Rise (Vision Pictures 2014) under his belt as well as many trailers and short films and was Post Supervisor on a SQ Shorts Screen Queensland funded comedy pilot in 2018.


Mica Purnell
Animation Designer
After spending three years designing branding and promotional materials for businesses large and small, Mica has now focussed her design skills on the Film and TV. She creates on set graphics and marketing collateral for feature films, documentaries and shorts, and focuses on progressive and meaningful causes wherever she can. Her work appeared on Love and Monsters (2020) Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) and Inertia (2018). During COVID lockdowns in 2020, she started an Instagram Illustration account, @mimimoo_illustration. It has now over 158,000 followers. This has florished into a Youtube Channel, @MimimooIllustration with over 111,000 followers.


Seth Lebrese
Camera Operator
Based in Brisbane, Seth is a freelance Director of Photography and Videographer with nearly a decade of experience working across Australia and abroad. He specialises in servicing video production companies and creative agencies to execute the visual needs of their projects. As a ReOC-licensed FPV and heavy-lift drone operator, and an experienced gimbal/camera operator, he brings a versatile, technical skillset to every production.


Impact Coordinators
KATE MACONACHIE
BRYCE HARA-CROCKFORD
BIANCA EVANS
LINA BOLIVA MAZO
DANIELA MONTOYA LOPEZ
Media Outreach Coordinator
JAC DYSON
Lawyer
BROOKE SCHUBAUER
Short Film Story Consultant
HEIDI REINBERG
Camera Operator
BRIAN LOEWE
Sound Recordists
CAM BRENNAN
LUKE HYLAND
DEAN LAW
Animators
MAY RINGDAHL
LACHLAN MACFARLANE
Motion Graphic Designers
(Photo Parralax)
TIM BAHRIJ
YOEL HILL
JAKOB KEANE
LACHLAN MACFARLANE
Assistant Cameras
CAM BRENNAN
LUKE HYLAND
CALLUM MERRITT
SARA GODDARD
Assistant Sound Designer
JOSEPH MORRISON
Post-Production Assistants
CAM BRENNAN
SOPHIE DAULBY
CARLOS FELIPE
SETH LEBRESE
VORAKORN RUETAIVANICHKUL
ROHAN MEWES
AMELIA FISHPOOL
LISA MAE BINTI HASNUL
Assistant Producer
BENJAMIN STANIC
Hair & Makeup Artist
ALLY ATKINSON
Props
SAMMI SAMPSON
Props Assistant
ANGELIQUE KENKINS
Additional Music (Audio)
"Nothing Comes Close"
THE MAJOR TOMS
"Crossing"
JESSE KEES
"Everything We Hoped For"
MRSHALL USINGER
"First Dance"
J SCOTT RAKOZY
"No Place Like Home
Writer
JARED MARC
Performer
CLARE COWLEY
Producer
ADRIAN DIERY
Story Teaser Editors
SARA GODDARD
CARLOS FELIPE
SETH LEBRESE
LACHLAN MACFARLANE
Story Teaser Colourist
CARLOS FELIPE
BTS Sound Designer & Mixer
JOSEPH MORRISON
MIACHEL VASILIEV
Impact Officers
ANGELA HUANG
TAMAS SANDOR
BIBAH MOHAMED
Social Media Coordinators
TAMAS SANDOW
ANGELA HUANG
Campaign Video Editors
ARCHER JOHNSTONE
LIAM JANOVSKY
Facebook Live Assistants
ALEX EASTMAN-SMITH
ORSON LORD
JAMES MARCHALL
JAMIE FINDLEY
Marketing Assistants
ISABELLA HAACK
BENJAMIN STANIC
AINSLEE HUNTER
HENRIETTE VILOEN
ERIN HUBER
SOPHIE BLACKSHAW
ZANTHIA TILLMANS
KIRA ODGER
Special Thanks
Film Participants
Brisbane
CATHY & RALPH SADLER
SAM & ZOE SADLER
Bungendore
KATIE & DAVID TONACIA
PETE, JAMES &
SARAH TONACIA
Gympie
PAM & JOHN CORBET
Maleny
KIM HERRINGE &
NICHOLAS HODGE
Queanbeyan
FENJI STRADWICK
Stand Tall 4 PTS Conference
TONY DELL
STEWART CAMERON
DARYL & ALAN GREEN
BRISBANE CONVENTION-
CENTRE
Gympie Fire Station
JOHN VON NIDA
ANTHONY BREWRIN
JASON MADGE
Peace of Green Gallery
Maleny
DONNA REGGETT
JENNY JOHNSON
BARBARA PULLIN
CAROL HERRINGE
Queensland Cruising
Yacht Club
JACK MORRISON
Camping Scene
BEN COOPER
RICK COOPER
SHARON COOPER
BRAND HICKMAN
BRAD FITZGERALD
Horse Wisdom For Life
SIOBHAN HAMSON
Calvary Bruce Private
Hospital
MICHELE GARNER
Our Families
MARCUS BARBER
SYLVIA KETSIRAT BARBER
LEONIE KETSIRAT BARBER
JOSEPH A. GARTNER
RATTANAWAN VENTKER
ORAWAN 'LISA' KETISRAT
LEONIE BARBER
BRUCE BARBER
MERRYL POWELL
GATH POWELL
MAYTINEE 'MAY'-
KITTISITTHO
ROB MELZER
JED MELZER
JOSEPH MELZER
SQhub
CAITLIN BOUCHER
Seeding Time Pictures
JOSEPH J.U.TAYLOR
JAVIER GUEVARA
ONGART WISESCHOTIKUL
Nusa Film
DEWA 'DODE' PALGUNA
Griffith Film School
DEBRA BEATTIE
HERMAN VAN EYKEN
BRETT WILTSHIRE
JAMES STAFFORD
ALEX WALLER
CURTIS SULLIVAN
ASHLEIGH SMITH-GOLDING
ERIK MALAN
LiveLab
RICHARD FABB
Creative Consultants
VERONICA FURY
PETER HEGEDUS
MANDY LAKE
Audience Testing Program Participants
LINDA CURRY
MERIELEE REY
ASHLIEGH WATSON
TANYA MODINI
NATALIE JAMES
BELINDA ADAMS
BOBBI-LEA DIONYSIUS
Community Premiere Assistants
MEGS BRAZENDALE
EMMA GRIFFITHS
ALEX TYSON
GEORGIE WELLS
DANNY STATON
COURTNEY WILKIE
TRISH WILSON
TORY DAX
KIRSTEN RIDER
SHARNI KANE
ADRIAN DIERY
ADDISON KNIGHT
ALEX CRAIG
COOPER DE ROSS
ELYSSA RICHARDSON
JACK GAMBLE
JOSIE LEE
LUCA JORDAN VIEIRA
MADISON DIXON
OLIVIA GARCIA
POPP SMITH
TAO METCALFE
Crowdfunding Campaign
Perk Sponsors
INDONESIA ROYAL TULIP-
GUNUNG GEULIS
RESORT AND GOLF
ILUKA GREENWOOD HOUSE-
ACCOMMODATION
MORAL PLUMBING
POWDER FINGER
BERNARD FANNING
RIO RHYTHMICS
EXPLORE TOURS PERTH
SIMPLE STYLING SOLUTIONS
FLOAT HQ BRISBANE
HOME & AWAY SUMMER
BAY TOUR
TAONGA ZOO SYDNEY
KOALA RIVER CRUISE
BRISBANE
JET BOARD SNORKELLING
TREE OF LIFE
SKY SURFBOARD
EMTE CLOTHING SHOP
DREAM ON BEAUTY
WHISKEY'S WISH
HEARTS & MINDS WELLNESS
OURANO YOGA & LIFESTYLE
THE WHEEL OF BRISBANE
AUSTRALIA ZOO
ANNIE LANE
HIERBA SANTA ORGANIC
AUSTRALIAN WARFIGHTERS
COFFEE
PATRICIA LEAVY
JENNY WYNTER
CONNIE BOGLIS
Donors
ABI BRYNE
AINSLEE HUNTER
ALLISON KING
BEN JOHNSON
BENJAMIN STANIC
BETH HEATH
BOBBI-LEA DIONYSIUIS
CASS OHL
CATHERINE SADLER
CHAD SEVERN
DIANNE MCGILL
DONNA REGGETT
GEORGE MULHEARN
GEORGIA MERCER
GLENDA DAWN WARD
GREG BLAKEY
HENRIETTE VILJOEN
ISABELLA HAACK
JACQUIE RIDLEY
JEAN OHL
JUDY YEH
KATE 'DRINAN' BENNIE
KATE WHITE
KIRSTY
CORMACK
LISA KETSIRAT GARTNER
LISETTE LEADBETTER
MANDI MOO
MARTIN CALDERON
PENNY MITCHELL
RACH RIDLEY
RATTANWAN O VENTKER
ROB MELZER
SARAH NEWCOMB
SHARON BYARD
TAHNEE GARDINER-COOKE
TINA SMITH
TNKAUTOTRADER TANAKRIT
WENDY VASILIEV
YVONNE BALLANTYNE-
KOHUNUI
Community Supporter
READING CINEMAS NEWMARKET
Sponsors
GRIFFITH FILM SCHOOL LIVELAB
CARERS QUEENSLAND
CARERS NEW SOUTH WALES
CARERS NORTHERN TERRITORY
CARERS TASMANIA
Impact Partners
ARAFMI
FORTEM AUSTRALIA
PICKING UP THE PEACES
Financed with the assistance of
DOCUMENTARY AUSTRALIA
Produced with investment from
KYM MELZER PRODUCTIONS
SEEDING TIME PICTURES
SCREEN QUEENSLAND


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