***TW: SA

Hello!

My name is Mia Morrissey and I am making a short film called Naked.

Naked is about about consent and consequence. It celebrates art and the sanctity of body autonomy and challenges how we think about nudity by questioning what it really means to be vulnerable. What it really means to be ‘naked’.

In the film, we see a nude model posing for a life drawing class, but what we hear, is a phone call (that takes place as the world is ending) in which a woman and her ex-boyfriend discuss an instance of non consensual sex that happened between them when they were together.

I, myself have experienced sexual misconduct; In seemingly 'safe' social environments, when I was fully clothed and with men I knew personally. The comparison of these experiences with my experiences life modelling is what drives me to make this short film.

When I was a life model I was often naked in front of sometimes hundreds of strangers at a time but I never felt unsafe. It was a professional environment so I consented to a professional gaze and the artists respected that. They respected me and my body. They understood that you can appreciate and even celebrate a woman’s body without sexualising it.

They understood consent.

1 in 4 women are victims of sexual misconduct in Australia ... And that number doesn’t include the cases that go unreported.

This is obviously a personal project for me, but it’s personal for so many and I wish it wasn’t. That is why myself and the extraordinary team who have already given so much of their time (for free), want to make Naked.

We want to show how a woman can feel deeply unsafe, vulnerable and 'naked', regardless of what she’s wearing; But also, how trust, respect and nudity can exist together.

We want to show the reality of vulnerability and danger for so many women, whilst also setting an aspirational but achievable precedent for the future of consent.

So with that in mind, we are asking if you would consider financially contributing to this project.

You will be contributing to the fair equity minimum payment of all our hard working crew, cast and our artists.

Your support would allow us to not just make this short film but hopefully actualise a much bigger purpose.

I truly believe that through art (in particular film); We can prove nudity can be un-sexualised, we can show more positive examples of men respecting women and their bodies which will facilitate a deeper collective understanding of consent and most importantly, we can enact real change.

So, thank you for your support in whatever way it may come.

We can’t wait to make Naked and share it with you all.

x Mia

*Funding video shot and edited by Eden Falk

MIA MORRISSEY (she/her)

WRITER/LEAD ACTOR

Actor, singer and writer Mia Morrissey started acting at sixteen, starring in Venice Film festival favourite, Bat Eyes. Shortly after, she landed channel 7 musical comedy series In Your Dreams, which shot in Australia and Germany for two seasons.

Deciding to then pursue training, she studied at the Atlantic acting school in New York in 2015 entered the WAAPA full time acting course in 2016.

Since graduating in 2018, some of her most notable screen and theatre credits have included Jade Lennox on Home and Away, Mimi in RENT at the Sydney Opera House, Gabby /Bobbi in City of Angels at The Hayes Theatre, Vera Claythorne in Agatha Christies ‘And Then There Were None’ produced by Crossroads live and directed by Robyn Nevin, Stan series Totally Completely Fine, Amazon Original series Deadloch and feature film Together directed by Michael Shanks.

She also wrote, composed and starred in, In Loving Memory; A one person musical about grief, produced and programmed by The Hayes Theatre.

Mia is an active spokesperson for body positivity and neutrality. She started successful instagram campaign “The Gained Project” during covid and has worked with The Butterfly Foundation to help bring awareness to the dangers of Eating Disorders. Additionally she has used her voice to bring awareness to Endometriosis (and other reproductive conditions) in the hopes of eradicating menstruation shame. She is an Endometriosis Australia ambassador.

...She also worked as a life model for 6 years.