Hayden is an award winning Australian Writer, Director and Editor. He attended the prestigious Victorian College of the Arts. Hayden is currently working on his first feature film and is collaboratively developing the script for two others. Hayden is a recipient of an Atom Award in 2011, Best Film of 2009 Raw Nerve along with Best Film at the Diegesis Student Film Festival. He is also known for his Corporate film productions which has taken him across the globe.The Severing is a character study about the influence of living in a voyeuristic society. An exploration of crippling external pressures and what it means to take a stand and fight for what is yours. In The Severing, Jacinta finds herself at the threshold of adulthood; confronted by the dilemma of how to be alone in today’s world of chaos. The emptiness of her new apartment filled with unfamiliar sounds and walls waiting to be called home evoke a deep sense of fear. Through a guided audio meditation she is forced to confront these fears and battle for her very existence. From an early age I have experienced out of body episodes and long wanted to communicate the sense of awe and terror they bring. As Writer, Director, Editor and Sound Designer, I’ve been afforded the luxury of an uncompromising audiovisual approach to The Severing, an approach that encapsulates my love of cinema as a bold sensory medium. Tackling multiple roles has also helped working without a budget and tight schedule. The Severing offers a space where we travel between the blurred lines of what is real and what is not. Jacinta’s struggle is every young woman’s struggle with darkness and a meditation on being alone, if we ever really are?