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Our lastest short
premieres on 22 June @ Nevada Women's Film Festival

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Panopticon Collective is an Australian screen production company founded by Jeni Bezuidenhout and Sebastian Bertoli.


We tell stories that move us and question our place in the world.

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Informed by our lived experience as first and second generation immigrants, our work explores themes of death, rebirth and redemption.

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We take our name from the concept of the panopticon: a theoretical building structured so that all rooms of the interior are visible from a central observation point, with the inhabitants unaware of when they are being watched.

In this modern panopticon of screen content, storytelling becomes a unifying force, reminding us of our common humanity and fostering interconnectedness.

As engaging narratives transcend boundaries, they hold the power to evoke empathy and connect us.

Our individualistic egos shed, we can then join the collective of spectators and participants, finding opportunities for collaboration and the celebration of diverse and inclusive community.

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Panopticon Collective is based in the Western suburbs of Melbourne, on the stolen and unceded traditional land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

We respectfully acknowledge their Ancestors and Elders, past and present.

What is a Panopticon?

Panopticon: a building structured so that all parts of the interior (e.g. cells of a prison, rooms of an institution) are visible from a single central point, with the inhabitants unaware of when they are being watched.

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Panopticon Collective is an award-winning film and theatre production company founded by Jeni Bezuidenhout and Sebastian Bertoli,
with a focus on creating new Australian work, exploring the
themes of identity and social responsibility.
Panopticon Collective is committed to working toward paying artists.

We are proud to have collaborated with numerous theatre and screen production companies including: La Mama Theatre, Ladymullet Productions, Until Monstrous Theatre, Theatre 451, Rotten Honey,  Underground Media,
VCA School of Film & Television and Dingle Media.

Panopticon Collective is currently based in the Western suburbs of Melbourne, on the traditional land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We give our respect to the Elders of these traditional lands and to all Indigenous people past, present and future.

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