A disillusioned son's trip home is complicated when ten years of family secrets explode over one weekend.
Acting
Brendan Cowell's volcanic Shane steals every scene he's in.
Writing
Dialogue that cuts like a family WhatsApp group at 2am.

Director
Anthony Hayes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ten Empty captures a specific strain of Australian masculinity in crisis — the '00s suburban male adrift between inherited silence and demanded vulnerability.
Director Anthony Hayes went on to helm Gold (2022) with Zac Efron, but this remains his most brutally personal excavation of Australian family dynamics.