IF PSYCHEDELICS
CAN HEAL,
WHY WAIT UNTIL
WE'RE BROKEN?
A Trip to Transformation explores whether psilocybin’s greatest potential lies in prevention, not just in treating illness.
Australia has legalised psilocybin therapy, but it remains out of reach for almost everyone.
Australia
80
~
PEOPLE TREATED
since mid-2023
VS
Last resort treatment
~A$20,000
Severe diagnosis required
Clinical setting
22,000+
Oregon
PEOPLE SERVED
since early-2023
Early intervention
~A$2,000–$4,000
Supervised adult access
Wellbeing setting
Psilocybin doesn’t just need to be a last resort.
Psychedelic medicine is being hailed as a breakthrough. But in a reactive system, access is limited and comes too late.
Refusing to accept this as the only future, filmmaker Xavier travels through Australia, Oregon and the Netherlands to discover how safe, proactive psilocybin access overseas is already changing lives.
WHAT IF WE
DID THINGS DIFFERENTLY?
A Trip to Transformation takes audiences on a global journey exploring radically different approaches to psilocybin.
01
AUSTRALIA
THE MEDICAL MODEL
Australia became the first country in the world to legalise psilocybin, but it costs ~$20,000 and requires a severe mental health diagnosis before you can try.
02
OREGON
SUPERVISED ADULT ACCESS
Oregon’s world-first, government-regulated model allows everyday adults to access legal, supervised psilocybin. More than 22,000 people have already tried.
03
THE NETHERLANDS
PROACTIVE ACCESS
In the Netherlands, legal retreats have operated for years, offering adults professionally facilitated experiences without requiring a diagnosis or waiting until they are ill.
FOR XAVIER, THIS QUESTION IS PERSONAL.
After years of depression, anxiety, comparison and self-doubt, psilocybin interrupted those patterns and left him asking: Why did I have to wait so long?
At the centre of the film is Xavier's mother, Jennifer, a former drug educator shaped by the War on Drugs who spent more than twenty years taking antidepressants.
Now she is questioning everything she once believed.
Following the success of How to Change Your Mind and Fantastic Fungi, this film is the next critical step forward.
Sparked global curiosity about mushrooms.
Destigmatised psychedelics as medical treatments.
Reframes psychedelics as tools for wellbeing.
OVER 4 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
BACKED BY AN AWARD WINNING TEAM
Xavier Rousset
DIRECTOR
Educator and filmmaker of ten years. Four years leading a global investigation into psychedelic access.
Chris Hilton
PRODUCER
Former Essential Media CEO. Produced 500+ hours for BBC, National Geographic, Fox, Disney, Channel 4.
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Damon Gameau
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Director of That Sugar Film and 2040, two of the highest-grossing Australian documentaries of all time.
Anna Vincent
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Producer of Embrace, which reached audiences in over 190 countries and I Am Mother (Sundance 2019).
THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTOR
Match Point Films
Co-led by Lisa Garner, previously at Warner Bros Home Entertainment, Icon Australia, & Rialto Distribution, on releases including The Queen and Slumdog Millionaire. Together with Matthew Campbell, 30+ years and 350+ releases, over $375M in Australian box office.
Ryan Andrew Lee
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
SCREEN FUNDING & PRODUCER OFFSET
Australian Government / Screen Australia
Supported with development funding from Screen Australia, Australia’s federal screen agency, and provisional eligibility confirmed for the 40% Producer Offset.
Jimmi James Wright
STORY CONSULTANT
Mariko van Baaren
LOCAL PRODUCER
Michael McCarron
SOUND RECORDIST
FernLove: A state-licensed Psilocybin Service Centre in Oregon, U.S.
What is a legal psilocybin
service centre?
A licensed, government regulated environment where adults can legally access psilocybin with trained facilitators. Models already operate in Oregon and Colorado, with legal psilocybin retreats established in the Netherlands.
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Adults 21+
-
Licensed facilitators
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Supervised
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Individual or group
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Safe & government regulated
In Oregon, 22,000+ people have accessed psilocybin in just three years, creating the opportunity for earlier access.
This film is dedicated to making this a global reality.
THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
1B+
people living with a mental health condition worldwide
1 in 7
Australians are on
antidepressants
727K
lives lost to suicide
in a single year
$1 Trillion
cost on the global economy each year
for depression & anxiety.
Documentaries can turn awareness into public pressure for change.
SUPPORTED BY LEADING INDUSTRY PARTNERS
HELP US
FINISH THE STORY
We’re raising the funds to continue the film. Every donation helps, no matter how big or small.
We believe films will play a huge role in shifting public awareness. We can't do it without your help.
100% of your funds go directly to finishing the film and our next planned shoot in the United States, with leading experts, policymakers, and service centres to show what could be possible with expanded access.
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We are dedicated to advancing safe access to psychedelic medicine.
Thank you for helping us bring this vision to life.
THE JOURNEY HAS ALREADY BEGUN
4
YEARS IN
THE MAKING
950K+
ORANIC VIEWS
IN 30 DAYS
11,900+
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