The Worm

Australia202513 minEnglish

A young man’s strange belief sparks an intervention from his family.

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A young man’s strange belief sparks an intervention from his family.

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Credits

Director(s)
Tom Noakes
Screenwriter
Will Goodfellow
Producer
Adrian Pinto
Will Goodfellow
Lucy Gaffy
Tom Noakes
Executive Producers
Marian Macgowan
Ali Brown
Kerstin Emhoff
Joseph Perkins
Director of Photography
Aaron McLisky
Editor
Lucas Baynes
Casting Director
Natalie Wall
Prosthetic Makeup Designer
Larry Van Duynhoven
Production Designer
Loretta Cosgrove
Costume Designer
Anna Cahill
Supervising Sound Editor
Robert Mackenzie
Composer
Callum O’Reilly
Principal Cast
Joe Bird
Heather Mitchell
Susie Porter
Contessa Treffone
Richard Sydenham

Company
STUDIO GOONO
Website
https//www.studiogoono.com
Contact
Will Goodfellow
will@studiogoono.com

Meet the Artist

Tom Noakes

Tom Noakes is an Australian filmmaker based in Sydney. His previous short film, Nursery Rhymes, won the Best Director Dendy Award at the Sydney Film Festival and earned best film award nominations from the AACTA Awards, the Australian Directors Guild, and Vimeo’s Best of the Year.

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