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Australia202513 minEnglish
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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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Screening Times

This film is a part of a shorts program. Please go to the program page to view available screening times.

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

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Tom Noakes

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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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