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French Girls
Narrative | 83 Mins
“Mia (Mia Kidis) is drifting through life working on construction sites when she’s scouted by a Sydney model agent. Suddenly, she’s making more money than ever while working less – something her boyfriend loves to point out. Mia quietly observes this strange new world of modelling with deep uncertainty. Is this really the life she wants? With one curious turn after another, she finds herself in trouble with the law. Full of insouciance, familiar local talent and gorgeously shot by cinematographer Dimitri Zaunders (The Golden Spurtle, SFF 2025), French Girls is an irresistibly charming, refreshingly perceptive take on societal representations of femininity and the disappointing realities of labour.”
Article via IF Magazine
Article via Fashion Journal
Article via Russh Magazine
Trailer via Sydney Film Festival
Official Selection, Sydney Film Festival, Sartorial: Fashion On Film (2026)
Director Hyun Lee
Producer Georgia Noe, Hyun Lee
Cast Mia Kidis, Luca Blasonato, Nash Edgerton
Screenwriter Hyun Lee
DOP Dimitri Zaunders
Production Design Abbey Ling Thorley & Cynthia Lu
Sound Adam Roberts
Editor Hyun Lee
Art Assists Ella Drinkwater, Elena Hale
Crashout
Upcoming Narrative Feature
“Crashout follows a group of new high school graduates whose celebratory road trip spirals into tragedy. When an accident leaves one of their friends dead, the three remaining teens – panicked and terrified of the consequences – decide to stage a found-footage film to rewrite the night and save their futures. ”
Article via IF Magazine
Article via Variety Magazine
Article via Variety Magazine
The Shirt Off Your Back
Narrative | 9 Mins
“A dark fairy tale about two brothers who re-live a strange encounter with a man on Christmas Day, their memories shifting until the truth becomes something unknowable—something that quietly, irrevocably changes them.”
BTS via Instagram
Trailer via MUBI
Festivals
Sydney Film Festival (2025)
Melbourne International Film Festival (2025)
CinefestOZ (2025)
Adelaide Film Festival (2025)
BeyondFest LA (2025)
Canberra Short Film Festival (2025)
Central Coast Film Festival (2025)
Brisbane International Film Festival (2025)
PÖFF / Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2025)
Stellar Short Film Festival (2026)
St Kilda Short Film Festival (2026)
Awards & Nominations
The Curb, No. 5 Best Australian Films (2025)
Nadine Whitney, Best Australian Films (2025)
AACTA Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts, Nominated - Best Short Film (2026)
Canberra Short Film Festival, Winner - Best Director (2025)
Stellar Short Film Festival, Winner - Best Film (2026)
Stellar Short Film Festival, Rising Talent (Eden Wendt) (2026)
1.4 Awards, Gold Award Winner (2026)
CICLOPE Asia-Pacific, Best Short Film (2026)
CICLOPE Asia-Pacific, Grand Prix in Direction (2026)
CICLOPE Asia-Pacific, Director Of The Year (2026)
St Kilda Film Festival, Winner Best Editing (2026)
St Kilda Film Festival, Winner Best Cinematography (2026)
Director & Writer David Robinson-Smith
Executive Producers Julie Ryan, Jeff Harrison, Joseph Perkins
Producers Julia Corcoran, Ari Harrison
Prod Co Umbrella Entertainment, Sanctuary Pictures, Ripple Pictures
Financed in association with ARC
Supported by the Australian Cinematographers Society’s John Leake OAM ACS Award
Cinematographer Jaclyn Paterson
Production Designer Abbey Ling Thorley
Costume Laura Bracken
Editor Phoebe Taylor
Sound Design Wade Keighran
Score Wade Keighran, Joel Byrne
Spiders On My Lashline
Narrative Short
“Covered in blood following an attack, genderqueer Ash seeks catharsis through a church confessional. As they feverishly recall memories that led them to the present day, Ash emerges from the darkness, finding strength and power for revenge.”
Interview with Grace via Directors Notes
Trailer via Directors Notes
Festivals & Features
BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival - World Premiere (2026)
Raindance Film Festival (2026)
KASHISH Pride Film Festival (2026)
Rio LGBTQIA+ Festival Internacional de Cinema (2026)
Directors Notes (2026)
Director Grace TanProducers Debbie Zhou, Ebube Uba, Louise Todd-Smith
DOP Jaclyn Paterson
Production Designer Abbey Ling Thorley
Costume Designer Marisa Suen
HMUA Carly Lim, Layla Naidoo, Brianna Galbutt, Anna Kowalski
Editor Will Suen
VFX Gary Yeung, Paul Courtney
On Set Art Director & Standby Props Ella Drinkwater
Prop Maker & Art Assist Sian Pannach
Buyer/Dresser & Standby Props Corah Fortune
Buyer/Dresser & Graphic Artist Indigo Ryan
Buyer/Dresser Elena Hale
Spacey Jane
Music Video
“I Never See Her”
Watch on Youtube
Director Matt Sav
Producer Zac Warneford
Production Manager Emma Fakira
Production Coordinator Bridget Ashton
1st AD Adam Smillie
DOP Gregoire Liere
1st Ac Darren Mak
2nd Ac Alana O'Donnell
Grip Mark Abrahams
Grip Assist Zacariah Mappin
Grip Assist Jack Rodrigues
Gaffer Nik Damianakis
Gaffer Matt Willis
Best Boy Ben Sanford
Art Director / Wardrobe Abbey Ling Thorley
Buyer Dresser Annalena Rohr
Standby Props Andy Cantrell
Makeup Amber-Lee McAlpi
Stunt Operator Ben Toyer
Stunt Safety Rob Simper
BTS Michael Tartaglia
The Eviction
Narrative | 14 Mins
“After a troubling incident, a group of university students face an ethical dilemma: whether or not to evict one of their own.”
BTS via Instagram
Winner, Best Australian Short, Melbourne International Film Festival (2025)
Finalist, Best Live Action Australian Short, Sydney Film Festival (2025)
Director & Writer Rebecca Metcalf
Producers David Ma, Yiani Andrikidis, Rebecca Metcalf
Cinematographer Dimitri Zaunders
Production Designer Abbey Ling Thorley
Costume Laura Bracken
Editor Steve Shaw
Composer Mara Schwerdtfeger
Agoge
Narrative | 14 minutes
“Placed in detention after a physical altercation on the school playground, two teenage boys find their developing friendship challenged by the limits of their emotional honesty.”
Official Selection, Palm Springs International Film Festival (2025)
Official Selection, Flickerfest (2025)
Director Veniamin Gialouris
Writers Veniamin Gialouris & Marcus Khoudair
Producers Adam Daniel & Marco Alexiadis
Cinematography Petra Leslie
Production Design Abbey Ling Thorley
Costume Design Tess Strelein
Editor James A. Thomas
Sound Designer Jonathan Mendolicchio
Starring Nick Annas, Marley Hayward, Jagger Leigh & Julian Maroun
To Become A Lion
Documentary | 6 Mins
“A martial arts master traces the evolution of lion dancing mapped through his path to teaching.”
Full film on Youtube via NY Times Op Docs
NY Times Learning Network Film Club
Webby Awards Win
Winner, Best Art Direction People’s Voice Video & Film, The Webby Awards (2025)
Commissioned by The Powerhouse Museum
Released through New York Times Op Docs
Director David Ma
Producer Georgia Noe
EP Callum Cooper
DOP Jack McAvoy
1st AC Cameron Robertson
Production Designer Abbey Ling Thorley
Gaffer Nico Galbandian
Sound Recordist Stuart Melvey, Mara Scherdtfeger
Editor David Ma
Colourist Yanni Kronenberg
VFX Kenneth Zeng
Score, Sound Design, Mix Mara Schwerdtfeger
Title Design Sylvia Zheng
Eat Up!
Narrative | 17 Mins
“In a future of synthetic food, a prodigious flavour designer, whose new portable food printer promises to launch her career, discovers the lost art of cooking and a human connection science cannot simulate.”
Nominated, APDG Awards Emerging Designer (2025)
Nominated, Best Australian Short, Flickerfest (2025)
Official Selection, Heart Of Gold International Film Festival (2025)
Finalist, Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival (2025)
Director Yuxin Cao
Producers Denis Curnow, Emily Bull, Neisha Dallamora
Writer Roslyn Zhang
Cinematographer Jesse Phillips
Production & Costume Design Abbey Ling Thorley
Editor Elita Guo
Music Ray Lin
Sound Design Andrew Dean
Art Coordinator Lily Currey Billyard
Standby Props Charli Dugdale
Buyer Dressers Craig Bornstein, Sheree Tam
Art Department Assists Elise Zeman, Jordan Taylor, Eden Colley, Ella Drinkwater, Jay Zhao
Standby Wardrobe Kavyaa Gohil
Construction Kathrin Davis, Annie Wright, Jasmine Bishop
2D Animator Cronulla Folk
Signage Design Gege Ze
VFX Jordan Spiteri
HMUA Angela Brookes
HMUA Livia Shi
BTS Flore Vallery-Radot
Gruen Transfer
Short
Winning pitch for Gruen Transfer’s episode on microplastics.
Watch on Instagram & SBS
Agency Bounce Creative Co
ECD Joel Chapman
CD @yokscobar
Creative Julian Batty
Creative @gaudy_oldstyle
GM @insta__d_
Prod Co Somewhere Nowhere
Director Finn Ashton
Producer Zac Warneford
PM Emma Ashton
DOP Chris Ras
1st AC John Katz
Gaffer Willis Film Services
Grip Richie Brown
Grip Assist Diogo Couto
Sound Clifford McBride
Art Director Abbey Ling Thorley
Art Assist Dylan Batty
Makeup Amelia Odgers
PA Bridget Ashton
Studio Bayside Studios
Casting Wayward Creative
VFX Harvey Abrahams
Colourist Alina Bermingham
Online Matt Campbell
Sound Jordan Panasewych
Talent Kathryn Hartman, Kourosh Karimian