Lucille

Role: Director / Animator / Writer

Lucille is my graduation film from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. It's a peek
into the dingy day-to-day of the guitar store, and the stereotypes that inhabit it.

A young girl encounters hostile territory when she enters a guitar shop for the first time,
colliding with the store owner, a self-obsessed aging rocker.

A clip from the film

Awards

Winner / EH Shepard Award for excellence in design for animation / Victorian College of the Arts
Winner / Best Film, Best Animation, Audience Choice / Warburton Film Festival
Finalist / Best Animation / Dendy Awards / Sydney Film Festival
Finalist / The Region Skåne Short Film Prize / BUFF International Children & Young People’s Film Festival
Finalist / Best Tertiary Animation / Atom Awards

Screenings

2009

Adelaide Film Festival / Adelaide / Australia
Tricky Women’s Film Festival / Vienna / Austria
BUFF Film Festival / Malmö / Sweden
Ciné Junior International Children & Teenagers Film Festival / Val-de-Marne / France
Kalamazoo Animation Festival International / Kalamazoo / Michigan / US
Little Big Shots International Film Festival for Kids / All capital cities / Australia
Banja Luka International Animated Film Festival / Banja Luka / Bosnia and Herzegovina

2008
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival / Oberhausen / Germany
Sydney International Film Festival (Dendy Awards)/ Sydney / Australia
Revelation Perth International Film Festival / Perth / Australia
Melbourne International Arts Festival / Melbourne / Australia
Warburton Film Festival / Warburton / Australia / Awards: Best Film Best Animation, Audience Choice
Escape Arts Festival / Ulludalla / Australia
In the Bin / Curumbin / Australia