‘Grace, Grace, What’s Her Face’ (15 minutes, 2026)
After abruptly leaving her rural hometown on Christmas, a young woman journeys to Melbourne by herself to escape the pressures of her broken family. 
Coming soon


‘The Intervention’ (7 minutes, 2026)
A woman rushing home to meet a first date is blindsided by an unexpected intervention from friends and family, only to discover her bewildered Hinge match has somehow been roped into it too.
Coming soon

- Official Selection Premiere, St Kilda Film Festival 2026, Opening Night Gala
- Shortlist, Tropfest 2026



‘Punctum’ (10 minutes, 2024)
Encountering restlessness the night after her abortion, a young woman kills time in her apartment in the dead of night. 

    
 
Trailer / Film

- World Premiere, Melbourne International Film Festival, Accelerator Shorts Program 2024

- Official Selection, SXSW Sydney 2024
- Best Short Film & Most Exciting On-Screen Talent Nominations, ReelGood Film Festival 2025
- Official Selection, St Kilda Film Festival, 2025



‘Good Grief’ (26 minutes, 2023)
Set over one night in inner-city Melbourne, a young woman grieving the loss of her mother and a relationship finds comfort in a stranger at a house party.

 
Trailer / Film

- New Voices in Australian Cinema Program, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) 2025
- Sunburnt Screening, The Grace Darling 2024
- Almanac II Screening, Village Cinemas 2024
- Semi-Finalist, Cannes Indie Shorts Awards 2023

- Official Selection, Lift-Off Festival Melbourne & Sydney
- Official Selection, Lift-Off Festival London ‘Judges Select’ Program 2023



‘Breaking Up’ (16 minutes, 2021)
A young couple's imminent demise is thrown into the spotlight when a normal Sunday turns into a conversation that changes everything they once knew about each other.



Trailer / Film 

- Official Selection, NoBudge 202
- Best Short Film, Sydney Web Fest 2021
- Honourable Mention (Best Short Film), London Web & Shorts Fest 2022 
- Nominated for Best Breakout Actor and Actress, Festival of Cinema NYC 2022 

 
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I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land: the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.
I pay my respect to their elders, past present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.