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JASON FAULKNER | 1st Assistant Director

Hugo

Thaumatrope Films

Short Film 16mm

1st Assistant Director

Director

Nicholas Verso

Location

Melbourne

Synopsis

Lonely schoolgirl Desma is determined to win the school science competition and beat her arch-rival, Celestine. When Desma discovers an incredible creature, an insect-boy endowed with a pair of moth-wings, she thinks victory is hers. But can Desma ignore her attacks of conscience and condemn the vulnerable moth-boy to win a competition? Or will she forfeit her dreams of glory and suffer another humiliating loss to Celestine?

Category

Short Films