THE AQUARIUM

Genre: Drama
Synopsis: A young girl, ignored by her volatile, separated parents, does increasingly desperate things to earn money for a school trip to the aquarium.
Writer/Director: Jacobie Gray
Producer: Michelle Nagy
Executive Producer: Leonie Mansfield
Production Company: Alke Entertainment + Lionsbreath Productions + Goldhawk Productions
Starring: Sophie Rollason + Nathaniel Dean + Emma Jackson
Cinematographer: Rodrigo Vidal Dawson
Production Designer: Gareth Davies
Costume Designer: Dannielle Alexander
Editor: Danielle Boesenberg
Sound Designer: Lana Kristensen
Original Music: Catherine Clare

Awards + Nominations:

• Nominated for Best Foreign Short Film at Best of New Filmmakers LA 2017
• Best Short Film at Female Eye Film Festival 2016
• Best Achievement in Screenplay at St Kilda Film Festival 2016
• Nominated for Best Director and Best Young Actor at St Kilda Film Festival 2016
• Runner up Best Craft in Australian Fiction Short Film at Dungog Film Festival 2016
• Australian Screen Editors Guild Award for Best Editing in a Short Film 2015
• Nominated for the Rising Star Award at Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2015