lFeature film | Thriller | European Premiere | 2024 | Australia | 86 min | English | Directed by Aaron Lucas
This screening will take place at Collosseum.
Synopsis
Leo's got something important to discuss with his 8-year-old daughter - he's got a brain tumour. But when Luna hears 'brain tuna' her big imagination takes them both on an fantastical detour. Leo must embrace Luna's fantastical worlds and use them, if not to make her understand entirely, at least to find strength in the face of his diagnosis.
This short film also serves as a proof of concept for a larger feature film “Luna”, and was supported by Screen NSW’s Short to Feature Fast-Track Initiative.
Director’s Bio
AARON LUCAS IS A JEWISH GERMAN/AUSTRALIAN WRITER, DIRECTOR AND EDITOR BASED IN SYDNEY.
He initially trained as an actor at the University of Wollongong, where he first began directing theatre, which led to creating short films such as THE CLIQUE (2018), FREE THERAPY (2019), and MARY (2023), along with several music videos. His independent pilot Privileged won Best Comedy at SeriesFest 2021 and Stareable LA 2022.
Aaron’s animated documentary, I’LL BE FRANK won First Prize in the Hearts, Minds, & Souls Award at Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022, and was nominated for Best Documentary/Factual Single at the Australian International Documentary Conference 2023. I’LL BE FRANK screened on SBS Television in 2023.
In 2022, Aaron took part in TIFF’s Filmmaker Lab, and in 2023, he was selected as one of eight participants for TIFF’s Writers Studio with his debut feature film script.