St Bernie
Narrative
When fourteen-year-old Bernie is caught with her meticulously compiled "sex bible", she must convince her religious mother that she isn't depraved or sex-obsessed, but just a girl forced to navigate her crucial teenage years alone.
Writer/Director: Elise Tyson
Cast: Lara Robinson, Kirsty Hillhouse, Nisha Joseph, Judith Chaplin
Producer: Janine Kaiser-Lynch
Executive Producer: Goran Spolijaric
Production Designer: Caitlin Burns
DOP: Adam Kaiser-Lynch
Editor: Tayler Martin
Sound Designer: AJ Sherwood
Film Score Composer: Joel Woolf
Additional Music: IV League
Production Manager: Bonny Scott
Production Coordinator: Isobelle Amie
Unit Manager: Joshua Smith
Steadicam Operator: Louis Puli SOC
1st AC: Drew Collins
2nd AC: Alanna Raif, Lachlan Stone
Gaffer: Chris Parkinson, Sebastien Deveze
Best Girl: Emily Wade
Sound Recordist: James Tran
Boom Operator: Tim Rangi
Costume Designer: Geraldine Docherty
Makeup Designer: Bec McLaverty
Awards
Best Film Canberra Short Film Festival
Award of Excellence Women Filmmakers Accolade Global Film Competition
Finalist Global Script Challenge Oaxaca FilmFest
Semi-Finalist Short Screenplay Moondance International Film Festival
Nominated Best Film About Women's Empowerment Glendale International Film Festival
Festivals:
Flickerfest International Film Festival 2018
Montreal World Film Festival 2018
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2018
St Kilda Film Festival 2018
Cinefest Oz Film Festival 2018
Canberra Short Film Festival 2018
Moondance International Film Festival 2017
Los Angeles Womens International Film Festival 2019
Manchester Film Festival 2019
USA Film Festival 2019
Oaxaca Filmfest 2019
Glendale International Film Festival 2019
