Thicket

A reclusive teenage farmboy finds an unlikely source of inspiration to stand-up against his overbearing father.

15 mins
18-year-old Elliot lives and works on a small family-owned New Zealand dairy farm. He meanders out at dawn towards a herd of feeding cows where his attempt to take the wheel for the morning’s feed-out run is quickly overruled by his overbearing father. Elliot’s resentment grows with his increasingly apparent lack of autonomy and respect on the farm. A routine grocery trip sees Elliot bump into Laura, an enigmatic checkout operator and love interest, who pockets Elliot a pouch of tobacco on the sly, directing him to collect her later on that afternoon.

Eoin O’Liddigh

Director of Photography

Nick Buckton

Sound Designer

Grayson Gilmour

Music Arranger

Julian Vares

Director

Julian Vares

Screenplay

Abbey Vares

Art Direction

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