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The Keys to Understanding (2024)
Short Film | 14 mins | 2:39:1
Navigating her separated parents' conflicting expectations and the challenges of growing up, a teenage budding musician discovers that the keys to understanding may be the very music that sets her apart.
Written and Directed by Bella Burton
Cinematography by Blessing Makadzange
Edited by Timothy Hadwen
Starring Kim Clifton and Phillip Lowe
Limerence (2024)
Short Film | 18:30 mins | 1:66:1
A young woman attempts to navigate life as a relatively new twenty-something in a rapidly shifting modern world. As her struggle through family, work, relationships and everything in between begins to show a new and uncomfortable side of herself, dark undercurrents suggest a deeper causality between the often extreme emotions she feels whilst facing increasingly greater challenges just to be a good person.
Written and Directed by Bella Burton
Produced and Edited by Riley Maguire
Starring Elisha Day
Wendy, Darling (2023)
Short Film | 6 mins | 16:9
At a high school Halloween party, the shy and naïve Wendy (Elena Liu) can't take her eyes off her best friend, Althea (Elisha Day). When the two of them make their way to the basement amidst the party, Wendy takes this as an opportunity to confront Althea on the meaning of their friendship, and the secret feelings she has felt towards Althea this whole time.
Written and Directed by Bella Burton
Starring Elena Liu and Elisha Day
Somnium (2023)
Short Film | 10 mins | 2:39:1
Lucy, a dancer torn between her day job and passion, receives an audition letter from a dance company, yet hesitates due to fear. After a restless night, she embarks on a surreal journey where the answer to her indecision may become clear.
Written and Directed by Bella Burton
Starring and Choreographed by Sophie Quay
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Festivals: Semi-Finalist at the Robinson Film Awards International Festival
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