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AWARDS
Bin Laughter Award (In the Bin, 2011)
People’s Choice Award & 3rd Prize (Mudfest, 2011)
Runner Up Prize for Best Film (Shepparton Shorts Film Festival, 2011)
FESTIVALS
In Competition – West End Film Festival (QLD, Australia)
Official Selection – Warrambeen Film Festival (VIC, Australia)
Official Selection – The Stepping Stone Film Festival (India)
Official Selection – Anchorage International Film Festival (USA)
Official Selection – Sandfly Film Festival (NSW, Australia)
Official Selection – Show Me Shorts Film Festival (New Zealand)
Official Selection – Edmonton International Film Festival (Canada)
In Competition – In The Bin (QLD, Australia)
In Competition – TriMedia Film Festival (USA)
Official Selection – Columbia Gorge International Film Festival (USA)
In Competition – Show-Fest (NSW, Australia)
In Competition – Shorts On The Green (QLD, Australia)
In Competition – Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival (WA, Australia)
In Competition – Mudfest (NSW, Australia)
Official Selection – Clare Valley Film Festival (SA, Australia)
In Competition – Shepparton Shorts Film Festival (VIC, Australia)
Short Listed – Tropfest 2011
PUBLICITY
REVIEW – Aint It Cool News (Mike McCutchen)
RADIO – Part One: Radio Adelaide interview writer/director Matthew Jenkin
RADIO – Part Two: Radio Adelaide interview writer/director Matthew Jenkin
PRINT – Mudgee Guardian’s wrap-up article on Mudfest
PRINT – NRMA Open Road magazine

Tagline
Family is a lesson. Learn it.
Synopsis
One family. One lesson to be learned. One twisted way to teach it.
Cast:
Dad: Alan Lovell
Tom: Ryan Johnson
Jack: Oliver Leimbach
Mum: Zoe Carides
Crew:
Writer/Director/Editor: Matthew Jenkin
Producers: Matthew Jenkin & Oliver Leimbach
Executive Producers: Matthew Jenkin & Bradley J. Conomy
Directors of Photography: Bradley J. Conomy & Max Seager
Original Score: Johann Willenberg
Sound Recordist & Sound Design: Joseph Dutaillis
Grading: Ellena Flikier
Title & Poster Design: Bradley J. Conomy
Location Manager: Alexandra Ward
Best Boy: Michael Jenkin
Make-Up Artist: Leah Taylor
Continuity: Sarah Muir
Stills Photographer: Bruce Clapham
Props: Prop Co.
Location Agent: Shan Railton – Vantage Agency
Catering: Tablespoon Lindfield
Thanks:
Marcel Bracks, Brent Armfield, Dan Ilic, Luke Joslin, Kathryn Franco, David Watts, Bill Leimbach, Kelly Graham and Sarah Corke @ Shanahan’s Management, Erin Keneally and Nat Martin @ Mark Morrissey & Associates, Shan Railton @ Vantage Agency, Kath @ PropCo., The O’Brien Family.
Special Thanks:
Dany Cooper, Oliver Leimbach, Bradley J. Conomy, Sarah Muir.
Dedicated to the loving memory of Alan Payne (1925 – 2010).














