HER OWN MUSIC
A Short Film
On the cusp of graduation, Maddie’s blooming relationship with another student forces a choice between suppressing her newfound self or throwing out the last eighteen years of her life.
AWARDS:
ALLY MORGAN, BEST PERFORMANCE MGFF21
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD MGFF21
OLIVIA ALEKSOSKI, EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD MGFF21
FESTIVALS:
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2020
OUTFEST LA 2020
MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL 2021
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2021
HER OWN MUSIC follows Maddie, the school captain of a private catholic girl’s school and the epitome of the perfect student. Six months away from graduating, she has great grades, a good relationship with her teachers, a close if not clique-y group of friends and has gotten to where she is in life by never failing to be what people want her to be. When Maddie is asked to tutor Tessa in reading music, the two form an unlikely friendship… their lessons alone become a place where the two of them can be themselves. But when their friendship suddenly blossoms into a romance, it becomes clear that their natural ease with each other runs deeper than they realised.
When Maddie is asked to tutor Tessa in reading music, the two form an unlikely friendship… their lessons alone become a place where the two of them can be themselves. But when their friendship suddenly blossoms into a romance, it becomes clear that their natural ease with each other runs deeper than they realised.
DIRECTED by Olivia Aleksoski
PRODUCED by Ally Morgan and Hew Sandison
DOP Carina Burke
STARRING Ally Morgan, Zoe Terakes, Cassandra Sorrell, Louisa Panucci, Lauren RIchardson and Deborah Gallanos
stills by Jasmin Simmons
