SYNOPSIS

After the heartbreak of another miscarriage, sculptor Daphne loses the ability to say 'Thank You' and her world begins to crumble. She throws herself into a new work, one that represents her body and her grief. Then, just as the consequences of being a thankless social outcast threaten to completely overwhelm her, her sculpture wins a coveted award. Now Daphne must face a new challenge, one to herself and her art.

DIRECTOR BIO: Georgina Haig, Dromana, VIC

Georgina Haig is an award winning actor, writer and director, with international credits spanning across the US, Canada and Australia. Georgina had her directorial debut, black comedy Ashes honoured with a AACTA Award nomination for Best Short Film in 2024. A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, her roles across a wide range of genres, comedy, fantasy, sci-fi, drama and horror, have helped inform the kinds of stories she wants to tell; thought-provoking, punchy, genre bending, strange, funny and heartfelt. She is committed to developing characters who are complex and flawed in surprising ways.

DIRECTOR STATEMENT

The idea for this film came from thinking about what would happen to a person if they challenged the societal expectations around the need to say thank you. I thought the stakes would be higher if that was happening to a character dealing with intense loss. I liked the idea of an artist using their work as catharsis to process both the mystery of their body, and the bafflement of becoming an unexpected social outcast. I wanted to explore how through all that, the act of making art can be both terrifying and empowering.