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Generation 14plus 2025
© Matthew Chuang
Daisy and Lila are best friends. The two 16-year-olds have always shared everything, but now cracks are beginning to show. Daisy has started her periods while Lila is still waiting for hers and feels left behind. At a summer house party in the suburbs, Lila breaks the promise to stick together and quickly ditches Daisy for a boy. Daisy drifts to the pool where she meets Drew. Confident and magnetic, Drew is everything Daisy would like to be. When Drew leans in for a kiss, Daisy feels something shift inside her. Caught up in the moment, she ignores Lila’s calls for help. But later, when the two are reunited, Daisy begins to doubt whether she did the right thing. A story about friendship, identity and the moments that test what we mean to each other.

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by Domini Marshall (Director, Screenplay)
with Ingrid Torelli, Kristina Bogic, Safe Shahab, Liam Mollica Australia 2025 English 16' Colour World premiere | Short Film recommendation: 14 years and up

With

  • Ingrid Torelli (Daisy)
  • Kristina Bogic (Lila)
  • Safe Shahab (Drew)
  • Liam Mollica (Matt)

Crew

Director Domini Marshall
Screenplay Domini Marshall
Cinematography Matthew Chuang
Editing Geri Docherty
Music Patrick Grigg
Sound Design Roisin Gleeson
Production Design Tiffany Dias
Casting Ally Reynolds
Producer Josie Baynes
Executive Producers Thomas Wallis, Domini Marshall

Produced by

Wildebeest

Melbourne, Australia

Photos

Domini Marshall

The work of the writer and director often explores gender and social norms. In 2021, she graduated with a master’s degree in film and television from the Victorian College of the Arts in Australia. Her screenplay for I’m Yours won the FTV Docklands Award for Best Narrative Script while her short films Slap and Go with Grace premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Filmography

2014 Purple; short film 2021 Slap; short film 2022 Go with Grace; short film 2025 Howl; short film

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025