An Act of Love  Short Film

A close bond between two identical twins is tested when one sister rebels against their shared sense of oneness.

AVAILABLE ON
The Criterion Channel (USA & CA)

CREDITS
Cast: Rachael Awonusi, Rebekah Awonusi, Darcy Kent
Producers: Daphne Do & W.A.M. Bleakley
Writer / Director: Lucy Knox
DOP: Sky Davies
Editor: Paul Rowe
Production Company: Swag Film

AWARDS
Winner - Best Direction of a Student Film / Australian Directors’ Guild Awards 2018
Winner - Best Casting of a Student Film / Australian Casting Guild Awards 2018
Winner - Best Cinematography / Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2018
Winner - Mona Brand Emerging Writer Award 2018
Winner - Programmer’s Choice Award / Melbourne Women’s Film Festival 2019
Winner - Critic’s Choice Award / Melbourne Women‘s Film Festival 2019
Winner - Female Frother Award / Freshflix 2019
Special Mention - Best Short Screenplay / Sydney Film Festival 2018
Nominee - ATOM Award for Best Tertiary Fiction Short Film 2017
Nominee - Sarah Watt Award for a Female Director / VCA 2017
Nominee - Film Media Art Awards - Setting Sun 2019
Nominee - Best West / Setting Sun 2019
Nominee - Best Short Film / Heart of Gold Film Festival 2018

FESTIVALS
76th Sydney Film Festival 2018
Palm Springs International Shortfest 2018
Melbourne International Film Festical - Accelerator Programme 2018
Adelaide Film Festival 2018
Cork Film Festival 2018
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2018
Poitiers Film Festival 2018
Brisbane International Film Festival 2018
Brussels Short Film Festival 2019
Castellinaria Film Festival 2019
Brooklyn Film Festival 2019
Newport Beach Film Festival 2019
Lower East Side Film Festival 2019
Flickerfest 2019
Chalon Tout Court 2019
Byron Bay Film Festival 2019
Cinefest Oz 2019
Heart of Gold Short Film Festival 2019
St Kilda Film Festival 2019
Down Under Berlin 2019
Setting Sun Film Festival 2019
POW Film Festival 2019
Drunken Film Fest Oakland 2019
Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2019
Sanctuary Film Festival 2019
Freshlix 2019
Melbourne International Film Festival - Summer Residency at Bunjil Place 2021

PRESS
Seeing Double: The Criterion Channel