Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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LOST BOY was nominated for Best Direction in a Student Film at the 2020 Australian Directors’ Guild Awards (2020) and won the Best Short Film award at St Kilda Film Festival (2021).

When a volatile young bartender shows up to work with a fresh black eye, he’s challenged by his boss to drop his macho persona.

Director/writer – Peter Skinner (Master of Arts Screen, 2019)
Producer – Susannah Wolff (Graduate Certificate Screen in Creative Producing, 2018), David Shyegun (Graduate Certificate Screen in Creative Producing, 2017)
Cinematographer – Calum Riddell (Master of Arts Screen, 2019)
Production designer – Michael Price (Graduate Diploma in Production, 2012)
Editor – Jarrod Young (Graduate Certificate in Editing, 2018), Peter Skinner
Composer – Trent Grenel

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