

Sweet sixteen? Try survival sixteen. This birthday party goes VERY wrong.
Ava is hoping her 15th birthday will be a less bitter affair than her last few. Unfortunately for Ava, the universe has something else in mind.
Acting
Piper Nairn's birthday girl unravels with devastating restraint.
Direction
Dual directors build dread from ordinary spaces.
Director
Ryan Unicomb
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ryan Unicomb and Jordan Bailey co-directed after meeting in Australian film school; this was their thesis project expanded to professional short.
The film belongs to a wave of Australian 'suburban gothic' shorts examining teen girl cruelty, following The Babadook's influence on domestic horror.