A wild ride through the last days of high school with our anti-hero Hal alongside his slacker/jock mates. Amongst the hilarious universal teenage stupidity and chaos of the penultimate end of school house party it becomes glaringly obvious Hal needs to stop cruising through life to face his fears and follow his heart.
Acting
Hal Cumpston's genuine panic as a guy pretending to have it together.
Editing
Chaotic party montages that actually feel like being there.
Director
Jeremy Cumpston
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jeremy Cumpston cast his actual son Hal in the lead, making the father-son tension scenes weirdly authentic.
Shot in Sydney's northern beaches, it's part of a small wave of Australian teen cinema rejecting Hollywood gloss for local awkwardness.