A father tries to reconnect with his son through an extremely misjudged bonding experience.
Acting
Rodgers commits to mortifying desperation with zero vanity.
Direction
Chainey stretches 12 minutes into pure escalating dread.
Director
Bryn Chainey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of Australian 'discomfort cinema' that treats suburban masculinity as its own horror genre. Screened at Clermont-Ferrand, the world's largest short film festival.
The 'meal' was achieved through practical effects so convincing that several crew members genuinely gagged on set. Chainey kept the first take of Rodgers's monologue—no rehearsal, pure flop sweat.
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