Ecdysis – official film poster

Short film, 2020

Ecdysis

In a small rural town, a beaten middle-aged woman reaches breaking point as her cruel, con-artist husband attempts to corrupt a rookie police officer.

“Ecdysis” is a short Gothic drama/thriller I worked on in 2019–20. This 14-minute film had its Australian premiere at Flickerfest 2021 (Sydney and Melbourne) and has been selected in and won awards in a number of small-to-mid-sized international festivals.

  • Written, co-directed and co-produced by William Stanforth
  • Co-directed by Roscoe Portelli
  • Co-produced by William Ewing
  • 14 minutes

Festivals & screenings

  • Flickerfest International Short Film Festival Sydney & Melbourne, 2021
  • Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film Festival
  • Vertigo Film Festival Milan

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Available to view on request – get in touch.

Master of Screenwriting, Victorian College of the Arts (2014).

BA Creative Writing, RMIT University (2012). Awarded the Major Project Highest Mark for the screenplay Living Things.

Generation Why – short play, RMIT Snatches: Love, death and other things, 2014.

  • The Job Seeker Guide (2015)
  • Guide to Drinking (2014)
  • The Endless Latte (2014)