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ELLIE & ABBIE (AND ELLIE'S DEAD AUNT)
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, AUSTRALIA
 
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Completed - ENGLISH - Comedy, Romance, LGBT - 84 minutes

Log Line

Determined to ask her first love Abbie to the year 12 formal, Ellie devises a plan to go public with the invitation but before she can go through with it, her dead aunt Tara reappears from beyond the grave, with lesbian dating advice from the 80s.

Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Monica ZANETTI
Writer(s) : Monica ZANETTI
Cast : Marta DUSSELDORP, Rachel HOUSE, Zoe TERAKES, Sophie HAWKSHAW, Julia BILLINGTON, Bridie CONNELL

Producer(s) : Mahveen SHAHRAKI (Cobbstar), Patrick JAMES (Cobbstar)

Synopsis

In this heartfelt lesbian rom-com, school captain Ellie is seriously crushing on her rebellious classmate Abbie. Determined to ask her first love to the year 12 formal, Ellie devises a plan to go public with the invitation but before she can go through with it, her dead aunt Tara reappears from beyond the grave. Believing she’s been brought back from the dead to be Ellie’s fairy godmother, Tara dishes out unwanted dating advice based on her life as an out lesbian in the 80s.

Production

Country(ies) : AUSTRALIA

Festivals and Awards

BFI Flare 2020 Hearts
Mardi Gras Film Festival 2020 (Audience Award)


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