Samuel Lucas Allen - Writer/Director

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Film Reel

 
 
 
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Cut

 
 

Cut - Short Film in post production Produced by Physical TV

Caught between his best mate and burgeoning neo-Nazi, James, his secret lover and classmate, Isaac, and his religious Jewish father, Adam, Daniel will be forced to choose who he wants to be, as his masks crumble, and he begins haunted by the spectre of an orthodox Jewish man with a chicken. 

Awards and Festivals

Nominated for Best Short Film - Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Nominated for Best Directing - Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Won for Best Editing - Canberra short Film Festival

Nominated for Best Short Film - Queer Screen

Nominated for Best Screenplay - Queer Screen

Nominated for Emerging Filmmaker - Queer Screen


Official Selection - Vancouver International Film Festival

Official Selection - Jewish International Film Festival

Official Selection - Down Under Berlin

Official Selection - Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival

Official Selection - Austin Jewish Film Festival

Official Selection - Warsaw Jewish Film Festival

 
 
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After Saturn

 
 

After Saturn - Drama Film 2019 Produced at NIDA 

When siblings are forced to clean out the house and legacy of their estranged grandfather, they are forced to confront their legacy of violence, how they have hurt each other and his art collection.

 

Awards

Nominated for Best Director - CineFestOZ

Nominated for Best Score - St Kilda

Won Best Short Director - Kansas Arthouse Festival

 
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Plastic

 
 

Plastic - Music Video 2018 Produced at NIDA 

To what extent do we define ourselves and others by the things we do? 'Plastic' is a new music video which explores these questions through the story of a break down in a relationship resulting in a profound moment of purpose. The video is a real and surreal story of love, loss and construction, which counterpoints the minimalist electronic music of Micra. This work is a collision of emotionally rich psychological drama and cerebral construction, think 'Before Sunrise' meets ‘Inception'.

 

Awards and Festivals

Nominated for Best Experimental Film - ATOM Awards

Nominated for Best Music Video - ATOM Awards

Nominated for Best Music Video - ASE Awards


Official Selection - Byron Bay International Film Festival

Official Selection - Lake Charles Film Festival

Official Selection - CLIPPED music video festival

Official Selection - Audio Shoot Unsigned International Music Video & Film Festival

 
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Now, Then, After.

 
 

Now, Then, After. - Short Film anthology in post-production Produced at AFTRS

An anthology of short films from writers worldwide explores how we can find love, connection, and compassion before, during, and after a climate apocalypse.

 
 
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Only the Beautiful

 
 

Only the Beautiful - Short Film 2017 Produced at UTS

Loosely based on John B. Calhoun’s mice utopia experiment known as ‘the beautiful ones’, 'Only the Beautiful’ is a short science futurism film about agency. It follows Harold, the child of a rigid, isolating, humanity preserving metropolitan eco-system, who has to decide whether to take actions, to move freely and imperil the system that sustains humanity, or to sit still and condemn humanity to cyclical stagnation. When the system's original architect kills herself, will Harold take over her role preserving its functions or topple the system that has oppressed him his whole life?

 

Festivals

Nominated for Best Direction - SoCal Clips Indie Film Fest

Nominated for Best Student Film - SoCal Clips Indie Film Fest

Official Selection - SoCal Clips Indie Film Fest

Official Selection - NanoCon International Film Festival

Official Selection - Charlotte Film Festival

Official Selection - Sanford International Film Festival

Official Selection - SciFi Film Festival

Official Selection - Super Geek Film Festival

 

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