The Canberra film community pulled out all the stops for the recent Lights! Canberra! Action! short film competition. I was lucky enough to be involved as cast in two of the competition films, Horrorology, written and produced by Hannah and Laura White from Little White Lies Productions, and Million Dollar Angel, written by Sebastian Chan and produced by Vorfreude Films.

Not only did I have a very small role in each, my kids joined in the fun too!

My daughter and I were zombie extras in Horrorology.

And my son had a role as ‘young boy’ in Million Dollar Angel. I played his mum. Yes, it was a stretch 😉

Both kids enjoyed the experience, although my son nearly ate his t-shirt when we went to the competition screening, because Million Dollar Angel was one of the finalist films and it was a little confronting for him to see his cute face up on the big screen! He was so funny in his little role that he got a huge laugh from the crowd. Here he is, with winner of the most Memorable Performance award, Daniel Tonon.

It was all a little overwhelming – my little guy gets very shy when I mention his superb actor’s eyebrows. You can watch the film here:

I really enjoyed the experience. It not only gave me great insights into how a screenplay needs to support the producers, art department, cinematographers, directors and cast in making the film, but also my first acting credits! I won’t quit my day job just yet.