THE ZOO / 17 MINUTES

When 17-year-old Leslie arrives a lavish dinner party with her parents, she quickly realises that the adults she previously admired are no different to the animals she reads about in books.

WRITTEN, DIRECTED and EDITED by Sophie Hayward / PRODUCED by Ruth Morris and Emma Duffy

STARRING Isabel Macmaster, Verity Hunt-Ballard, Olaf Savage, Sarah Bollenberg, Trent Baker, Rudie Chapman and Peter Stratford / CINEMATOGRAPHY Simon Walsh / PRODUCTION DESIGN Zoe Lofts / SOUND DESIGN Keith Thomas / PRODUCTION MANAGER Melanie Velissaris / 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Jordan Prosser / ART DIRECTOR / Gabriel Bertogg / GAFFERS Thom Holt and Dan Carr / HAIR and MAKEUP Amanda Lissant-Clayton / COSTUMES Ruth Morris

Melbourne International Film Festival Accelerator Program / ABC's 'The Screening Room' iView / WoW Film Festival / Flickerfest Film Festival / Reelgood Film Festival and Flickerfest’s best of featured on ABC iVew.