LUNA & THE BRAIN TUNA
Photography by Ravyna Jassani
FILM BY Aaron Lucas
Leo’s got something important to discuss with his 8-year-old daughter - he’s got a brain tumour. But when Luna hears ‘brain tuna’ her big imagination takes them both on a fantastical detour. Leo must embrace Luna’s fantastical worlds and use them, if not to make her understand entirely, at least to find strength in the face of his diagnosis.
Directed by Aaron Lucas
Written by Aaron Lucas & Mark Rogers
Produced by Yingna Lu, Jayden Rathsam Hua, Henry Koehne, Hugo Koehne
Funding by Screen NSW Short to Feature
Starring Ewan Leslie, Leah Purcell, Heather Middleton,
Production Design by ARACOURT (Ara Nuri Steel & Courtney Westbrook)
Director of Photography by Lucca Barone-Peters
Costumes by Genevieve Graham
Makeup and Hair Designed by Helen Tuck
Puppet Design& Make by Indi Redding
Art Department Assistants: Ravyna Jassani, Spark Sanders Robinson, Dani Turnbull, Wendy Marriott,
Joyce Tang, Nicole Ng, Daniel Mackenzie, Jacqueline Chapman, Saxon Blackett, Rhory Mackellar,
Emma Jason, Sheree Tam, Miki Weingarten, Kate Wilson, Veronica Silver, Jane Chen, Elena Hale,
Zoe Fraser, Emma Jonas Moralee & Alexandra Olguin
Editing by Phoebe Taylor
awards & NOMINATIONS
2024 - APDG Award Nomination for Production Design or Costume Design for Short Film, Music Video or Web Series
2024 - Sydney Screen Festival Official Selection
2025 - AACTA Award Contender
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BEHIND THE SCENES by Ravyna Jassani
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