Short Film AFIN 281
ELASTOPLASTIC
Directed by 
Jack Vernon
AFIN 2025 Winner
- 2025
- 25m
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Australia - English
- MA15+
- Thriller
- Crime
Stills
2 frames
Nominee
Best Sound & Music
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Credits
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Editing
Music & Sound
Synopsis
A broke woman selling home-brew poison must stop a hitman from using her product to kill her sister’s primary school teacher - before the murder and her secret collide.
Director's Statement
With Elastoplastic, I hoped to craft something both deeply human and "out-of-this-world" all in one. The trick with this film was capturing that raw emotion, creating a world and characters that feel grounded in our own reality, and pushing that into a bold genre space whilst maintaining a sense of realism. I like to make films that can't be defined by a single genre label. Elastoplastic, like all my films, is an amalgamation of styles and tastes that work together to create something fresh.
What makes this one special
- Nominated in 2 AFIN categoriesBest Queensland Short Film · Best Sound & Music
From the Judges
From the Judges
This short lands as a complex, carefully assembled piece of filmmaking that holds your attention from the first frame. The panel found much to admire in its sharp editing and immersive sound design, with cinematography that gives every scene real texture. Solid, committed work from the lead and the wider ensemble rounds out a technically accomplished film.
Director's Biography
Jack Vernon Director
Jack Vernon is an emerging Brisbane based writer and director known for his stylistic, genre twisting approach to filmmaking.
At Griffith Film School, he wrote and directed "A Heart for Vendetta," which was accepted into 17 national and international festivals, and took home 3 awards for Best Student Film, Best Romance and Best First Time Director. Since graduating with honours in 2022, Jack has built up a body of work shooting fashion and fitness commercials, music videos and experimental projects.
His latest narrative project, Elastoplastic, is currently running the festival circuit. Jack is now writing his first feature length script, with other short films and commercial work in the pipeline.
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Fuller cast & crew
- Rijen Lane Michael
Director of Photography
- Natalie Dundas
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ELASTOPLASTIC was Winner of Best Film Editing and a Nominee for Best Queensland Short Film and Best Sound & Music at the AFIN International Film Festival 2025, a Top 100 Best Reviewed and IMDb-qualifying festival.
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