Screenplay AFIN 332
A Boy And His Pub
Written by 
Connor Smith
AFIN 2026 Winner
- 2026
- 109pp
- English
- M
- Drama
- Dramedy
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Synopsis
Rory has a lot on his plate living in a pub. He's a bartender, waiter, cleaner, luggage handler, and junior lumberjack. Rory also has school on Monday, where he faces a challenge harder than any job at home: fitting in with his fellow twelve-year-olds.
From the Judges
From the Judges
The dialogue lands with real Australian specificity, funny and precise, with every character carrying a distinct rhythm. A regional pub becomes a whole ecosystem here, a childhood lived inside an adult world of work, family grief and schoolyard bravado, and the writing gives that world genuine texture. The panel responded to a clear emotional centre, a protagonist whose wants and needs pull against each other, and a thematic handling of what it means to be a man that never turns preachy.
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A Boy And His Pub was Winner of Best Feature Screenplay at the AFIN International Film Festival 2026, a Top 100 Best Reviewed and IMDb-qualifying festival.
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