Your work celebrates Sydney in all its glory and nothing is more symbolic of the city than the Opera House.

We have been fortunate enough to work with the Sydney Opera House for close to 12 years and like any great relationship, it has continued to strengthen over time. Being given the opportunity to conceive a work that is both an homage to the city we love and to one of the most significant cultural institutions in the world has…

What drew you to the world of false lives lived behind picket fences?

Will Abbot: I started writing Flattened during the pandemic with Hannah Levy and Grace Westlin, who also star in the short. We bubbled up and gathered during our evenings for movie nights. We quickly realized we were drawn to the same films, works that, sadly, we felt weren’t really being made anymore. With lots of time on our hands and a desire to escape the confines of…