our projects

BULLDOG (2023) – 16min

Jack and Charlie play for a country football team, and their coach’s favourite ritual is to see the bruises from the barbaric Bulldog drills. In the midst of this toxic environment, they find solace in an isolated beach.

wri. dir. Tom Lawrence-Doyle

starring Connor Pullinger, Luke Furlan.

Adelaide Film Festival, Flickerfest, Byron Bay International Film Festival, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Central Coast Film Festival (Winner, Best Drama and Best Australian Short Film).

DOES IT COME WITH A WARRANTY? (2024) – 6min

An ailing farmer buys an android to assist him with tasks, but when the farmer dies, the android finds itself in a crisis.

dir. Tom Lawrence-Doyle

starring Luke Furlan, Tim Doyle

Adelaide Independent Film Festival (Winner, Best Student Film), Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival.

ROAD AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2025) – 10min

A manic driver rockets across the Eyre Highway, the longest stretch of road in the Southern Hemisphere, battling fatigue, the heat and strange streamers flying across the road.

wri. dir. Tom Lawrence-Doyle

starring Lewi Dawson

Adelaide Film Festival, Fantastic Film Festival.

THE WAY OF THE WIND (2026) – 8min

Set in the early 20th century, after the expansive and violent Frontier Wars, we follow The Ragged Man as he traverses the vast, abandoned landscapes of the Australian Outback. His past catches up to him as he has to come to terms with his violent past and his connection to a deadly sniper.

wri. dir. Nicholas Burt

starring Luke Furlan, Nicole Schoen

Flickerfest, Fantastic Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival

SWAMP PEOPLE (2026) – 18min

Architecture student Audrey attempts to understand her home suburb of West Lakes, and the strange people in it, whilst trying to understand herself.

POST-PRODUCTION

wri. dir. Jarrah Murphy

starring Abigail McDougall

THE KING OF KADINA (2026)

Sheep farmer, Stew, balances life on the farm and his part-time work as an Elvis Tribute Artist.

POST-PRODUCTION

dir. Tom Lawrence-Doyle

THE MAGPIE (2026) – 18min

A series of strange encounters on a holiday in a run-down caravan park change the way an inquisitive young boy perceives the world.

POST-PRODUCTION

wri. dir. Jarrah Murphy

starring Isaak Black, Cordell Horsell.

Cracked Light Films

Cracked Light Films is based on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people, the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains, and we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be.