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A Beautiful Waste
Kar
C.ALL Festival
Dawes To Doors x Paper Angels
FRAMES Film Festival
Sentimental - Bella Amor
Mercury World
Let You Go - GAZAL
Poesia Pietra
Hard Times - Thunder Fox

























A Beautiful Waste

A lonesome man practices his best man speech whilst dealing with a moral quandary.

Written & Directed by Nick Allen. Starring Jack Voegt and April Rose Desalegn.

A Praxis Pictures Production.

In the festival circuit for 2026.
































Kar

Kar is a dark comedy about a young director struggling to navigate the complexities of making a short film for the first time. Despite all the problems, he doesn't really seem to understand the true reason why everything is going wrong.

Written & Directed by Nick Allen. Starring Nicholas Burton (Pieces of Her, The Artful Dodger), Essie Randles (Apples Never Fall) and Jack Voegt (Space Rats).

SCREENINGS
Melbourne International Film Festival 2024  
Fantastic Film Festival Australia 2025
Inner West Film Festival 2025
Setting Sun Film Festival 2025
Online Premiere via NoBudge 2025

Watch the full film on NoBudge












C.ALL Festival

C.ALL Festival was a music, theatre & art festival in Sydney/Eora at Machine Hall.

Narration: Sollyy
Original Music: Jerome Blazé

Starring:
Emily Kenmare
Jerome Blazé
Rae & Will
Joshua Ward
Claudia Adams
Max Catanna
Gemma Gillette
Rachel Seeto

Director & Editor: Nick Allen
Concept: Max Catanna and Nick Allen
Movement Director: Molly Kyriakidis-Costello
DP: Cameron Johnson
Stylist: Sydney Atakliyan
Sound Designer: Nick Keate
Colourist: Sam McCarthy
1st AC: Luke Broadhurst
Grip Assist: Aditya Raj Gureja
Runner: Elliot Armour











Dawes to Doors

Dawes To Doors is a hairdressing service by Jack Dawes and Paper Angels is a zero waste clothing designer both founded on Gadigal land. These small vignettes were used in the promotion material of the exclusive release of their T-Shirt collaboration.

Concepted by Jack Dawes
T-Shirts by Paper Angels
Directed & Edited by Nick Allen
Cinematography by Cameron Johnson
Production Design by Amanda Kay
Music by Sam Dawes
Grade by Sam McCarthy














FRAMES Film Festival

FRAMES Film Festival was a Sydney based film community event presented by PUSH Magazine

Starring:
Max Catanna
Yas Delo
April Rose Desalegn
Michael Sun

Directed & Edited by Nick Allen
Written by Max Catanna & Nick Allen
Produced by Maddy de Wilde Barr
Assistant Director Frances Colin

Cinematography by Cameron Johnson
1st AC Hayden Besly

Styling by Sydney Atakliyan
Stylist Assist Sara Popovska
Painting by Nathan McCarthy
Sound Recordist Dominic Kersch

Music by Liam Olsson
Sound Design by Georgia Collins & Nick Keate
Colourist Sam McCarthy










Poesia Pietra

Poesia Pietra is a custom handmade jewellery brand made on Gadigal Land by Ally Sara. SMPTE-EG1 was their new collection launched in summer 2022.  

Directed & Edited by Nick Allen
Starring Kaevesh Pillai and Bronte Godden
Styling by Kahli McCredie
VFX by Oskar Perks
Music by Toby Perks











Mercury World

Mercury World is a designer fashion label made on Gadigal Land by Parry Tritsiniotis and Patrick McCormack.

Directed & Edited by Nick Allen
Cinematography by Harri Gilbert
Assistant Camera by Josiah Atkins
Assistant Directed by Bianca Wei
VHS camera by Janush Adabjou











Sentimental — Bella Amor

Directed & Edited by Nick Allen

Starring:
Bella Amor
Bryn Chapman-Parish
Mia Collis

Producer: Eloise Jones
1st AD: Jackson Perryman
Director of Photography: Cameron Johnson
Production Designer: Amanda Kay
1st AC: Josiah Atkins
Gaffer: Rewiti Brown
Hair & Makeup: Camilla Leary
Colourist: Marcus Friedlander
Stills: Jack Dawes
















Let You Go — GAZAL

Directed & Edited by Nick Allen

Creative: Alessandra Gazal
Producer: Eloise Jones
Director of Photography: Matty Ower
1st AC: Mondo Hayes
2nd AC: Jay Mort
Gaffer: Jordy Simpson
Stylist: Annie Villalta-Burgett
HMU: Emma Weston
Runner: Hannah Walsh
Stills: Connor Sprague












Thunder Fox — Hard Times

Director: Nick Allen
Producer: Jesse Tachibana Choreography: Jess Innes
DOP: Matt Ower
1st AC: Mondo Hayes
Gaffer: Nik Damianakis
LX Assist: Jarrad Travers
Stylist: Romon Yang
HMU: Georgia Vierod
Runner: Francheska Coenraads Graphics: Luca Bianchino

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