stay sharp

(documentary)

director ★ editor

Stay Sharp is a short documentary exploring Melbourne’s iconic and often misunderstood Sharpie subculture of the 1970s, focusing on its resurgence in recent decades.

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★ director. LAUREN HESTER

★ producer. EMILY BROWN

★ cinematographer.  GREGORY KAZANTCEV

★ editors.  SCOTT DI STEFANO & LAUREN HESTER

★ sound designer. JAYDEN BLEAKLEY

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Awards & festivals

★ Setting Sun Film Festival 2020 ★

Official Selection 

★ Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020 ★

Official Selection

Screened at Federation Square

★ L.A. Punk Film Festival 2020 ★

Winner: Best International Short

★ Lift-Off Global Network Melbourne 2021 ★

Official Selection

★ CILECT National Prize 2019 ★

Official Selection

featured in a CHAPTER OF JULIE MAC’S TAILS

TAILS is the third book by former Sharpie Julie Mac that shares the unique 1960s-1980s Australian Sharpie subculture.