MAN EATER

Directed by Alexander Whitrow

AFIN 2025 Winner Best Australian Performance · Seraphine Harley

Nominee Best Australian Short Film · Nicholas Whitrow, Alexander Whitrow, James Withrow

Type

Short Film

Country

Australia

Runtime

24m 29s

Self-rated

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Synopsis

After murdering someone in a gruesome act of self-defense, an alleged psychopath is incarcerated into an asylum where she is forced to choose between her freedom or her morality.

Director's Biography

Alexander Whitrow is a writer/director born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. He began writing his first feature fresh out of high school and had it wrapped at 22 years old. The film went on to achieve a theatrical run and international distribution on several popular SVOD, TVOD and streaming platforms. Since then he has studied the art of writing, improving the depth and quality of his stories and characters all the while working in varied positions on different film sets, studying the methodology of filmmaking, expanding his insight and improving his technique.

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