Synopsis

The Butcher’s Son is a story of the aspirations of proud parents at odds with their son’s ambitions. The resulting conflict threatens to tear them apart. How do you tell your parents that you are not who they want you to be? How does a young man fulfil his parents’ expectations but still stay truthful to himself?

Ella Carey

Ella Carey is a freelance director, animator and production designer based in Sydney. She is a graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School 2012 in production design, having previously graduated from Swinburne University with a Bachelor of Film and Television in 2011. Ella’s first short film Sonburn, which she wrote and directed in her final year at Swinburne, won Best Film at Swinburne’s graduate screening and also received a gold award at the California Film Awards (2012) for Best Student Film, a Silver Award (2012) at the ACS Awards and also won Best in Show at Eltham College Masterworks 2014, an invitation-only contest from the past 40 years of students.