KYLIE AOIBHEANN
Writer & Director

PRONOUNS
she/her

CONTACT
kylie@innerpictures.com.au

Kylie Aoibheann is an Australian trans writer, director and editor.

Her short supernatural horror THE DYSPHORIA won Best Picture in Fantastic Fest’s horror shorts program, Short Fuse, and Best Director in Brooklyn Horror Film Festival’s Shorts Jury Awards.

Produced with the support of Queer Screen and Screen Australia, The Dysphoria was also an official selection at Melbourne International Film Festival, Fantasia, Beyond Fest and SXSW Sydney, and nominated for the Iris Prize, the world’s largest LGBTQIA+ short film award.

Co-founder of Inner Pictures, her previous short films include the psychological horror SEE FOR YOURSELF, streaming in Australia on national broadcaster ABC iView, and documentary FAREWELL HAPPY FIELDS, with celebrated poet Fiona Wright.

Based between Sydney and Naarm/Melbourne, Kylie is in development of her debut horror feature DEADNAME, supported by Screen Australia and Australians in Film (AiF).

OLIVER ELLIS
Producer

PRONOUNS
they/them

CONTACT
oliver@innerpictures.com.au

Oliver Ellis is a Naarm/Melbourne-based producer who draws from their identity as a neurodivergent, queer, and non-binary creative to realise ambitious screen projects.

Co-founder of Inner Pictures, their short film work includes the documentaries CODA (with Jodee Mundy OAM) and FAREWELL HAPPY FIELDS (with author Fiona Wright), horror films SEE FOR YOURSELF (ABC iView) and THE DYSPHORIA (Best Picture - Short Fuse, Fantastic Fest), and dramas ASEXY (featured in Star Observer and ABC Queer) and UNWILTERED.

Oliver holds a Bachelor of Arts in Screen Production from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and a Graduate Certificate in Politics and International Studies from the University of Melbourne.

One of The Minus18 Foundation’s inaugural Young Leaders in 2021, Oliver also works as a story consultant, assistant director, and photographer. They live, work, and create on the stolen lands of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.