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Breakfast Tea

What's not to love about being woken before dawn by your neighbour's power saw?

A story about busy neighbours, early birds and worms.

Scripted, shot and edited in 24 hours during social lockdown.

Take care of your neighbours.

  • Jennifer Piper
    Writer
  • Jennifer Piper
    Director
  • Jasper Poole
    Producer
  • Jennifer Piper
    Key Cast
    "The Person"
  • Jasper Poole
    Editing
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 27 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 19, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    85 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • American Golden Picture International Film Festival
    Jacksonville, Florida
    United States
    October 3, 2020
    Official Selection
  • The Quarantini Monthly Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 23, 2020
    Official Selection
  • SacFilmChallenge
    Sacramento
    United States
    October 25, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokyo
    Japan
    December 31, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokyo
    Japan
    December 31, 2020
    Nominee: Best Editing
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokyo
    Japan
    December 31, 2020
    Nominee: Best Message
  • LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV & AWARDS
    PUNE, MAHARASHTRA
    India
    December 25, 2020
    Nominee, Best Smartphone Film
  • Papaya Rocks Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    February 25, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Hollywood Monthly Film Festival
    Hollywood, California
    United States
    October 15, 2021
    Official Selection
  • 1st Monthly Film Festival
    Belgrade
    Serbia
    September 23, 2021
    Winner, Best Mobile Phone Film
  • GENiUS
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    October 10, 2021
    Official Selection
  • African Smartphone International FilmFestival
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    December 15, 2021
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Jennifer Piper

Jennifer ‘JP’ Piper is a multidisciplinary storyteller who loves messing with the boundaries of artform. In 2019, JP created ‘The Representation Hour’ for Triple Bi-Pass on JOYFM Melbourne, exploring queer representation in pop culture. Her stageplays A Scandal in the Weimar and That Time Everything Went Well And We Were Totally Fine are published via Australian Plays and her short films, Facing the Future, At Home with Anne Zieté, skate. and Breakfast Tea – all created in isolation during Melbourne lockdown – have enjoyed official selection at various film festivals. This year, her academic writing will feature in a new text, Queering the Vampire Narrative, published by Brill | Sense. Having spent the last 12 years away, JP is thrilled to be back on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar.

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