Private Project

Contact

In a heartfelt night of vulnerability and laughter, two mismatched young women navigate through 'The 36 Questions That Lead to Love' experiment, where they must engage in an intimate four-minute gaze of uninterrupted eye contact, challenging their perceptions of connection and the possibility of falling in love.

  • Annabelle Miller
    Director
  • Andy Campbell
    Writer
  • Chloe Sale
    Producer
  • Annabelle Miller
    Producer
  • Erin Kebby
    Key Cast
    "Niamh"
  • Bailey Hayward
    Key Cast
    "Ophelia"
  • Gia Smith
    Assistant Director
  • Aurora Rymaszewski
    Production Designer
  • Andy Campbell
    Sound Recorder
  • Andy Campbell
    Casting Director
  • Chloe Sale
    Producer
  • Noah Haywood-Saada
    Director of Photography
  • Peter Du
    Boom Operator
  • Daniel Smith
    Continuity
  • Cooper Overall
    First AC
  • Gia Lac Ngo
    Second AC
  • Taner Guney
    Data Wrangler
  • Henry Shwe
    Composer
  • Adrian Bilinsky
    Sound Supervisor
  • Adam Elias
    Grip
  • Charlie Ussher
    Best Person
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Romance, Drama, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 14, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    250 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - TAFE Randwick
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ+ Film Festival
    Palm Springs
    United States
    September 19, 2025
    Global Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
    London
    United Kingdom
    September 21, 2025
    U.K Premiere
    Offical Selection
  • Geelong Pride Film Festival
    Geelong, Victoria
    Australia
    May 10, 2026
    Australian Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Annabelle Miller

Annabelle Miller is an emerging filmmaker originally from Mulubinba (Newcastle, Australia). She has an interest in exploring the mundane; weaving everyday moments into stories that offer deep insight into human nature through her filmmaking practice. With a focus on dialogue and relationship, she shapes her writing and directing as ways to reflect the people around her, often drawing from conversations shared with friends or overheard by strangers.

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Director Statement

In collaboration with incredible writer Andy Campbell, I wanted to create this film to celebrate and normalise queer joy between women. Set in an Inner West apartment, “Contact” shows two women falling in love in such a regular circumstance, but it’s the connection between them that makes the moment anything but prosaic. Queerness and queer relationships are so special and feel so fervent in this world, and “Contact” was a way to bottle this all consuming feeling of love and take the audience into this transcendent cycle between the two love interests.

The film mirrors the tenderness and intensity of female connection, and is a reflection of the queer identities and stories experienced every day and proudly lived by most of our wonderful crew. On "Contact," 50% of the crew identified as LGBTQIA+, female and/or gender diverse. With representation still lacking on screen, we are honoured to create something that explores the queer experience, and something that Andy Campbell and I would have loved to see ourselves in when we were younger.