Private Project

Tell Your Friends To Pull Up

Sitting in a car inside a parking garage, two indecisive and the third running late, three girls argue over the best way to write their ransom note.

Teetering on the edge of comedic character study and poignant exploration of the things that bring us closer, TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO PULL UP explores the dynamic between three friends in the moments before they continue, with immense questionability, to enact a plot of vengeance against their ringleaders ex boyfriend.

  • Emily Derlin
    Director
  • Emily Derlin
    Writer
  • Emily Derlin
    Producer
  • Georgina Noack
    Producer
  • Sarah Furnari
    Key Cast
    "Frances"
  • Millie Hing
    Key Cast
    "Jessie"
  • Adele Samus
    Key Cast
    "Hannah"
  • James Wily
    Key Cast
    "Boyfriend"
  • Georgina Noack
    Director of Photography
  • James Wily
    Director of Photography
  • Emily Derlin
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Buddy Comedy, Dramedy
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 8 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 22, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    0 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - University of Sydney
  • Cannes Short Film Festival
    Cannes
    France
    August 16, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Cannes Short Film Festival
    Cannes
    France
    August 16, 2021
    Audience Choice Award Winner
Director Biography - Emily Derlin

Emily Derlin is a filmmaker and screenwriter based in Sydney. Born in New Zealand, her style reflects the niche aspects of growing up in a small town, with a focus on character study and exploring intra personal relationships, drawing from guerrilla style filmmaking to contrast balmy landscapes with poignant subject matter; deep-diving in to themes of connection, reflection, and grief, often via a comedic lens. Emily is a recent Master of Moving Image graduate from the University of Sydney.

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Director Statement

When those whom we share all our secrets and embarrassing first date stories with happen to be our partners in crime, the only logical reasoning is to in fact do what you know; blending together the messiness of comradeship and how far we will go for the people we care about.