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Toy Boy

In a world where human-to-human relationships are illegal, a young woman questions what it means to feel love when you can build your perfect partner

  • Nicole Delprado
    Director
  • Nicole Delprado
    Writer
  • Joanna Beveridge
    Producer
  • Allie Grant
    Key Cast
  • Guillermo Williams Serrano
    Key Cast
  • Nikhil Goyal
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Sci Fi, Drama
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 16 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Nicole Delprado

Nicole is a Western Sydney based screenwriter, director and creative producer. She is a writer and director on the Screen Australia funded series SHIPPERS, releasing in 2023. She brings more that 10 years industry experience in scripted, directing, marketing, camera, and production. Nicole has worked as a development producer at Flying Bark Productions and her current screenwriting work includes an action-thriller feature film in development and co-writing an unannounced feature-length project for Wildheart films. In 2019, she was selected as one of Screen Producers Australia’s ‘Ones to Watch’ and in 2021, she was selected as a writer and director for the Attagirl global feature film incubator.

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Director Statement

As a neurodiverse female film maker I want to explore my own experience of what it's like to grow up in a society where technology is supposed to be making our lives easier, but through a sci-fi lens that takes a closer and more twisted look at what we might lose in the process.