DIE BULLY DIE

WE’RE GOING TO HOLLYWOOD, BABY! DIE BULLY DIE will be screening at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Hollywood, California, in October! @screamfestla boasts the largest and longest running festival of its kind in the United States. The festival was named as one of the World’s 50 Best Genre Festivals by @moviemakermag and has earned the well-deserved moniker of the ‘Sundance of Horror’. The upcoming 2024 event will be held at the prestigious TCL @chinesetheatres in Hollywood, Los Angeles. We are BLOODY DEAD over this and want to say a HORRIFICALLY HUGE thank you to every single donor who helped us get here, to every cast, crew and creative member who helped make this little beast of a short, to our post production team who put it all together, to our musicians who made it sound so good, to @pridefoundationaustralia and @screennsw for their support, and to you all on here for cheering us on! SEE YA SOON, LA! 🇺🇸🩸 #DieBullyDie #ShortFilm #Film #Movie #FilmFestival #Hollywood #LosAngeles #LA #California #America #USA #Australia #Filmmaking #Directing #Acting #Actor #Director #Horror #Comedy #Drama #Gay #Queer #LGBT #LGBTQ #Bully #Bullying #Blood #Poster #MoviePoster #Scream

Revenge is a dish best served cold. DIE BULLY DIE Directed by: Nathan Lacey, Nick Lacey (@everythinginanegative , @basedfilm ) Written by: @matthewbacker , @drewboyweston Produced by: @nicole_thorn_ , Drew Weston, Matthew Backer, Nick Lacey, Nathan Lacey Cinematography: @patcoe.camera Editing: Nathan Lacey First Assistant Director: @ian_kyster Script Supervisor: @fernmeisim Sound Recordist: @cristobalaudio , Jack Moiseyev (@jackscleanplateclub ) Gaffer: Joshua Lafou Best Boy: Will Millar (@millar160886 ) Camera Operator: Nick Lacey Camera Assistant: Tim Keith (@tckvision ) Camera Assistant: @kyan_woodpower Standby Props: @rod.really , @briallenclarke Production Assistants: Annie Zhang (@banannie.z ), @ethanlambkelly , @alyssiatressos Photography: @katesyourmate SFX Makeup: David Bowling Additional HMU: @rpartistry Music by: @katiewestonmusic Dialogue Editor & Re-recording Mixer: Brendan Croxon @soundark_bc Sound Effects Editor: Troy Mauri Colourist: @justintran01 CAST Max: Matthew Backer Adam: Drew Weston High School Max: @nickannas High School Adam: @ethanlambkelly Shane The Waiter: Ben Gerrard (@impasto_and_entropy ) The Other Waiter: @shannondooley84 Bartender: @connor.andis Restaurant Patrons: @cjdawson02 @will14161 @_graciewillow @jessgarnett7 @michael.geelan1996 @jennifergrayaustralia @jamesdl0820_ @millie_ryan @barrittone @alyssiatressos @za1latif #DieBullyDie #ShortFilm #Film #Movie #Trailer #TeaserTrailer #Teaser #Horror #Comedy #Drama #Director #Actor #Acting #Cinematography #Filming #Filmmaking #Movies #LGBT #LGBTQ #Queer #Gay #Pride #Bully #Bullying #Cinema #Australia #AACTA #AACTAS #AACTAAwards #Vote

A year ago today, DIE BULLY DIE had its world premiere at @sydfilmfest and won The Dendy Award for Best Live Action Australian Short. Since then, DIE BULLY DIE has had a killer ride worldwide, screening at 25 film festivals around the globe and winning 3 Best Short Film awards, 6 Audience Choice Awards, 2 Best Screenplay awards, and 4 Special Jury Mentions, AND receiving a nomination for Best Short Film at the 2025 AACTA Awards! 

Safe to say, we are BLOODY THRILLED with the year that was! So, time for some HORRIFICALLY HUGE THANKS!

Thank you to our major donors @bendbanks , @lastonplate and Freddy and Rodrigo and every donor who donated via the @ausculturalfund and to @pridefoundationaustralia . This film wouldn’t exist without you all! Thank you to our production team and every creative who helped us make this film what it is: a film that has struck a chord with audiences around the world and is spreading a hopeful message of queer joy overcoming queer trauma. You all helped make that happen. Thank you to our incredible cast and extras who filled the screen with so much life and love for the project. Thank you to our post-production creatives whose talents artfully made this beast of a short film shine. Thanks to the film festivals which screened our little queer horror comedy and the fab audiences! Thanks to @screenaustralia and @screennsw for your travel funding support! Thanks to our followers on here who have supported DIE BULLY DIE online by spreading the word that there’s a new queer horror-comedy on the block. THANK YOU from directors and producers Nathan Lacey and Nick Lacey, screenwriters and producers Matthew Backer and Drew Weston, and producer Nicole Thorn. 
To celebrate the year that was, @kazom designed some exclusive retro DIE BULLY DIE posters, which get their rainbow on to not only celebrate PRIDE - HAPPY PRIDE Y’ALL - but to also celebrate Aussie queer storytelling conquering the world! Speaking of Kaz, thanks for all your design help since day one of this Insta (excluding the official posters and tiles, which were designed by Nathan Lacey). Legend! So… What’s next for DIE BULLY DIE? If we told you, we’d have to kill you…

Join us on Sunday 22 June at Leichhardt Town Hall for the Pride Screenings & Market. The market opens at 11:30am. At 4:00pm, catch the screening of OUT & PROUD SHORTS — a vibrant selection of audience favourites from MGFF25, including My Queer Career winners DIE BULLY DIE (@diebullydie ) and WITH LOVE, LOTTIE (@withlovelottiefilm ). International highlights include: 🦊 DRAGFOX (@dragfox_animation ) — an animated gem featuring Ian McKellen as the voice of a gender-affirming fox. 🇨🇦 ONE DAY THIS KID — a powerful coming-of-age tale about an Afghan Canadian teen navigating his sexuality. 📸 IS GAY MARRIAGE NEXT? — a moving reflection on the impact of a single magazine cover by director Emily Clark. ✨ SKIN — a poetic short that captures the inner journey of embracing one’s gender identity. 🚗 REALLY GOOD DRIVER — a joyful story starring Keiko Agena (@keikoagena Gilmore Girls) as a mother seeking connection with her adult queer child. Accessibility: films will screen with Open Captions. RSVP Now: .au/qs-innerwest-pride2025/ or link in bio

We’re inside out with excitement that DIE BULLY DIE will be part of @insideoutfestival in Toronto, Canada, on May 28! For more than three decades, Inside Out has brought Toronto’s 2SLGBTQ+ community together to celebrate the best queer film from Canada and around the world. And we’re even more proud to be part of this year’s incredible lineup because Inside Out is a not-for-profit registered charity that exists to challenge attitudes and change lives through the promotion, production and exhibition of film made by and about 2SLGBTQ+ people of all ages, races and abilities. We BLOODY love that! 🌈🎞️ Thanks so much for having us @insideoutfestival ! #DieBullyDie #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #Movie #Film #Cinema #Horror #Comedy #LGBT #LGBTQ #Queer #Gay #Bullying #Toronto #Canada #InsideOut #InsideOutFilmFestival #IOFF #2SLGBTQ

SEE YA IN ST KILDA! 👀🎞️🍿🩸 DIE BULLY DIE will screen at @stkildafilmfest on June 16 as part of the festival’s Top Short Films Competition! St Kilda Film Festival is Australia’s longest-running short film festival and is renowned as the most comprehensive overview of Australia’s short film industry and DIE BULLY DIE is in some BLOODY brilliant company this year! Congrats to all our fellow films and congrats to all involved in making DIE BULLY DIE! CHEERS for having us, @stkildafilmfest ! #DieBullyDie #ShortFilm #FilmFestival #Movie #Film #Cinema #Horror #Comedy #LGBT #LGBTQ #Queer #Gay #Bullying #Melbourne #Victoria #StKilda #StKildaFilmFestival

DIE BULLY DIE will be strutting into Boston’s @wickedqueer Film Festival on April 12! Founded in 1984, Wicked Queer is one of the longest-running Queer film festivals in the world and it’s BLOODY wicked DIE BULLY DIE is a part of this year’s line up! Cheers Wicked Queer! #DieBullyDie #Film #ShortFilm #Movie #Cinema #FilmFestival #WickedQueer #Boston #massachusetts #USA #America #LGBT #LGBTQ #Queer #Gay #Horror #Comedy

We’re BLOODY thrilled that DIE BULLY DIE was part of the official selection of films that screened at the @miamifilm Festival! For over four decades, the Miami Film Festival has been a celebration of cinema, showcasing groundbreaking films and hosting influential voices, and we’re stoked that DIE BULLY DIE was a part of it this year! Cheers for having us! #DieBullyDie #Film #ShortFilm #Movie #Cinema #FilmFestival #Miami #Florida #USA #America #LGBT #LGBTQ #Queer #Gay #Horror #Comedy #MFF #MiamiFilm #MiamiFilmFestival

We are AmsterDAMN excited to say that DIE BULLY DIE will be saying goedendag to the @rozefilmdagen Film Festival! Roze Filmdagen is the Netherlands’ largest and longest-running LGBTQ+ film festival, featuring over 130 films from around 40 countries! Dankjewel for having us! 🇳🇱🎞️🍿🩸 #DieBullyDie #Film #ShortFilm #Movie #Cinema #FilmFestival #Amsterdam #Netherlands #LGBT #LGBTQ #Queer #Gay #Horror #Comedy #RozeFilmdagen

We are begeistert to say that DIE BULLY DIE screened at @landshuter.kurzfilmfestival in Landshut, Germany! 🇩🇪 The LAKFF is a popular audience festival that takes place annually in Landshut, the medieval capital of Lower Bavaria, close to Munich, and is open to international short films of all genres. Danke for having us! #DieBullyDie #ShortFilm #Film #Movie #Cinema #FilmFestival #Landshut #Germany #LAKFF #Horror #Comedy #Queer #Gay #LGBT #LGBTQ #Bully #Bullying

✨ TWO STELLAR WINS! ✨ Thanks so BLOODY much, @stellarshortfilmfestival ! #DieBullyDie #FilmFestival #ShortFilm #Film #Movie #StellarFilmFestival #Stellar #Melbourne #Victoria #Screenplay #Audience #Queer #Gay #LGBT #LGBTQ #Bully #Bullying #Horror #Comedy