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A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl

A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl

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20170h 20m

Overview

This is a film about 12-year-old girls, made by 12-year-old girls, for 12-year-old girls, or anyone that has been a 12-year-old girl, or will be a 12-year-old girl, or wishes they were a 12-year-old girl. This inquisitive cross between a documentary and a theatre piece was created by Tilda Cobham-Hervey and twelve 12-year-old girls, where real girls articulate what they hope for, what they remember and what it feels like to be twelve. Performing themselves in a filmed field guide, together these specimens investigate their own species.

Directed by Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Written by Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Produced by Katrina Lucas
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Top Cast

Tilda Cobham-Hervey

Tilda Cobham-Hervey

Herself/Narrator

Aud Mason-Hyde

Aud Mason-Hyde

Themself

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Lila O'Donnell

Herself

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Lola Tripodi-Smith

Herself

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Cadence Lopresti-Zotti

Themself

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Karoline Steiner

Herself

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Trinity Dent

Herself

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Grace Wilson

Herself

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Athieng Akol

Herself

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Hannah Beard

Herself

Themes & Keywords

australiafemale protagonistshort film

About A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl

A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl is a documentary film released in 2017 exploring themes of australia, female protagonist, short film. Directed by Tilda Cobham-Hervey, it stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Aud Mason-Hyde, Lila O'Donnell. This is a film about 12-year-old girls, made by 12-year-old girls, for 12-year-old girls, or anyone that has been a 12-year-old girl, or will be a 12-year-old girl, or wishes they were a 12-year-old girl. This inquisitive cross between a documentary and a theatre piece was created by Tilda Cobham-Hervey and twelve 12-year-old girls, where real girls articulate what they hope for, what they remember and what it feels like to be twelve. Performing themselves in a filmed field guide, together these specimens investigate their own species.

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