Prachi Vasant

'The Suburbs Go On Forever' is a short film about Felicity, a university student, who undertakes a journey of self-discovery through a complex affair with her professor.

The film explores the many sides of desire, and the facades people put up to suppress or enact upon them.

Mr Parker, a university professor with the desire to seduce one of his students. A verbose and charming man who is consumed by the withdrawn romantic ideas of his poetic idols.

Mrs Parker, an ageing beauty obsessed with control, willing to let her husband enact upon his desires as long as he keeps up the facade of the perfect suburban family.

And their flirtatious daughter Laura, who is perfectly aware of her parent's activities and as a reaction uses her charm to gain the attention that they neglect.

The film follows Felicity as she drifts through a party held at the Parker's suburban mansion. Here she is confronted by her desires for Mr Parker and must discover whether enacting them will lead to fulfilment or tether an already distraught family. 

Rachel Perks - Felicity 



Rachel has been performing since childhood in country NSW where she grew up and later in Sydney and then Melbourne. During that time she has been lucky enough to collaborate with companies including Sport for Jove, The New Theatre and SEAM. In 2013 she completed a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) at the VCA where she was the recipient of the Pratt Bursary and has also spent a year part time at NIDA. Rachel has recently written a show for fringe festival called ANGRY SEXX, which she is also starring in. 

Lee Mason - Mr Parker 



Lee has recently completed filming the lead role of Raskolnikov in the feature film " Crime and Punishment" due for release later in 2015. He also just finished Steven Berkoff's "East" for Blackwater Theatre and shooting "Partner in Crime" for Justin Rosniak and James Treloar. Other recent credits include Film- "The Hit." "Dead Weights and Balloons." "Captain Cone." (For which he received the Best Actor Award at The 2013 Martini Awards), the lead role of Marty Browning in the feature film "The Independent." "Stung" and "Mothers Day" (Flickerfest) which he wrote, directed and appeared in. 
Other Credits: 
Theatre- " The Late Henry Moss", "Two Sisters and a Piano", " Heracles High 5", "Glengary Glenross" and "Mating in Captivity" 
T.V- " Underbelly Squizzy " " Galipoli from Above" "City Homicide" "Blue Heelers" "Satisfaction" "Thank God Your Here"
"Neighbours" and "Paper Giants 2".

Gloria Ajenstat - Mrs Parker 



In 1987, Gloria moved to New York to train with Uta Hagen at HB Studio and spent the next decade studying and working in theatre. Resuming her career in Australia, her theatre credits include "Salvation Jane", ‘Shadowlands’, ‘After the Rain’ and ‘The Revisionist’. She has appeared in numerous television shows including ‘MDA’, 'Neighbors', ‘Blue Heelers’, ‘Stingers’, ‘Something in the Air’, ‘Secret Life of Us’ and ‘CityHomicide’.
She has several short and feature film roles to her credit including Alkinos Tsilimidos' ‘Tom White’.

Lucy May-Hawkins - Laura 



Lucy took her first acting class at The National Theatre Drama School at age 15 and has been acting on stage and screen since her late teens. Since then she has also studied with TAFTA, NIDA, The Rehearsal Room, MAA, 16^th Street and completed a Bachelor of Performing Arts at Monash in 2013. She starred in her first independent feature ‘Zyco Rock’ in 2009 and has appeared in numerous shorts and features for independent filmmakers and students alike. After graduating from Monash she is returning to acting in 2014 and has recently wrapped on fellow VCA masters student Sebastian Mosquera’s film ‘Hell’.

Writer//Director - Mark Day 

Mark Day is a Melbourne based filmmaker and musician originally hailing from suburban Brisbane. He currently studies a Bachelor of Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. Since starting his degree at VCA, Mark has worked on over 25 films including 5 exercises which he wrote and directed himself. Mark hopes for this film project to be his debut into the international film circuit.


Producer - Prachi Vasant 

Prachi Vasant has very recently moved to Melbourne to pursue her MA in Producing at VCA. She graduated from Northeastern University in Boston 2 years ago with a degree in Communication and Media Production and since then has been exploring the different sides to Producing. She started off working as a Content Producer with a film distribution company in New York where she learnt mostly about the post production side to filming. After which she decided to experience more on the pre production and production side and moved back to Mumbai where she was born. She tried her hands in Bollywood where she successfully produced a music video for Maybelline’s Baby Lips & a promotional video for a television series ‘Confessions of An Indian Teenager’.


Director of Photography - Josh Mitchell-Frey  

Josh Mitchell-Frey is a cinematographer based in Melbourne. After graduating from an RMIT Media (Film & Television) course in 2010, Josh jumped straight into shooting a wide variety of visually interesting projects, from short films and music videos to commercials. Since 2011, Josh has worked as cinematographer and company director at Monster & Bear (www.monsterandbear.com.au), a video production company specialising in TVCs, branded content and music videos. Among 30 different short film projects, Josh's body of work includes Tropfest 2013 finalist ‘The Hustle’, independent short film ‘Black & White Lines’ (Long Island International Film Expo 2013, Indie Fest USA), VCA film ‘Jack & Sally’ (Palm Beach International Film Festival 2014), Deakin Masters film ‘CUT’ (American Online Film Awards 2014) and Swinburne film ‘Disappear’ (Best graduating film 2013)."


The rest of the brilliant crew who were all invaluable members of bringing this vision to life. 

1st Assistant Director - David Mahler 
2nd Assistant Director - Sarah Liu 
1st Camera Assistant - Michael Lincoln / Kaitlin Tinker 
2nd Camera Assistant - Brendan Cherry 
Steady Cam Operator - Glen Clayton 
Production Designer - Annie Pham 
Production Assistant - Marie Foley 
Gaffer - Joshua Potts // Ben Morgan 
Best Boy - Nick Livingston 
Sound Recordist//Designer - Alex Wakefield 
Composer - Oliver Wigley // Rigel Maple 
Boom Operator - Tim Smith 
Grips - Guillermo Perez // Tiffany Wong 
Hair and Makeup - Alex Jade Nania // Fanoosh Zehtab // Isabel Northey 
Continuity - Connor O'Brien 
Data Wrangler - Franca Henger 
Stills Photographer - Sinead Kennedy 
Runner - Cam Richardson