"Push and Pull" is a short film by Dorothy Pranolo. 

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Lisa, a young Chinese-Australian girl, feels forever pressured by her mother to be the perfect violinist. When tensions collide at Lisa's anticipated violin audition, which path will she follow? The life she wants, or the one her mother has paved for her?

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Year: 2011 I Format: Red ONE I Duration: 09:43

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*WINNER: Best Actor Award: Lucy Chen; 2012 Bondi Short Film Festival
*Official Selection: 2014 TIFF Kids International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
*Official Selection: 2012 Bondi Short Film Festival, Sydney, NSW Australia
*Official Selection: 2012 Uppsala International Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden
*Official Selection: 2012 Inland NSW Film Festival, Dubbo, NSW Australia
*Official Selection: 2012 Asian Film Festival of Dallas, Dallas, TX USA
*Official Selection: 2012 Dungog Film Festival, Dungog, NSW Australia
*Official Selection: 2012 Freshly Squeezed International Student Short Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland
*Official Selection: 2012 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), Seattle, WA USA

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Project Team
Writer/Director/Producer/Editor - Dorothy Pranolo
First Assistant Director - Oscar Molinari
Director of Photography - Thomaz LaBanca
Production Design - Annabelle Habak, Chelsea Yates
Sound Design - Andreas Haglund
Editor - Dorothy Pranolo
Colorist - Dennis Gomez
Composer - Luca Bogo