narrative
anything from serialised stories about a sauce slinging superhero to a meandering meditation on moments of meaning-making and merriness
A Short film about anything
Short Film as part of Doctorate of Philosophy at Deakin University - 2025
A documentary weaving together voices from sixteen countries exploring meaning in the everyday.
Producer: Grace Davison
Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
I’m So SOrry for your loss
ABC Series - 2024
After her father dies unexpectedly, Annie lands a job at a funeral home in an attempt to gain closure. The shambolic small business, run by her dysfunctional boss Sal, opens Annie’s eyes to the bizarre world of funerals.
Starring: Annie Louey, Fady Kassab
Director: Jemma Cotter
Producer: Annie Thiele
Cinematographer: Oscar Axel Thorborg
sauceman
Webseries - 2025
A series following the wild and wacky adventures of Sauceman, a condiment based superhero out to rid the world of blandness at any cost.
Starring: Urvi Majumdar, Oli Stening, Michael Boateng, Rhys Carter, Gloria De Foe
Producer, Director : Oli Stening
Cinematographer: Oscar Axel Thorborg
sunlite
Short Film as part of Doctorate of Philosophy at Deakin University - 2023
An existential drama about a PhD candidate who rejects family, friends and her own wellbeing in an obsessive pursuit of studying the metabolism of plants.
Starring: Jasmine Hope, Daniel Shin
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Simone Alcorn, Hamish Leslie-Kelly
ACS Gold Award Winner 2024 - Branded Content
toast
Short Film for Koala Mattress - 2021
As apart of Koala Mattress’s Koalaween campaign, this short film was made entirely within Melbourne’s 2021 Covid Lockdowns. It tells the story of a malicious toaster threatening the sanctity of a young woman's night in.
Starring: Grace Davison
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Vanja Petrov
Seen at: Indy Shorts International Film Festival, Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festival, West End Film Festival & Silver Winner at the Australian Cinematography Society Awards
A Void Up There
Short Film as part of Doctorate of Philosophy at Deakin University - 2022
As a hole begins to open up in the sky, Sam struggles to get her last will and testament witnessed by her absent-minded brother.
Starring: Kathleen Mary Lee, Jackson Tozer & Isabella Giovinazzo
Writer, Director, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Simone Alcorn
Cinematographer: Dillion Pearce
Chip packet day
Short Film - 2023
A young woman seeks refuge in the comfort of a chip packet when her partner arrives home with a barrage of social obligations.
Starring: Ayesha Gibson, Max García-Underwood
Writer, Director, Cinematographer: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Editor: James Walker
Seen at: St Kilda Film Festival, Setting Sun Film Festival Screening, Port Shorts,
Short+Sweet Film Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festiva, Peninsula Film Festival
From the Hearse’s mouth
6 Episode Web Series - 2022
Comedian Annie Louey (ABC, Comedy Festival Allstars Supershow) takes a bunch of comedians and performers on a ride with her in a vintage hearse to talk about life and death.
Starring: Annie Louey Claire Hooper, Dane Simpson, Lena Moon, Ben Lomas, Anna Louey and Shiralee.
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Heidi Pietzner
active bystander
Short Film for Monash University - 2019
Working with Monash University we developed a short film to illustrate the importance to being an active bystander. We worked with real students who committed whole heartedly to creating this quirky short with a serious message.
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Aliya Tamro
Trypophobia
Short Film - 2019
A psychological body horror about grief, guilt and tiny holes.
Starring Mahalia Brown
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Producer: Aliya Tamro
Seen at: Reel Good Film Festival, Monster Fest, Houston Horror Film Festival, Grindhouse Nights Film Festival & Halloweenapalooza
self isolation
Short Film - 2020
Created in the first few weeks of, and as a reaction to, the Melbourne’s 2020 Covid Lockdowns. A young woman battling boredom and her noisy neighbours is surprised to find the Coronavirus living in her wardrobe.
Starring: Grace Davison
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Seen at: Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, Setting Sun Film Festival, Unified Filmmakers Festival, Woodland Film Festival & Winner at Pivot Film Festival
‘The funniest and most moving film in our festival’ ~ The Salt Lake Tribune
avocado toast
Short Film - 2018
A young woman finds a letter from her future self warning that her taste for avocado toast threatens to the financial stability of her newly acquired home.
Starring: Ayesha Gibson
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Seen at: Warburton Film Festival & Blue Heeler Film Festival
meet cute
Short Film - 2019
A case of mistaken identity sparks romance between a lonely lady looking for drugs and a down on his luck gentleman searching for a sex worker.
Starring: Kristin Sargent & Jackson Tozer
Writer, Director: Oscar Axel Thorborg
Cinematographer: Michael Middleton
Producer: Kristin Sargent
Seen at: Rhode Island International Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, Reel Good Film Festival, & Winner at Sydney Underground Film Festival
to the devil my neighbour
6 Episode Web Series - 2020
Grace and Oscar are kept awake by their noisy neighbours only to discover they are in fact a Satanic cult.
Starring: Grace Davison & Oscar Axel Thorborg
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Oscar Axel Thorborg
