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IF/WHEN

If/When is a surreal, time-bending exploration of love, fate, and what it means to hold on when everything is slipping away.

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Ollie Quatch doesn’t experience time like everyone else. Untethered from a linear reality, they drift through moments out of order, glimpsing futures that may or may not come to pass. But when they see a future without Az—the one person who makes them feel grounded—Ollie refuses to accept fate as final.

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From a hospital where their very existence is deemed an anomaly, to a fridge shop where their love first sparked, Ollie scrambles through fractured moments, trying to rewrite what feels inevitable. 

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Ollie’s journey is a kaleidoscope of heartbreak, longing, and resilience. Each shift in time is a gamble, each choice a ripple that could bring them closer to—or further from—the person they love most. And with each shift, Ollie watches Az slip further away—not just from them, but from themself.

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With stunning visuals and a deeply emotional core, If/When is a story about defying the universe for love—if and when you can.

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A film by ARACOURT studio @aracourtstudio
A Knuckles Animation Production @knucklesanimation 


If/When is supported by Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund

PRODUCTION STILLS

BEHIND THE SCENES

STORYBOARDS

THE TEAM

Director: Courtney Westbrook

Writer: Richie Black

Executive Producer: Courtney Westbrook

Producers: Anna Dvorak, Jasmine Hair, Chris Shapones, and Courtney Westbrook

Associate Producer: Emma Vranjes

Animation Producer: Chris Shapones

Post-Production Producer: Chris Shapones

Voice of Ollie: Tal Davida

Voice of Az: Almitra Mavalvala

Production Designers: Ara Nuri Steel, and Courtney Westbrook

Cinematographers: Mia Schirmer, and Anna McGirr

Editors: Julia Sniatynskyj, and Susie Shapones

Composer: Chrysoulla Markoulli

Animation & VFX Supervisor: Susie Shapones

Animators: Luka Yates, and Susie Shapones

Lead Compositor: Ren Davies

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Script Editor: Courtney Westbrook

Animatic Editor: Julia Sniatynskyj

Colourist: Mia Schirmer

Sound Designer: Chrysoulla Markoulli

Sound Recordist: Chrysoulla Markoulli

Sound Mixer: Weronika Razna

Assistant to the Director: Bianca Sappey

Director Mentor: Isabella Andronos

Production Design Assistants: Alexandra Olguin, and Jacqueline Chapman

Draftsperson: Ravyna Jassani

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Art Trainees:

Kian Taylor

Josephina Hua

Spark Sanders Robinson

Elena Hale

Molly Hanrahan

Luka Yates

Eugene Chung

Adela-Maria Nicula

Paddy O'Brien

Salome Lines-Morison

Amira Stanbouli

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Animation Trainees:

Jacqueline Chapman

Josephina Hua

Kim Le

Charlie Bajorek

Eugene Chung

Jessie Wang

Adela-Maria Nicula

Paddy O'Brien

Salome Lines-Morison

Kian Taylor

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Camera Trainee:

Tashi Folque Galanti

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VFX Trainees:

Jacqueline Chapman

Charlie Bajorek

Jessie Wang

Kian Taylor

Chanel Bocman

Nathalie Feodora

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Sound Trainee:

Sarah “Atlas” Donnelly

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Voice over recorded at Pleb City Studios Inc.

Catering provided by Greens Supermarket

Key Art by Barlow Agency

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Special Thanks:

Tess Ava Horwitz 

Tony D Steel

Leanne & Nigel Westbrook

Gray Horwitz

Robert Glasser & Kirsten Anker

Kate Cornish 

Joyce Tang

Serena Hor

Anya Vallentin

Serena Hor

Charlene Yeh

Nathan Kaw

Woodburn Creatives

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Donors:

Tess Ava Horwitz

Tony D Steel

Leanne & Nigel Westbrook

Pamela Murray and Chris Horwitz

Michael Jones

Sue Pedley

Elizabeth Jamieson & Ruth Barney

Anne-Marie & Mel Turner

Mara Murray Horwitz & Siddharth Ravinutala

Robert Glasser & Kirsten Anker

Sally Blake & Pete Creasar

Barbara McConchie 'Barbarella'

Heather & David Tonkin

Bradley Westbrook

Tyson Forster

Gray Horwitz

Evan H Glasser

Jacinta Leong

Melinda Doring

Peter Savage

Marissa Truepenny

Catherine Truepenny

Bev Hogg

Tilly Robba & Steph Jowett

Chrysoulla Markoulli

Madeleine Kotz

Brianna Patrice Russell

Serena Hunt

Rachel Giuffre

Genevieve Blewitt

James Robinson

Prudence Smith

Greg Poppleton

Nicole Zecchin

Michael Raso

Kylee Burgess

Stephanie Howe

Jean-Baptiste Canac

David Burrowes

Helen Tuck

Eleanor L’Estrange-Stranieri

Barry Staff

Madeleine Barlow

Lachlan Early

Virginia Hilyard

Jaime Gillespie

Megan Peel

Josie Dietrich

Conor Castles-Lynch

Lauren Wild

Ginnie ZY Lee

Debbie Tkalcec

Izabella Rizzo

Matthew Kirkwood

Shihab Mohammed

Sam Uther

Fattemeh Najjar

Kim & Glenn Hair

Emily Hicks

Courtney Clarke

Lars Jamieson

Deborah Gorman

Family of Talbots

Jenny Freebody

Nitesh Asrani

Paloma Ramos

Mal & Joe Imrich

Deb Kresevic

Ben Kreservic

Sally Chapman

Liz Chapman

Corinne Smith

Vesna & Miro Vranjes

Evie Allison

Kinhub

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In-kind sponsorship:

Pleb City Studios Inc.

Reverse Garbage

E & M Greenfield

VA Digital Hire Pty Ltd

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If/When is supported by Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.

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Grants:

Awesome Foundation Sydney

Australian Cultural Fund 

Pride Foundation Australia

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In Loving Memory:

Tess Ava Horwitz (1952 - 2023)

Peter Savage

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Press: 

The Awesome Foundation: https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/255009-if-when

The Pride Foundation: https://pridefoundation.org.au/smallgrantrecipients/knuckles-animation-studio-if-when/

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If/When would like to acknowledge all the Traditional Lands of the Aboriginal Peoples from which our film was created. We wish to pay our respects to all the Elders of these Countries both past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, it always was, and always will be Aboriginal Land.

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