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