At the heart of this short film lies an unnamed tension between a father and his son. Teenager Elliot (Tim Hamilton) lives in quiet Rakaia helping his dad John run the family dairy farm, but their relationship is strained at best. When Elliot decides to skip his responsibilities and meet up with his maybe friend, maybe girlfriend Laura (Albertine Jonas), the slow-burning tension between father and son comes to a head. Veteran actor Peter Tait (The Singing Trophy) plays the dad in vintage prickly form. Thicket received The Wallace Friends of the Civic Award at the 2017 NZ International Film Festival.