Tegan is 12, in love with the coolest boy in class and just found out where meat comes from. Tegan struggles against her friends, her teachers and her family in her attempts to stay true to her heart and at 12 years old - that's no mean feat!

 

Tegan The Vegan began life as a 12 minute short animated film that won lots of awards a film festivals around the world. She is getting ready to expand her world due to her popularity, so keep an eye on our favourite Vegan!

 

The film is about one girl's journey into veganism, about her efforts to stay true to her beliefs in the face of adversity from peers and teachers and tolerance - why does anyone care what she eats if she's healthy.

 

Tegan loves animals. Her 'totem' animal is a turtle - it can be seen all over Tegan's spaces (her phone screensaver, her jumper, her costume to the party). Green is her safe colour (the spaces where she is comfortable and confident such as her home and Tofurama). It is only when Tegan is able to 'come out of her shell' and stand up for her beliefs that she finds her happiness.

 

CONTACT

You can contact us by sending us an email: info@teganthevegan.net

 

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About the Creator

Marisa Martin is a filmmaker based in the ACT, Australia. After graduating from the University of Canberra with a communications degree in Media/Multimedia production in 2003, she set up EoR Media: Enemies of Reality, a small production house, where she continues to produce and direct media content.

Marisa has been a dedicated vegetarian for over 20 years and a vegan for the last few years and wrote the film based on experiences of changing her eating habits at age twelve. Several of the things in the film actually happened to Marisa, but most of it is exaggerated fiction to make an entertaining and hopefully very funny story.

Marisa on the set