Darwin Story
Lee returns to Darwin from London when her mum is taken ill. After a chance encounter, there’s an opportunity to reflect on the past, but is she ready to think differently about the beautiful place she calls home?
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Director: Natasha Tonkin
Writer: Natasha Tonkin
Producer: Yeshen Venema, Eero Heinonen
Runtime: 9min
Year: 2023
Cordelia, Daughter Of The Sea
A father delivers a wedding speech to his one and only offspring on her wedding day.
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Director: Maddie Grammatopoulos
Writer: Maddie Grammatopoulos
Producer: Madison Siegertsz
Runtime: 9min
Year: 2023
Cold Water
Inspired by true events. Set in St Kilda, Australia, an elderly woman’s peaceful retirement is interrupted when her husband takes up a bizarre new hobby.
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Director: Jay Perry, Shaun Perry
Writer: Jay Perry, Shaun Perry
Producer: Brayden Alden
Runtime: 20min
Year: 2023
Cactus
When twentysomething-year-old Grace meets her elderly Portuguese neighbour Mr Rodrigues, it’s instant friction; but mutual dislike soon grows into a bond of respect and understanding after an unexpected encounter forces them to connect.
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Director: Milena Bennett
Writer: Milena Bennett, Harry Greenwood
Producer: Harriet Dixon-Smith, Harry Greenwood
Runtime: 18min
Year: 2023
Bad Vibrations
A one-shot horror film. When two housemates use a theremin to play an ancient incantation, they accidentally summon a demonic force that torments its victims with sound.
WORLD PREMIERE
Director: Nicole Delprado
Writer: Nicole Delprado
Producer: Erica Long, Annabel Maclean
Runtime: 9min
Year: 2023
Country: Australia
Favourites
Two parents face an impossible choice when their family camping trip turns deadly.
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Director/Producer: Nick Russell
Writer: Nick Russell, Nick Musgrove
Runtime: 5min
Year: 2023
Yeah The Boys
Yeah the Boys follows six young Aussie men as they sink beers over an afternoon and well into the night. Emoting only through movement; lewd gestures, chokeholds, crowd surfs, and chugging shoeys, they somehow say everything without uttering a single word. Equal parts larrikin, brutal, and tender, this choreographic short film scored by The Avalanches is an observation of Australian masculine identity and our nation’s relationship with drinking culture.
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Director: Stefan Hunt
Writer: Vanessa Marian Varghese
Producer: Alex Taussig
Runtime: 8min
Year: 2023
Fences
When his son sends an AI version of himself to mend the fences on the family property, an ageing farmer must adapt to the change, or else lose his relationship with his son entirely. Starring Indigenous actor Meyne Wyatt and Scottish-Australian actor Colin Friels.
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Director: Duncan Ragg
Producer: Dianna La Grassa
Runtime: 11min
Year: 2023
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
When 6-year-old Wilfrid finds out that his 96-year-old best friend Nancy has lost her memory, he sets out to see if he can get it back. A live-action adaptation of the classic children’s book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Julie Vivas, ‘Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge’ is a heartwarming story about memory loss and intergenerational connection, featuring celebrated actors Benita Collings (Play School) and Bruce Spence (Mad Max, Star Wars).
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Director: Hattie Archibald
Writer: Jacob Melamed
Producer: Caleb Irwin
Runtime: 15min
Year: 2023
Ashes
Bereft after the loss of her beloved Dad James, Frances misses the appointment to pick up his ashes. Through a bizarre posthumous prank, can James rectify his daughter’s habitual lateness, even after he’s gone? A darkly comedic story about grief, tough love, and the unexpected ways those who have passed continue to influence us.
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Director/Writer: Georgina Haig
Producer: Georgina Haig, Dean Francis, Daisy Betts-Miller, Charmaine Kuhn
Runtime: 13min
Year: 2023
