Short animation

A Break In The Monotny

Short animation
Director: Damien Slevin
In a world where turmoil has passed, a man laments his empty lifestyle and questions the futility of working in a corporate wasteland.
Apple of Iron

Short animation
Director: Rachel Walls
An exploration of animation as a medium, and visual interpretation of Defektro Noise Army's Apple of Iron.
Awakening

Short animation
Director: Liam Newton
With little else left in his world, one lonely robot does what he can to restore his only companion before time runs out.
Burley

Short animation
Director: Dave Edwardz & Gareth Cowen
A young tetra fish, one of a million in her school, just wants some attention. Feeling lonely and bored, she is attracted by the manic antics of a gang of older fish who spend the hours inventing new extreme sports. She begins a quest to gain their acceptance, but at what cost?
Calypso

Short animation
Director: Jack Parry
The story of an old man’s escape from dying. In the not-too-distant future our elderly are left to be cared for by machines. George, an abandoned, terminally-ill man, has been left to end his life surrounded by a circle of mechanized carers in a cold, sterile hospital ward. His only solace is what little can be seen from his window. Until one night George has a visitor…
Chainsaw

Short animation
Director: Dennis Tupicoff
Frank and Ava "star" in a chainsaw safety film, and love the rodeo. But now, ten years later... Romance is like: a very dangerous beast indeed.
Chicken Of God

Short animation
Director: Frank Woodley
On a drought-ravaged vineyard, Yirri is about to kill his last chicken. He's stopped by his wife, Teresa, who claims the chicken's comb resembled the face of Jesus. Bizarre miracles start to happen, but Yirri and Teresa look a gift chicken in the mouth, with disastrous results of biblical proportions.
Chocolate Cake

Short animation
Director: Benjamin Wright
Oldrich is a lonely widower who has fallen on hard times. He lives his simple life with dignity, finding comfort in small things: the warm sun on his cheeks after a cold night, the joy of receiving a crystal clear signal through his old transistor radio and the sickly-sweet estasy of chocolate cake.
Crooked

Short animation
Director: Tali Gal-on
When the world around her isn't straight, an old lady takes matters into her own hands.
Dog With Electric Collar

Short animation
Director: Steve Baker
This film is not eligible for the 2009 IF Awards. Only eligible for Flickerfest audience award.
Ephemeral

Short animation
Director: Tony Radevski & Jongsu Oh
An afternoon train trip home turns into something much more than its weary passengers expect.
Evelyn Everyone

Short animation
Director: Kylie Plunkett
Eve is thirty-three, single, and searching for love online. She might just find herself, as she launches into the online world of second life.
Father

Short animation
Director: Sebastian Danta
A boy struggles to understand his strange, silent father - an immigrant who has become an emotional refugee in his own home.
First Love

Short animation
Director: Matt Dignam & Matthew Duffy
While out hunting dinosaurs, a caveman makes the greatest discovery in the history of humankind, first love.
Gluteus Maximus

Short animation
Director: Mick Elliott & Brendan Cook
Gluteus Maximus - the man behind mankind's behind - tells the story of the humble Ancient Roman philosopher who invented bottoms in the year 23BC. 'Glute', as he was known by his peers, literally stumbled upon the concept during the reign of Emperor Augustus, and in doing so brought human evolution to a sit still. It's an epic tale told in a tiny scale.
In The Round

Short animation
Director: Ana Tiquia
A Kafkaesque nightmare of never-ending exits envelopes a woman as she tries to leave her flat.
in the same boat

Short animation
Director: Emily Bissland
When Allan was sent to Vietnam to fight for Australia, he was taught to follow government orders, to fight and to hate. 40 years later, Allan must confront his hatred of foriegners and his nation's treatment of refugees when he encounters a long-term Iraqi detainee.
Ink

Short animation
Director: Justine Wallace
A lost toy, a lost childhood, and a girl marking the streets with graffiti in search for both.
Life Allegorical

Short animation
Director: Animation
Little blue

Short animation
Director: Peter Carstairs
A jaded single mum and the son who carries her into his world of imagination. Sometimes it takes more than a bath to change the way we think…
Little Machine

Short animation
Director: Jody Cleaver
A little girl tries to fly her kite, while being pursued and tempted by both a machine and a magician.
Mutt

Short animation
Director: Glen Hunnick
All work and no play leads to imminent disaster for a disgruntled farmer, his cow and a hardworking dog.
My Neighbourhood Has Been Overrun By Baboons

Short animation
Director: Cameron Edser, Michael Richards
What if you woke up one morning and your neighbourhood had been overrun by baboons? What if there was nothing you could do and nowhere you could hide?
Palimpsest

Short animation
Director: Pia Borg
The textured layers of a room’s history unfold in a delicate symphony of spectres and sound.
Paper City Architects

Short animation
Director: Daniel Agdag
One man's dealing with a bureaucratic head leaves him feeling completely hopeless.
Poor Joshua Verde

Short animation
Director: Guy Verge Wallace
A children's animation aimed at 5-9 year olds: It would be an understatement to say that Joshua Verde lived a tragic childhood
Reach

Short animation
Director: Luke Randall
A tiny robot is given the gift of live with only one limitation, the length of hie power cable.
Scary Therapy

Short animation
Director: Suren Perera
Scary Therapy is a short animated film featuring monologues of monsters visiting a lifecoach. During the film we meet a vampire with first date nerves a zombie battling an addiction and a sexually confused swamp monster.
Scoff

Short animation
Director: Renee Webster
Alice has a fetish for cakes and an audience. Soon the tables are turned as Alice's appetite develops.
Shanghai 1929

Short animation
Director: Xiao Pei Hu
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Soft Cop

Short animation
Director: Owen Elliot
Nobody cares about you when you're small and stop being cute.
Spiders

Short animation
Director: Katy Lambourne
Just like humans often do, the male spider places a great importance on sexual gratification than personal safety.
Stanley and Dean

Short animation
Director: Hugh Sullivan
With revenge on their minds and nothing in their wallets, inept brothers Stanley and Dean set out on a road trip.
Testicle

Short animation
Director: Sheldon Lieberman, Igor Coric
Spike is only a few months old... and missing a testicle.
The Cat Piano

Short animation
Director: Eddie White, Ari Gibson
In a city of singing cays, a lonely beat poet falls for beautiful siren. When a mysterious figure kidnaps the town's singers, the poet must save his muse and put an end to a nefarious symphony. Produced by the People's Republic of Animation. Narrated by Nick Cave.
The Early Bird

Short animation
Director: Trace Balla
A Whimsical tale about our hero's peak hour commute, by car one day and bike the next...as free as a bird or trapped on a rat run...
The Funk

Short animation
Director: Cris Jones
Jack woke up in a funk one day. No one really knows how it started...
The Lamb Chop Men

Short animation
Director: Josh Moore
This film examines what draws a family of artists to the magical subject of Australian Rules football.
The Not So Great Eugene Green

Short animation
Director: Michael Hill
The Visitor

Short animation
Director: Derek Winchester
There can be beauty and tranquility when traveling the edge of a desert. Be prepared for that to change at any moment
Tin Can Heart

Short animation
Director: Rodney March
A lonely tin puppy is looking for a master to love and serve, but is it worth the cost?
Untitled Film Stills

Short animation
Director: Sam Icklow
Zero

Short animation
Director: Christopher Kezelos
In a world that judges people by their number ZERO faces constant prejudice and persecution. He walks a lonely path until a chance encounter changes his life forever: he meets a female zero. Together they prove that through determination courage and love... nothing can be truly something.
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