film list

Short film

	[Ctrl+P] Short film Director: Jehan Ratnatunga	The battle with the office photocopier...
	10x14 Bricks: Stories from Youth in Lock Up Short film Director: Jennifer Lyons-Reid	You thought you wouldn't commit a crime... or would you? Teenage offenders share their stories and crime prevention strategies in five powerful films made behind bars.
	131.9 cents per litre Short film Director: Tony Mason	This is the story of Tony Mason, A guy stuck on surfing whilst stuck in the city, regardless of the cost to get to the coast Tony continues to surf/ funny and very entertaining
	27 Short film Director: Jordan Molloy & Tim Russell	Tom is 12 and lives on a farm with his family. After spending a confronting day with his Dad, Tom makes a life canging decision.
	296 Smith Street Short film Director: John Evagora	One man, one place, one day.
	3xperimentia Short film Director: Amanda Phillips	Created in 3D Stereo Vision, 3XPERIMENTIA combines dance, movement and perspective to create a unique visual experience.
	4 Rolls Short film Director: Gustavo Nazareth	Four rolls of black and white film capture the multicultural diversity of inner city Sydney.
	A Different Cut Short film Director: Fahim Ahad	Beneath our superficial wounds, we're all just different cuts of the same meat.
	A Grey Eulogy Short film Director: Tori Garret	Mekala' eulogy at her mother's funeral is certainly different, as is Mekala herself.
	A Marvelous Gift Short film Director: Daniel McColl	An old man receives ... a marvelous gift.
	A Museum Most Marvellous Short film Director: Linda Kennedy	Beetles like Easter eggs, Wardrobes of Albatrosses, A reef in the basement, Where secret treasures await exploring.
	A Triumphant Tale... Short film Director: Scott Basket	Vanilla Slice; a delicious, soft-centred pastry; a fiercely competitive contest.
	Ace Neally Short film Director: Erland B Storsveen	Ace Neally is a satirical spoof of the film noir genre; featuring dark alleyways, dingy clubs and of course the femme fatale. The action takes place over the course of one night as Detective Ace Neally attempts to track down the elusive Jimmy the slip while also trying to court the feisty and incredibly sexy Trixie DeNile.
	Advantage Short film Director: Sean Byrne	Get set for one hell of a night.
	Aeroplane Dreaming Short film Director: Tristan Pemberton	When Joshua and his mum leave the city for a remote community Joshua is uprooted from everything he knows, including his beloved aeroplanes.
	After Birth Short film Director: Luke Marsden	"We're here today... to abort you!" A young man faces the prospect of being aborted 26 years after his mother missed her original appointment.
	Ahmad's Garden Short film Director: Aaron Wilson	Putting down roots is never easy.
	Ali And The Ball Short film Director: Alex Holmes	8 year old Ali lives in a refugee detention centre with his mother and little sister Fatima. When his mother's precious knitting needles are confiscated, Ali is forced to take action. Desperate to save his family, he hatches a plan using a ball and the help of a girl on the other side of the razor-wire fence.
	Alone, Together Short film Director: Sam Pang & John Origlasso	It's Grand Final day. Moments before the Roosters run out, their coach launches his pre-match address confident he can focus and motivate his team. The players, however, have other things on their mind.
	Amanecer Short film Director: Alvaro D Ruiz	Juan moves his family to a new land for a new life.
	Animal Instincts Short film Director: Cameron Edser & Michael Richards	Animal Instincts is an action-packed claymation of epic proportions. A cow and a sheep battle it out in a fight for ultimate farmyard supremacy.
	Ascension Short film Director: Stephen Irwin	When awkward trainspotter Tim stumbles into the wrong flat during a blackout, he blunders into the middle of a cult ceremony to effect the return of alien prophet Skaggittah who will save His believers before earth is destroyed at midnight!
	Audience with Jane Short film Director: Mereki Beach
	Aunty Maggie & The Womba Wakgun Short film Director: Leah Purcell	Aunty Maggie and Uncle Peter struggle to feed their three nephews. The arrival of some chickens provides a new food source... eggs! When the new rooster becomes more of a headache and nearly dies, Aunty Maggie's quick thinking shocks the family and makes her famous.
	Background Noise Short film Director: Meredith Gibbs	What does Paul do when his marriage is boring and he think he's going to die?
	Bad Thinks Short film Director: Michael Bond	8 year-old Eva becomes haunted by a stuffed animal she steals from a supermarket and must ultimately decide what consequences will be worse... confessing to the crime and ridding herself of the animal, or not confessing and letting the haunting continue.
	Bargain Short film Director: Rachel Givney
	Barton the Ghost Catcher Short film Director: Roy Weiland	Barton is a seven year old boy who used to be afraid of ghosts. He now uses his intelligence and imagination in an effort to catch ghosts that pester humans, especially children. More annoying than any ghost is his older sister, who is constantly hindering his goal to become the best ghost catcher in the world.
	Be My Brother Short film Director: Genevieve Clay
	Being Carl Williams Short film Director: Abe Forsythe
	Bella Short film Director: Heath Davis, Dan Dimarco	An elderly Italian couple seek the services of a small time hit-man to "remove" their obese & abusive daughter Bella from their home and ultimately their lives.
	Beyond Words Short film Director: Armand de Saint-Salvy
	Big Trouble Little Fish Short film Director: Fadia Abboud	It is the Sunday of the Cronulla Race Riots. Ali is a security guard in a shopping centre in Western Sydney - is he a lover or a fighter?
	Bigger than Big Short film Director: Russell Scott	Journey from the moon's surface to the far reaches of the visible universe in this spectacular 3D animated experience.
	Bird Short film Director: Melanie Brunt	A broken wing, the will to fly, an escape...a high.
	Birthday Girl Short film Director: Angie Black	Waiting for an elevator in a hospital foyer is torturous for Rachael who just wants to escape and find some privacy to mourn the recent death of her child.
	Bleeders Short film Director: Leigh Richards	A powerful depiction of violence, corruption and intimidation inside and outside the boxing game.
	Blink Short film Director: Tetlow-Stuart/ Kyra Kimpton	Blink presents a playful exploration to self through a surreal visual flight of fantasy. Taking a simple moment in time and magically transforming it as a young women stretches the capabilities of convenional makeup .
	Blue Short film Director: Nathan Stone
	Blueberry Lane Short film Director: Peter Ireland	Fernando, an over excited Argentinean garbage collector with a passion for salsa music accidentally spills a Blueberry Lane resident’s wheelie bin. This is when he discovers a cassette tape filled with some of his favourite salsa tracks lying amongst the refuse. This is the beginning of Fernando’s infatuation with the beautiful and mysterious Resident 55, a sheltered widow who holds onto the memory of her deceased husband. It is only when Fernando waltzes his wheelie bin into her life that Resid
	Bombshell Short film Director: Kim Farrant	A loaded bombshell is thrown into the laps of two Greek Australian brothers which forces them to question their traditional beliefs and machismo identities as men.
	Bonfire Short film Director: Melissa Anastasi	A young girl's troubled relationship with her domineering father escalates after she decides to fight back.
	Boundless Short film Director: Stephen Kanaris	Boundless is the story of Craig, a 35 year-old man with Down syndrome, whose quest for personal independence leads him to confront his dreams head-on.
	Bourke boy Short film Director: Adrian Wills	A father and adopted troubled teenage son take a trip to the son's birthplace of Bourke where they try to find the right words to say to each other before it's too late.
	Boxer Short film Director: Michael Latham	With the speed and grace of a middle-aged man Gary navigates his golf buggy through a giant warehouse only to encounter a defiantly misplaced box. Gary’s desire to organise and neatly shelve the box leads him to discover that there is something in the box... and it’s alive.
	Bread Short film Director: Paola Morabito	A keen sports girl misses out on a crucial soccer game , because she has to work in her family bakery.
	Breeders Short film Director: Douglas Brooks	In a surreal all-gay world the fight for heterosexual rights has begun. Prime Minister Susan Sanderson has proposed a bill banning parenting rights to “Combined Couples”. Cecila Schwarz, leader of the Blended Births Movement, leads the campaign for equal rights. Shot in a mocumentary style as a series of news and current affairs reports, Breeders is important and hilarious.
	Bridgetown Short film Director: Brendan Ritchie	In the wake of a deadly global pandemic Donna finds herself stranded in a small rural town. Alone and infected she ruminates over her past as the end draws near.
	Broken Road Short film Director: Brodie Rocca	When a father and his two young daughters break down in the desert, they are forced to confront the tensions between them.
	Brother Boys Short film Director: Simon Blyth	Nathan and Dean are best friends. Growing up in the country town of Tingha, they spend their days fishing, catching rabbits and dreaming of becoming professional rugby league players. The events of one weekend will leave their friendship in jeopardy.
	Burn Short film Director: David S Vadiveloo	Tee's life is thrown into chaos when a late night drive with older boys spins out of control.
	Castlemaine Short film Director: Alison See	A portrait of bleak suburbia.
	Casual Living Short film Director: Matt Hawkins	Helpless estate agent Garry decides to use homeless Sophie as a living exhibit in his display home.
	Celestial Avenue Short film Director: Colin & Camerone Cairnes	Kath has been looking for love in all the wrong places. Then she finds herself in Chinatown. In the middle of a less than successful blind date she overhears the soulful Cantonese singing of kitchen-hand Ah Gong. Kath is intrigued. But is there more to Ah Gong than meets the eye? Celestial Avenue is an offbeat tale ‚ part karaoke video part cross-cultural comedy about love personal reinvention and a startled pigeon.
	Change Coming Short film Director: Mark Alston	Their marriage threatened by the effects of drought.
	Chroma Short film Director: Tristan Pearcy	Greg's senses are clouded. As his problems intensify impacting on his school life, and his relationship with Justine, he must learn to take control of his unique situation. Only then will Greg feel a sense of peace and acceptance within himself and the people who love him.
	Close Distance Short film Director: Richard Vilensky	Isaac Levi finds that some differences are not so great after all.
	Clown Train Short film Director: Jaime Donnelly
	Collide-A-Scope Short film Director: Gregory Godhard	Allegedly smuggled from Cern, Switzerland, this film contains secret experiments from the Large Hadron Collider and purports to show evidence of the theoretical 'GOD' particle.
	Comfort Food Short film Director: Donna Chang	A young women finds her demanding paranoid father hard to handle.
	Commodity Fetish Short film Director: Rob Viney	Commodity Fetishism- where products are emptied of their original meaning and filled with an abstract one. It's not the sausage it's the sizzle!
	Consume This! A Stockumentary Short film Director: Sam Field	Life in today’s society is dominated by a desire for products and for money with which to buy them, but while the capitalist machine plasters our public space in an effort to make us believe our happiness is tied to possessions, this film wonders aloud whether a more careful analysis might reveal some deeper truths.
	Corrections Short film Director: Bob Franklin	In the waiting room of an isolated, run-down clinic, Amy anxiously anticipates seeing a doctor. When the only other patient is called in, Amy's wait becomes increasingly unsettling.
	Couple's Therapy Short film Director: Adam Lemmey	Two young gay men seek therapy to solve problems within there relationship.
	Crossbow Short film Director: David Michôd	A kid. His mum and dad. The sex and drugs. Ad the boy next door who watched the whole thing unravel.
	Crossing The Line Short film Director: Joseph KIsch	A father struggles to cope with the loss of his daughter to drugs...
	Crossroad Short film Director: Maziar Lahooti	A nobody becomes a local hero when he rescues two kids from a car wreck.
	Daniel Short film Director: Bowen Ellames	What happens when the one thing that defines you is taken away?
	Darren Hanlon - Fingertips & Mountaintops Short film Director: Natalie van den Dungen	UK comedic genius Daniel Kitson stars as 'the teacher' stuck in detention with a young student. He sneaks out, steals a bike and heads of on a fun filled adventure across town.
	Dear Diary Short film Director: Kane Christopher	Arthur is convinced that his wife Rhonda is trying to kill him accidentally. Arthur has recorded in his diary a number of ‘accidents’ that have happened to him recently -seemingly orchestrated by Rhonda. Late one night Arthur decides that he must leave Rhonda for he is in fear of his life. But the truth will be revealed before the night’s end in a stunning climax.
	Death In The Garden Short film Director: Michael Chrisoulakis	What you want is not always what you deserve.
	Death of a Hero Short film Director: Clay Burke
	Deep End Short film Director: Damien Spiccia	Amber visits the family home for Christmas lunch, but after receiving a number of strange messages, is forced to confront the guilt of her past in the deep end of the family swimming pool...
	Delete racism Short film Director: Jazz Fabian,	This project was created to promote equality and tolerance amongst young people. We are against discrimination based on the color of a person's skin.
	Destined To Date Short film Director: Charles Hartley	Frank is an awkward young man attempting to find a date for his year 12 ball. Through a series of painful events he devises a way to attract a twin loving date for the ball.
	Diagnosis Short film Director: John Pace	After being diagnosed with a terminal organ-boring worm, Pete decides to milk life for every second - but there's a twist in the tale of fate.
	Directions Short film Director: Kasimir Burgess	A desperate man fins inspiration in a broken shopping trolley.
	Dirt & Desire Short film Director: Diane Busuttil
	Dirty Music Short film Director: Steve Murray
	Disarm Short film Director: Nathan Keene
	Dish Communication Short film Director: Shaun Wilson	Can a professor and a cleaner save the world?
	Do Not Pass Go Short film Director: Cj Johnson	Cj and Octavia love Monopoly, and maybe each other.
	Dogs Run Loose Around Here Short film Director: Michael Hoath	The story of a women who temporarily loses her young daughter and the subsequent confusion that leads to a man being accused of abduction.
	Drag King Virgins Short film Director: Penny Byrne & Anna Scionti
	Dream What You Want Short film Director: Dimitri Ellerington
	Drowning Short film Director: Craig Boreham	Things are changing for Mik. His world has been turned upside down by the sudden death of his big brother forcing him to redefine his place in his family and the world. The one solid thing in Mik’s life is his best friend Dan. But Dan has a new girlfriend. Drowning is a journey through the final moments of childhood as two friends are dragged toward their adult lives. Realisations of their place in the world their familial responsibilities and awakening sexualities shape the men they will b
	Drvce Od Kibrit (Matchstick) Short film Director: Tony Radevski