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After the Credits
Australia, 2010, 15 min.
When a guy drops everything to pursue the woman of his dreams, we expect a happy ending… or do we?... more
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Animal Beatbox
Australia, 2011, 3 min.
What is the true call of the wild? This multiple award-winning animation (Aspen FF, Tropfest) travels down a very special river with a wide variety of the animal kingdom who all contribute their name for the sake of music.... more
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The Bride
Australia, 2011, 12 min.
In this visually lush tale, a bride stops at a gorgeous park on her wedding day as her brand-new marriage seems to already be unraveling.... more
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Carmen Rupe
Australia, 2010, 11 min.
This fascinating documentary introduces us to 74 year old Carmen, an Aussie drag queen and former showgirl who recounts the triumphs and tribulations of her life on stage and off.... more
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Charlotte
Australia, 2011, 4 min.
After a disastrous blind date, Charlotte must take a hard look at the way the world sees her.... more
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Chat Noir
Australia, 2010, 4 min.
A superstitious curmudgeon is befriended by a black cat but is his luck, or the cat’s, about to change? ... more
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Cockroach
Australia, 2010, 13 min.
Death can’t stop love, apparently, but reincarnation can be a bitch. ... more
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The Confession of Father John Thomas
Australia, 2011, 5 min.
In this outrageously graphic animated short, a priest gives confession to a lesbian, which liberates him enough to make his own break from the closet.... more
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Connection
Australia, 2010, 12 min.
When two strangers meet online and hit it off, romance seems destined – but fate may have a different destiny in mind.... more
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dik
Australia, 2010, 10 min.
When a young boy draws a picture of what appears to be him rubbing his best friend’s ‘dik’, his parents are thrown into paroxysms of guilt and self doubt, accusing each other of all manner of sexual peccadilloes.... more
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Good Pretender
Australia, 2010, 15 min.
Having told a group of bullies that her father is a robot, Ally feels compelled to shoot him with a spear gun to prove it, in this spiky Aussie tale of an odd father/daughter relationship. ... more
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Heck
Australia, 2010, 8 min.
Plans change for an elderly couple who’ve planned an exotic trip to Mexico in order to take their fate into their own hands in this amusing short story from down under.... more
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I Am Not Someone Else
Australia, 2010, 30 min.
John Schlesinger’s nephew shows that talent runs in the family with this accomplished short focusing on a father who is recently released from prison for pederasty and the daughter he’s desperate to reconcile with. ... more
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In Loco Parentis
Australia, 2011, 7 min.
An investigator interrogates a suspect politician and uses every trick in the book to get him to talk. But when a call to a senior official works against him, the case has to be referred to the final authority - played by Anthony LaPaglia.... more
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Just Be Frank
Australia, 2010, 14 min.
When Frank, a blind jazz singer from the Bronx, gets a new guide dog, the two begin the gradual process of getting to know, and possibly love, one another.
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Kiss
Australia, 2011, 12 min.
A couple try to ‘help’ out their single friend by convincing him to practice kissing. ... more
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The Kiss
Australia, 2010, 16 min.
Two girls riding their bikes through the woods on a sultry summer night come upon a fire reservoir tank and decide to take a swim, but learn once they are in the tank that getting out is not as easy as getting in. Winner: Best Short Fiction Film, Best Cinematography, Australian Film Industry Awards.... more
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Lily
Australia, 2010, 15 min.
A father and daughter spend quiet days on an isolated camping trip near the sea, where Lily finds the perfect material to mend her father’s heart. ... more
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The Maker
Australia, 2011, 6 min.
In this enchanting fable from Christopher Kezelos (Zero, ShortFest 2010), a rabbit-like creature works against time to fabricate something very special.... more
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Minnie Loves Junior
Australia, 2010, 14 min.
Minnie is in love with Junior, but he’s too busy working on his various projects to even notice her, until one day a project goes badly awry… Winner: Crystal Bear, Berlin Film Festival, Special Jury Award, Honolulu Film Awards, Best Indigenous Film, Adelaide FF... more
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Moving Day
Australia, 2010, 10 min.
A young girl discovers her new home has an amazing secret – a horde of fairies in the backyard.... more
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Nullarbor
Australia, 2010, 10 min.
The Eyre Highway through Australia’s Nullarbor Plain has longest stretch of straight road in the world—perfect for passing that slow motorist alongside you. When two cars meet in this desolate landscape, will it be the tortoise or the hare who wins the day?... more
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Payload
Australia, 2011, 18 min.
It’s the year 2021 and the Clark Town Administrator is cracking down on rogue metal scavengers who race out to scrap parts from the machinery falling from the space station above—and one family in particular who’s secret must be hidden at all costs. ... more
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Pop
Australia, 2010, 8 min.
A young boy, his father, and a piece of bubble gum go hunting. With that volatile combination, it’s hard to say how the day will end.... more
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Seamstress
Australia, 2010, 18 min.
Barry Otto (Strictly Ballroom) stars as an voyeur obsessed with the gorgeous seamstress living next door in this surreal delight from down under.... more
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Snake
Australia, 2010, 7 min.
A young woman and a large snake have a lovely relationship until the snake starts to see her as something other than company. ... more
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The Telegram Man
Australia, 2010, 14 min.
Bruce Beresford produced this poignant period piece about a telegraph delivery man (Jack Thompson) in a small Australian town who must deliver the unpleasant news to parents of their son’s deaths in WWII. ... more
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Top Dog
Australia, 2011, 6 min.
A dog is (wo)man’s best friend, that is until a baby interloper appears. When our Top Dog loses his footing on the pedestal, he tries every trick in the Top Dog rule book to win his mistresses fancy back. ... more
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Umoja: No Men Allowed
Australia, 2010, 32 min.
Fed up with being abused by the men in their village, a group of tribal Samburu women in Northern Kenya create their own successful community where no men are allowed. But will the jealous men they left behind leave them in peace?... more
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The Unspoken
Australia, 2011, 4 min.
A son takes the opportunity to tell his father what he has meant to him in this deeply affecting paean to filial devotion. ... more
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Wild Imaginings
Australia, 2011, 9 min.
A young man deals with his infatuation with his best friend through his fantasy world.... more
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With Bad Blood
Australia, 2010, 11 min.
A husband cares for his seriously ill wife but is haunted by the one medicine she craves that he can’t give in this unexpectedly healing commentary on love and letting go. ... more
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