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Blue Monday
Australia, 2011, 11 min.
Teenaged wild child Alexis pushes the limits at every turn, but this Monday might be the day that it all crashes down.... more
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Boo!
Australia, 2012, 4 min.
An elderly couple keep the spark in their marriage with their mischievous games, but today they might take it one step too far.... more
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Captive
Australia, 2012, 6 min.
Clifford receives a disturbing flyer in the mail listing him as ‘lost’, and dials the number underneath his picture in hopes of getting to the bottom of this confusing state of affairs. What he hears from the woman who answers the phone throws him into an amusing tizzy of doubt… ... more
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Champion
Australia, 2011, 7 min.
Having had a crush on Sarah since they were kids, Jack finally gets his big chance to win her heart when she accepts his offer of a date, but will a simple text message scuttle his chance for true romance? ... more
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Cockatoo
Australia, 2011, 11 min.
On the six-month anniversary of his breakup with his ex-girlfriend, Michael decides to hire a girl from an agency to impersonate his ex so he can exorcise their relationship. Sometimes it’s better to let sleeping birds lie…... more
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Collision
Australia, 2011, 14 min.
A man reflects on the events that led up to the destruction of his relationship in the moments leading up to an event that will change everything…... more
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The Curse of Eleanor Crabtree
Australia, 2012, 10 min.
The lovely Eleanor spends her days delighted by the beauty of nature. Her twin sister, Abigail, spends her days in their family mansion sharpening her witchcraft skills. When Eleanor finds true love in the guise of a local, charming cheese maker, Abigail is unrelenting in her disgust over her sister... more
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Dear Life
Australia, 2012, 8 min.
An elderly man, confronted by a deceitful and tricky Death, tries to kill the specter first so that he can live forever.... more
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Eileen Pratt
Australia, 2011, 15 min.
Meet Eileen, a single woman whose world revolves around her job as a bus driver and the cat she comes home to every day. Longing for a human connection, Eileen gains solace by watching others interact, leading to a circumstance in which she finds herself letting go…... more
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First Contact
Australia, 2011, 21 min.
A father and his teenage daughter live in the Australian outback, eking out an existence between research, hunting and School of the Air—the daughter’s only connection to the outside world via a short wave radio. When a nearly dead black man makes his way into their home, he shatters their world wit... more
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From Here
Australia, 2011, 9 min.
A late night call from London exposes James’ vulnerability.... more
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George Jones and the Giant Squid
Australia, 2011, 15 min.
Young George Jones carries on his mother’s struggle against a ruthless dictator on an island whose inhabitants are held captive by the threat of a giant squid in the waters that surround them.... more
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The Globe Collector
Australia, 2012, 7 min.
Andrew Pullen collects light globes— well over 10,000 of them in one of the world's largest private collections. One man's lonely quest to save what he sees as a thing of beauty illuminates the depths of passion in all of us.... more
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Go the Dogs
Australia, 2011, 15 min.
An autistic, thirteen-year-old girl sets off on an unlikely adventure when she spots a bulldog outside her home and follows it, winding up in an abandoned farmhouse where she strikes up an unexpected friendship with a runaway boy.... more
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Grace
Australia, 2012, 6 min.
Determined young woman Grace steels herself to meet the birth mother who gave her up years ago.
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The Hunter
Australia, 2011, 7 min.
A lyrically scripted tale of a missing boy who may have been taken by wolves and the hunter who ventures into the icy wilderness to find him. Beautifully rendered in black-and-white using the stop motion sand animation technique.... more
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Liv
Australia, 2011, 12 min.
Teenage punk, Liv, expresses herself and her struggle for identity through her art and tattooing. She is bullied relentlessly at school, her mother kicks her out of the house, and Liv must move in with her Dad. Is there any chance she can find a community of her own?... more
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Lois
Australia, 2012, 9 min.
Driven by wild passion, Lois (Jacki Weaver) goes to extreme lengths to address some unfinished business.... more
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The Mirror
Australia, 2011, 8 min.
This striking documentary explores the world of Ryan, a primary teacher by day and a flamboyant burlesque drag performer by night, as it traces the ways in which a man’s public face and private life are not neccessarily one and the same.... more
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The Missing Key
Australia, 2011, 30 min.
In a gloriously imagined 1920s world inhabited by people who have gramophones for heads, young composer Hero Wasabi has left Japan to study musical composition in Venice, accompanied by his oboe-playing cat Jacuzzi. A student of the terrifying Madame Zero, Hero struggles towards his dream of winnin... more
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The Moment
Australia, 2011, 13 min.
Seamlessly blending live-action and animation, The Moment tells the story of an old man shaken from his slumber by an alarming vision.
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The Op Shop
Australia, 2011, 7 min.
It came in a box. No name. No job description. Just a strange donation that three women at a thrift shop were determined to sell for $3.50. But then...and then again...and once more...they slowly unlock its secret.... more
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The Palace
Australia, 2011, 16 min.
Cyprus 1974. A Cypriot family flees advancing Turkish forces and takes refuge in an abandoned Ottoman-era palace. When a young Turkish Cypriot conscript comes face to face with the family in hiding, he is forced to confront the brutal reality of war and his role in it.... more
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Perfection
Australia, 2011, 7 min.
On this day, the color is blue. A man’s connection to the chalk and the art he creates provides refuge, redemption and purification all at the same time.... more
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Revive
Australia, 2011, 2 min.
A woman keeps being woken up by an insistent alarm clock, succumbing to sleep again after hitting the snooze button… until her young daughter lifts the covers and forces her to awaken for keeps.... more
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Silver Stiletto
Australia, 2011, 16 min.
Michael Hunt (Ben) is a veteran elite special forces officer whose mission in life has turned to tracking down and dealing with the two homophobes who brutally beat his brother to death in a park two years before. His task is especially gratifying when done in drag while lip syncing a show tune, as ... more
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Strangeface
Australia, 2012, 10 min.
A strange and lonely little girl, exploring alone in the woods, comes upon a troubling scene and decides to intervene.... more
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Tritch
Australia, 2011, 15 min.
In modern day Shanghai, a wealthy housewife's life of luxury becomes increasingly disrupted by the presence of a young ghost. What begins for Mei as a peculiarity slowly creeps into a beautiful terror that may bring to life specters of the past.
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The Wilding
Australia, 2011, 16 min.
Tye and Malcolm are lovers who share a cell in a juvie prison, but with Malcolm due for an early release, Tye is made vulnerable to the aggression of the other inmates, who Malcolm has protected him from up to now…... more
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