2024 program of short films – see file or download PDF – same films were shown on both nights. See page 2.

2023 program of short films

A Simple F*cking Gesture (Canada – 2020)                                           8 minutes Writer/Director: Jesse Shamata                                                              Comedy While stuck in traffic, emotions escalate for a husband and wife when another driver doesn’t give them a “thank you wave” after cutting in.

White Lies (Australia – 2022)                                                              12 minutes Writer/Director: Greg Moran                                                                   Comedy When his well- intentioned lies to get his daughter a scholarship escalate and spiral out of control Dave has to choose between having money and power or being a good role model for his daughter.

Hope, Healing and Sunflowers (Australia – 2023)                                  7 minutes Director: Alexandre Songeon Senzaki                                              Documentary Australia-based Ukrainian painter Olena Vigovska shares art’s power to heal hearts as war rages back home.

Eat Your Carrots (Australia – 2022)                                                       3 minutes Director: Laura Stewart                                                                       Animation Carrots are good for your eyes. Maybe too good. “Eat Your Carrots” is a short stop motion animation about a girl who finds an eyeball growing on her arm.

RUN (United Kingdom – 2023)                                                            11 minutes Writer/Director: Matthew Bartlett                                                             Drama Two strangers discover they have more in common than they first thought.

Resurrection under the Ocean (Turkey– 2021)                                       3 minutes Writer/Director: Serkan Aktaş                                                                   Drama A man, helplessly sinking to the bottom of the ocean undergoes a resurrection with a symbolic narrative.

The Outside Dunny (Australia – 2023)                                                    7 minutes Writer/Director: Walter Smithers                                                            Comedy The history of Australia’s iconic Outside Dunny is explored through the lifespan of one alfresco loo and the tenants who’ve used it.

While The Cat’s Away… (Australia – 2020)                                            11 minutes Writer/Director: Aaron Carroll                                                                Comedy Sarah receives a message that her beloved will be late home tonight. What will she do to pass the time? Whatever she wants…

Culicidae (Australia – 2021)                                                                  7 minutes Writer/Director: Greg Moran                                                                   Comedy A late night intrusion leads to a life and death struggle.

Yellow (United Kingdom – 2023)                                                          13 Minutes Writer/Director: Elham Ehsas                                                                   Drama In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a woman walks into a store in Kabul to buy her first full-body veil.

The Honoured Ones (Australia – 2022)                        7 minutes Writer/Director: Andrew Flenley                                                               Drama Cast: Tony Davie, Sal Galofaro A fictional exploration of the underground mafia who ran a drug business in rural Victoria.

Cry Of The Glossy (Australia – 2022)                                                   10 minutes Writer/Director: Tim Brown & Michael Portway                                Documentary The endangered Glossy Black Cockatoo holds a special place in the heart and culture of poet and Gunai woman Kirli Saunders.

Two Dollars (Australia – 2023)                                                              8 minutes Writer/Director: Natalia Cricri                                                                   Drama When Olivia moves to a new country she has to learn to adapt to a new culture and also the sly tactics of a school bully.

Harvey (Australia – 2020)                                                                   12 minutes Writer/Director: Aaron Caroll                                                                  Comedy Harvey finds out his best friend has passed away. He does what he knows best: runs away.

Karl Heinz (Australia – 2022)                                                                4 minutes Writer/Director: Andrew Robb                                                                 Comedy A grumpy driver installs a technical upgrade to his old car with unexpected results.