Best Of International Shorts 2 – 2026
The 2nd of five programmes featuring the Best of International short films in competition.
Be uplifted, inspired and moved by the next generation of the world’s most talented filmmakers in competition for two Academy® qualifying awards; Best Short Live Action & Best Short Animation.
Screening: Sun 25 Jan, 1.30pm | Runtime: 109 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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Radix
Two creatures meet on a tree. Their encounter goes deep down to the roots and beyond.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 4min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Germany
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A Friend Of Dorothy
A lonely widow’s quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 21min
- Year: 2025
- Country: UK
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Earworm
Ulph Degerfors is plagued by a severe case of earworm as Rednex’s “Cotton Eye Joe” takes over his mind. Gradually, he spirals toward madness, with everything he experiences and hears becoming tainted by the song.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Sweden
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Sweet Tooth
As Doe Town gears up for its 55th Annual Smile Contest, undefeated champion Bucky Bantershire (Pete Gardner) begins to unravel when his long-suppressed Sweet Tooth (Tony Award Winner Marissa Jaret Winokur) resurfaces, singing, dancing and dragging him into sugary chaos.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2025
- Country: US
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Living Jewel
A real estate agent shows interested parties around a house for sale. The fact that a customer becomes abusive is no reason for her to drop her professionalism. A social drama observed with a sharp eye in the smallest of spaces.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Austria
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The Singers
A genre-bending film adaptation of a 19th-century short story written by Ivan Turgenev, in which a lowly pub full of downtrodden men connect unexpectedly through an impromptu sing-off. With a cast comprised of first-time actors from the unlikeliest corners of TikTok and YouTube, the film is a celebration of diamonds in the rough and a testament to the power of vulnerability through art.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 18min
- Year: 2025
- Country: US
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Lady Attila
Agathe loves tractors, and rock! She works in the family farm machinery garage with her father and older brother. When she finds out about an upcoming Airguitar competition, she decides to enter, but her brother doesn’t see it that way.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 25min
- Year: 2025
- Country: France