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Best Of Australian 6 – 2015

The sixth of seven programmes featuring the best of Australian short films in competition.

Screening: Wed 14 Jan, 6.30pm | Duration: 105 min | Classification: under 15 yrs to be w/adult

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  • Stationery

    Penny dreams about the old days. Bernard dreams about Penny. When Penny falls foul of the cruel new boss, it’s Bernard’s chance to step up and save her. But will his old-school ingenuity and her drawer full of stationery be enough to save the day?
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Lucy Wigmore
    • Writer: Lucy Wigmore
    • Producer: Kate Armstrong-Smith, Joseph Couch, Lucy Wigmore
    • Running Time: 10 min
    • Year: 2014
    • Country: Australia

  • Stuffed

    Taxidermist Peter Murphy loves his mother, so when she dies he can’t bear to live without her and does all that he can to keep her with him.

    • Director: Warwick Young
    • Writer: Warwick Young
    • Producer: Rachel Argall, Warwick Young
    • Running Time: 22 min
    • Year: 2013
    • Country: Australia

  • Skin

    A frustrated fifteen-year-old girl, Selma, embarks on a camping trip with her father, Dave, and his provocative new girlfriend, Carol. Struggling to accept her dad’s new girlfriend, Selma runs away to a waterhole where she meets local boy, Luke, who challenges her to face her own burgeoning womanhood.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Liselle Mei
    • Writer: Liselle Mei
    • Producer: Trish Lake, Dan Lake
    • Running Time: 16 min
    • Year: 2014
    • Country: Australia

  • Mother

    A mother enlists her 13 year-old daughter to help murder her abusive husband. Based on a true story.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Mike Green
    • Writer: Brien Kelly, Mike Green
    • Producer: Mike Green, Christine Tan
    • Running Time: 14 min
    • Year: 2014
    • Country: Australia

  • Between Us

    When Juliet takes her girlfriend to her home town for the first time, she reluctantly has to face her past or risk losing their future together.

    • Director: Blake Curtis
    • Writer: Blake Curtis
    • Producer: Thomas Keele
    • Running Time: 14 min
    • Year: 2014
    • Country: Australia

  • Magic Miles

    Two girls go for a drive, in an ordinary but glorious trip where the sunny exuberance of one is countered by the wistful disquiet of the other.

    • Director: Audrey Lam
    • Writer: Audrey Lam
    • Producer: Kate Howat, Rosie Hays
    • Running Time: 15:30 min
    • Year: 2014
    • Country: Australia

  • Backwards Showgirl Variation

    Allegra, a 40 something pole dancing instructor finds herself homeless, single and penniless. The consummate cameleon and optimist, she begins a humourous\ journey of house hunting and personal development in Sydney’s inner west.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Harriet McKern
    • Writer: Harriet McKern
    • Producer: Harriet McKern
    • Running Time: 13 min
    • Year: 2014
    • Country: Australia
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