Best Of Australian 1 – 2018
The 1st of seven programmes featuring the best of Australian short films in competition.
Our home-grown talent battle it out for the prestigious Academy® accredited award for Best Australian Short Film.
Screening: Sat 13 Jan, 6.30pm | Runtime: 105 min | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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Halfsies
HALFSIES chronicles Ollie’s relationship with his slightly younger sister through their text message interactions; unpacking obligations and social misreadings.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2017
- Country: Australia
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Eye Contact
You will still be able to meet someone in a bar, but will you really connect?
NSW PREMIERE- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2017
- Country: Australia
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Through The Haze
When a hazing ritual at a construction site goes horribly wrong, things quickly spiral out of control.
NSW PREMIERE- Runtime: 11min
- Year: 2017
- Country: Australia
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Blue Games
A story about a group of women who’ve inherited the wasteland of rural Australia as the coastline went to rot and about the soldiers who visit them for sex.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 30min
- Year: 2017
- Country: Australia
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Red Ink
Fearing the wrath of Stalin if he fails, a man tries to purchase a packet of SAOs for the dictator at his local supermarket but other shopper’s frustrations set in motion an unexpected disaster.
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2017
- Country: Australia
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Snow
11-year-old Sam leaves an injured girl in barren snowy farmland. The weight of his departure presses upon him and he sets back out to find her before it’s too late.
- Runtime: 19min
- Year: 2017
- Country: Australia
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How The Light Gets In
A single mother living on the fringes of society with her two girls wakes in the night with a unique problem – a light, shining from within her – taking over her life as it takes over her body.
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2017
- Country: Australia