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Best Of Australian 3 – 2020

The 3rd 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 11 Jan, 8.45pm | Runtime: 111 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult

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  • Rebooted

    It’s not easy for a movie-star to age, especially when you’re a stop motion animated skeleton monster.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
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    • Director: Michael Shanks
    • Writer: Michael Shanks
    • Producer: Nicholas Colla, Chris Hocking/LateNite Films
    • Runtime: 13min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • The Hitchhiker

    Jade hits the road to Byron Bay with two besties, resolving to keep her terminal diagnosis on the down-low. When an enigmatic hitchhiker makes her an offer, she finds it hard to refuse.

    • Director: Adele Vuko
    • Writer: Adele Vuko
    • Producer: Johanna Somerville, Chloe Rickard
    • Runtime: 13min
    • Year: 2018
    • Runtime Year Country: Australia

  • Featherweight

    Tas takes up boxing in an effort to get away from her unstable mother and get closer to her estranged father.
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    • Director: Sam Lara
    • Writer: David Vincent Smith
    • Producer: Jess Parker
    • Runtime: 13min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • Tommy

    Tommy is the emotionally charged story of a young boy and his imaginary friend caught in the middle of a nasty custody battle. He escapes his trauma by entering his dream-like world set inside a submarine, but as the feud between his parents reaches boiling point, both worlds collide.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Scott Dale
    • Writer: Scott Dale, Phillip Cristian Claassen
    • Producer: Deb Morgan
    • Runtime: 19min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • Armour

    In a forgotten Shanghai motel a tough gun-for-hire recalls the mysterious encounter with her target.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Ben Briand
    • Writer: Ben Briand
    • Producer: Matt Dooley, Rachel Ford-Davies
    • Runtime: 12min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • Closed Doors

    Regaining consciousness in a car wreck, a young father finds that his daughter is missing.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Hunter Page-Lochard, Carter Fred Simpkin
    • Writer: Hunter Page-Lochard, Carter Fred Simpkin
    • Producer: Mitchell Stanley, Toni Stowers
    • Runtime: 15min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • The Grave Of Saint Oran

    Narrated by the masterful Neil Gaiman and based on his poem In Relig Odhrain, this is a tempestuous tale of sacrifice and faith.

    • Director: Jim Batt
    • Writer: Jim Batt
    • Producer: Neil Gaiman, Jim Batt, Josie Hess
    • Runtime: 9min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • Cowboy

    Kay wants to be a singer. Dee wants to be a rodeo rider. Their two worlds collide.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Thomas Baricevic
    • Writer: Thomas Baricevic
    • Producer: Jackson Black Films
    • Runtime: 11min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • Memoir Of A Haunting

    Post-movie drinks takes a dark turn for a group of friends after one of them reveals a troubling story of about her past.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Matthew Johnstone
    • Writer: Matthew Johnstone
    • Producer: Matthew Johnstone
    • Runtime: 6min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia
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