Best Of Australian 5 – 2020
The 5th 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: Mon 13 Jan. 8.45pm | Runtime: 116 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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Moon Above The Raging Sea
Late one night in 1991: a 17-year-old girl flies across the Adriatic Sea in a tiny, home-made airplane.
NSW PREMIERE- Runtime: 6min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
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Peach
A socially anxious young woman lands a hot date. There’s only one problem, she’s not sure if its actually a date.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
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All Good Things
Road trips usually signify a beginning but for Isaac and his partner Levi, this is their last chance to spend time together before they part ways. As they drive closer to their destination, Isaac finds that maybe he isn’t as prepared for his first breakup as he had thought.
NSW PREMIERE- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
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Atlas
A man and his dog are looking to escape captivity on a rural farm under the watchful eye of surveillance drones.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 22min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
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Ties That Bind
17 year old Thomas must front his single mother who pushes him away with her bullying ways.
- Runtime : 12min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
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The Complex
While moving into a new apartment, a young woman must content with the advances of a neighbour. A taut social drama, The Complex is an exploration of the patriarchal bear-trap that is modern gender relations.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
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Smoko Porno
An overwhelming curiosity towards sex and intimacy becomes stronger than her desire to be left alone. The usually disinterested and friendless Leah decides its time to lose her virginity.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
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Kids On Fire
A 9-year-old closeted evangelical Christian tomboy must prove her faith by vandalizing an LGBTQI sex shop.
NSW PREMIERE- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Australia
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Chicken
All Barbara wants to do is watch the Simpsons, but her recent migrated mum has just been overcharged at the local shops, and its up to Barbara to sort it out. As usual.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
view Chicken trailer- Runtime: 10min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia