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Best Of Australian 7 – 2018

The 7th 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: Wed 17 Jan, 8.45pm | Runtime: 117 min | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult

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  • Midnight Man

    A mysterious tale of unrequited love & longing.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Toby Burrows
    • Writer: Zoë Porter
    • Producer: Zoë Porter
    • Runtime: 3min
    • Year : 2016
    • Country: Australia

  • Locker Room

    A 16-year-old girl discovers her best friends, three boys from the school footy team, have been hiding a troubling secret from her.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Greta Nash
    • Writer: Greta Nash
    • Producer: Honeylyn Lisson
    • Runtime: 14min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia

  • Thanks A Lot Duchamp

    Thanks A Lot Duchamp is an art lover’s lament about how art once
    required skills and vision but now any found object can be placed in a gallery and given the same respect and value.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Ella Carey
    • Writer: Margot Tasca
    • Producer: Grace Carey
    • Runtime: 19min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia

  • Oracle

    A young girl discovers a world of pagan magic where she must pass the test by the old witch if she ever wants to see her mother again.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Zohie Castellano
    • Writer: Zohie Castellano
    • Producer: Ela Furdas
    • Runtime: 14min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia

  • Last Drinks At Frida’s

    A lonely jazz singer and a troubled Indigenous soldier find solace in an underground speak easy, where the rules of the outside world don’t reply.

    • Director: Bjorn Stewart
    • Writer: Kodie Bedford
    • Producer: Lois Randall, Kodie Bedford
    • Runtime: 12min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia

  • La Licorne (The Unicorn)

    Sophie and Christophe are on the verge of making love when they are interrupted by a strange phone call, which sends their night into disarray.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Chloé Boreham
    • Writer: Chloé Boreham
    • Producer: Chloé Boreham, Anthony Guilbert
    • Runtime: 11min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia, France

  • Measuring The Jump

    Returning to his hometown to claim his inheritance, a young man is caught between picking up where he left off, or cutting ties altogether.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Eden Falk
    • Writer: Eden Falk
    • Producer: Alex White
    • Runtime: 14min
    • Year: 2016
    • Country: Australia

  • Grace

    A teenage girl living in an extreme Christian sect is driven into psychological turmoil by her Elders when she strikes up an innocent relationship with a boy.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Alex Holmes
    • Writer: Alex Holmes
    • Producer: Kristina Ceyton, Ella Millard
    • Runtime: 15min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia

  • Martha The Monster

    In an upside-down world where humans live alongside monsters, Martha, a 20-something furry, is having a major crisis.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Christopher Weekes
    • Writer: Christopher Weekes
    • Producer: Jamie Hilton, Michael Pontin
    • Runtime: 15min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia
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