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Best Of Australian 7 – 2020

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 15 Jan, 8.45 | Runtime: 103 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult

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  • For The Girl In The Coffee Shop

    To get his book published, a hopeless romantic must divulge his true feelings to his muse; the only problem is that he’s never actually spoken to her before.
    NSW PREMIERE
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    • Director: Rebekah Jackson
    • Writer: Rebekah Jackson
    • Producer: Rebekah Jackson, Elaine Beckett
    • Runtime: 9min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • Backpedal

    A young woman laments her teen years, her hometown and the death of a friend.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Dani Pearce
    • Writer: Dani Pearce
    • Producer: Sarah Nichols
    • Runtime: 5min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • We Need To Talk

    When two best friends cross the line of personal boundaries into toxic territory, they must confront each other to save their friendship.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Brendan Galinie
    • Writer: Brendan Galinie, Katarina Scholler
    • Producer: Brendan Galinie, Katarina Scholler, Ryan O’Gorman
    • Runtime: 11min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • Invisible

    In a series of therapy sessions with a persistent psychologist, Daniel comes face to face with his progress, through a series of self-portraits.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Jacob Melamed
    • Writer: Jacob Melamed
    • Producer: Jacob Melamed
    • Runtime: 6min
    • Year: 2018
    • Country: Australia

  • Trapped

    In war torn New Guinea, the destinies of two enemy soldiers become intertwined as they battle one common enemy; Death.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Tony Bosch
    • Writer: Tony Bosch
    • Producer: Annmaree J Bell
    • Runtime: 13min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • The Widow

    Set in Melbourne in 1965, a Sicilian widow fights for her life when members of the local Calabrian Mafia murder her husband and try to seize control of his produce business.
    NSW PREMIERE
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    • Director: Brendan Young
    • Writer: Brendan Young
    • Producer: Brendan Young, Catherine McQuade
    • Runtime: 29min
    • Year: 2018
    • Country: Australia

  • Darker, Darkest

    A man wakes from a nightmare to find he’s being stalked by a mysterious intruder lurking outside his house.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Jerome Velinsky
    • Writer: Jerome Velinsky
    • Producer: Jerome Velinsky
    • Runtime: 15min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • Utopia

    A man returns to his country after decades abroad only to discover a society where there are more freedoms inside prison than outside it. Desperate, but unable to escape, the brave act of one woman gives him his freedom.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Kosta Nikas
    • Writer: Kosta Nikas
    • Producer: Kosta Nikas, Aaron Bush, Rishi Shukla
    • Runtime: 15min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia
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