Best Of Australian Shorts 3 – 2025
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® qualifying award for Best Australian Short Film.
Screening: Sat 18 Jan, 9pm | Runtime: 112 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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The Fix-It-Man And The Fix-It-Wooman
In the “bright lights, big city of Alice Springs”, two soft sculptures try to impress each other with their dance moves. But it’s an unfortunate accident that finally brings them together as they discover they both have a talent for fixing things. Artwork by the Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, renowned for their beautiful soft sculptures, comes alive in this gentle funny tale of love and connection.
NSW PREMIERE
- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Like That DVD Screensaver
Kabir anxiously rushes toward a dinner with his friends. But when he arrives, a friend’s playful comment causes him to disassociate from the entire night.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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When A Knight Jumps
Grieving a tragic loss, Charlie Ford returns home to her affluent family, facing strained bonds and complex dynamics. With her twin brother Bobbie’s support, she must navigate her new role as executor of the family estate, by confronting the past and forging a new path towards forgiveness.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Vlog
Our heroine juggles her chaotic #momlife and blossoming Mommy social media Vlog. Walking the line between her real self and her social media self. Her and her husband get a surprise – she is pregnant. Again. With baby #3. They’re both overjoyed but the juggle becomes more of a struggle when morning sickness, constant nausea and fatigue set in. On one particularly difficult morning her son grabs her phone as she is attempting to record her Vlog. The very real, raw and not so perfect mom moment is accidentally uploaded to her channel in all the chaos. The next morning when she realizes what happened, she is mortified. How her followers react, may just be her biggest surprise yet.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2024
- Country: United States
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Not Yet
Sisters Emily and Nina grit their teeth through their mother Josephine’s extravagant engagement party. When Josephine’s new partner Gill lets slip that they’re selling the family home, the two young women rebel, jeopardising Josephine’s standing in Gill’s family. Tensions come to a head and Emily is forced to confront the truth of what is really happening at this party.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Eat Up!
In a future of synthetic food, a prodigious flavour designer, whose new portable food printer promises to launch her career, discovers the lost art of cooking and a human connection science cannot simulate.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Paralysis
When Tom returns to his hometown after a five-year absence, he is forced to see his estranged best friend, Garry, and deal with their wounds of the past.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Stranded
When Kelly dumps Brian, his world comes crashing down—again. Just like when their cruise ship sank, leaving them as the only two survivors stranded on a deserted island. Brian is left adrift in a sea of misery, while Kelly thrives. After several unlikely encounters, Brian realises he needs to get his life afloat. Just as it looks like their love might be rescued, an actual ship appears on the horizon. Now, Brian faces his biggest dilemma yet: sail solo or stay marooned for a second shot at love.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia