Best Of Australian Shorts 4 – 2025
The 4th 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: Sun 19 Jan, 9pm | Runtime: 113 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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Dog Eats World
A young, money hungry black woman lands the job of a lifetime working for a mega celebrity and her dog unaware she is about to be consumed by this bizarre new world….
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Mars Futures
Ana works for a stock footage company and is deep in an existential crisis when she learns of an opportunity for ordinary people to move to Mars.
NSW PREMIERE
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Glove
A young woman with a curious idiosyncrasy, is trying to find her true love. When she steals a lamb and the shepherd follows her to the city, they become entangled in a way that surprises them both.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 11min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Locked In
Gemma’s first shift at a trendy Bondi bar starts off simple until she finds herself in an initiation game she didn’t realise she was a part of.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 11min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Red River Cowboy
A vengeful-mistress is kidnapped and left to die in the 1900’s Australian bush on her morning of ex-lovers wedding day.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 18min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Marcia And The Shark
Following a shark attack, Marcia comes back to life with something wild inside her, testing her doting fiancee Frank as they take to the road in his mustang. Based on the true story of Sydney Harbour’s last fatal shark attack in 1963.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Dragon’s Breath
A group of middle schoolers must convince their friend to perform in the school talent show after she reveals an embarrassing and fantastical secret.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 10min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Dirty Laundry
Australian Prime Minister Peter Carrington is having his worst day in office since being elected after his attempt to kill Centrelink is shot down by the senate. With the party in crisis, he turns to his Chief of Staff, Tim and his assistant, Shay (a supposed diversity hire), for answers. Carrington however, must remember that there is always a higher power to answer to.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Famous Last Words
A down-trodden man is given some information from his dying mother which might change the course of his life.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia