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Best Of Australian Shorts 7 – 2021

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® qualifying award for Best Australian Short Film.

Screening: Wed 27 Jan, 9pm | Runtime: 111 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult

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  • The Swimming Chair

    Based on a story by Tim Winton, A man describes three generations learning to swim, what begins with his mother’s lessons in the water, becomes lessons in living life.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Matthew Taylor
    • Writer: Celeste Franklin
    • Producer: Claudia Shepherd, Sophia O’Rourke
    • Runtime: 6min
    • Year: 2020
    • Country: Australia

  • Le Miroir

    Narrated by Michael Caton, Le Miroir is a dark fairytale about superstition and fateful circumstances which empower the mute heroine to find her voice and not be afraid to use it.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Leila Murton Poole
    • Writer: Leila Murton Poole
    • Producer: Jara Gonzalez, Leila Murton Poole
    • Runtime: 17min
    • Year: 2020
    • Country: Australia

  • Bala

    In this poetic short, a former navy officer reunites with his cousins to grieve after learning of his much-loved grandfathers’ death, soon after the break-up of a relationship.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Deborah Brown
    • Writer: Melissa Lee Speyer
    • Producer: Georgia Noe O’Brien
    • Runtime: 10min
    • Year: 2020
    • Country: Australia

  • Call History

    Tormented by the guilt of her new relationship, a young woman reaches out to an old flame
    but when she calls, no one answers.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Lillian Paterson
    • Writer: Lillian Paterson
    • Producer: Rachel Argall, Lillian Paterson
    • Runtime: 10min
    • Year: 2020
    • Country: Australia

  • Nowhere Arkansas

    Nowhere, Arkansas, 1863.  A confederate veteran haunted by his past, hunts redemption in the form of a famous eagle belonging to the Union Army.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Robert Linsley
    • Writer: Robert Linsley
    • Producer: Alexander Jeffery
    • Runtime: 11min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Australia

  • Antecedents

    A woman battling to move her dementia suffering mother into care, finds herself reluctant to leave.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Emma Vickery
    • Writer: Emma Vickery
    • Producer: Stephanie Davis
    • Runtime: 12min
    • Year: 2020
    • Country: Australia

  • Mother Bunker

    A robot dons a human suit and pants on a drag show for an army of robots.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: George Metaxas
    • Writer: George Metaxas
    • Producer: George Metaxas
    • Runtime: 5min
    • Year: 2020
    • Country: Australia

  • Pools

    A young woman takes a road trip to Brisbane to terminate her pregnancy, alongside her reluctant Mother.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Luisa Martiri
    • Writer: Alex Philp
    • Producer: Luisa Martiri
    • Runtime: 16min
    • Year: 2020
    • Country: Australia

  • A Strange Season

    A marriage that spans over half a century cracks when the husband gets plagued by paranoia.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Burak Oguz Saguner
    • Writer: Burak Oguz Saguner
    • Producer: Burak Oguz Saguner
    • Runtime: 9min
    • Year: 2020
    • Country: Australia

  • Lovestruck

    As the world goes into lockdown, a budding filmmaker documents a young couple struggling with the decision to become parents.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Benjamin Ryan
    • Writer: Matt Lausch
    • Producer: Nicolas Nalbandian
    • Runtime: 15min
    • Year: 2020
    • Country: Australia
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