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Best Of Australian Shorts 7 – 2026

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 28 Jan, 9pm | Runtime: 97 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult

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  • Writers In Love

    A comedy about two writers whose romantic entanglement takes a sharp turn when they realize they have conflicting ideas about the ethics of writing. As their boundaries clash, the line between storytelling and manipulation begins to blur..
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Sarah Joan Wischusen Giles
    • Writer: Grace Isabella Malouf
    • Producer: Jacqueline Ann Kerwick
    • Runtime: 11min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • Songbird

    Charlie, an ambitious Asian-Australian musician is determined to get signed. With her demo tape in hand and an A&R executive in town, she’s ready to hustle her way to the top. But Charlie may have underestimated the glass ceiling she is under.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Kevin Lim
    • Writer: Kevin Lim
    • Producer: Michaela Le, David Bedelis, Louise Todd-Smith
    • Runtime: 13min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • I’m Sorry For Your Loss

    When offered the chance to study abroad, Charlie must face an impossible choice: follow his dreams or stay and care for the grandfather who needs him.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Stephen Di Gravio
    • Writer: Stephen Di Gravio
    • Producer: Jem Bowen, Stephen Di Gravio, Danaë Grieef
    • Runtime: 13min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • Boy On Fire

    Noah has a secret. But when he falls for his boss’s daughter, the longer he keeps it hidden, the more dangerous it becomes.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Alies Sluiter
    • Writer: Alies Sluiter
    • Producer: William Littleton
    • Runtime: 16min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • Packed Away

    Em and her father need to pack away her mothers belongings after her passing. A fairly simple act, but a difficult one. And her father really seems to be coping well. Or is he?…
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Michala Banas, Finegan Sampson
    • Writer: Michala Banas
    • Producer: Max Kearsley, Tess Adams
    • Runtime: 16min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • Buttercream

    Rose, a young Maltese-Australian woman, inherits her Nanna Marija’s cupcake business when Marija passes away. In order to cope with the loss, Rose takes on far more than the recipes her Nanna left behind. Assuming Marija’s identity, Rose avoids grief by escaping into a magical 1960s dreamscape.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Lauren Bennett, Ruby Busuttil
    • Writer: Ruby Busuttil
    • Producer: Lauren Bennett, Ruby Busuttil, Nick Barraclough
    • Runtime: 17min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • Laterz

    An aspiring Melbourne rapper and her two best friends want to get her track on the radio and secure the clout that comes with the airtime. Over one afternoon in the suburbs, their dreams start to collide with reality.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Chelsea Ingram
    • Writer: Chelsea Ingram, Nora Alalou
    • Producer: Nora Alalou
    • Runtime: 11min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia
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