Best Of Documentary Shorts 2 – 2022
The 2nd of two programmes featuring the best of International & Australian Documentary short films in competition.
International & Australian filmmakers battle it out for the prestigious Academy® qualifying award for Best Documentary Short Film.
Screening: Sun 23 Jan, 6.30pm | Runtime: 112 min | Classification: under 15 yrs to be w/adult
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Love Dad
She finds letters full of love her dad wrote her 15 years ago. Now she fights to get that love back.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2021
- Country: Czech Republic
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Nsenene
Masaka’s grasshopper catchers light up the sky in this poetic portrayal of a Ugandan tradition.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2021
- Country: United Kingdom
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When The Swallows Fly Away
In a small rural village, a young boy befriends Fernand and Andrée, a farmer couple who, at 80 years old, find themselves at trouble feeding their remaining livestock.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 19min
- Year: 2021
- Country: Belgium
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Freedom Swimmer
The story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong that parallels his granddaughter’s own quest for a new freedom.
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2021
- Country: Australia, France, UK, Hong Kong
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Into Light
Sheona McDonald’s documentary captures a season of change as a mother and child navigate the complexities of gender identity together.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 19min
- Year: 2021
- Country: Canada
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Venetian Men
Two 15 year old girls leave South London in 1994 and find their teenage gaze in Venice, in a promise that is never fulfilled. This is a love letter to teenage girls; to the ones we were and all the ones to come.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2021
- Country: United Kingdom
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Nothing To Declare
Keith Byrne (10) and Noel Murray (13) from Darndale had run away before, but evading the authorities in three countries was a first – even for them!
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 30min
- Year: 2021
- Country: Ireland