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Best Of International 2 – 2018

The 2nd of five programmes featuring the Best of International short films in competition.

Be uplifted, inspired and moved by the next generation of the world’s most talented filmmakers in competition for two Academy accredited awards; Best Short Drama & Best Short Animation.

Screening: Sun 14 Jan, 6.30pm | Duration: 105 min | Classification: under 15 yrs to be w/adult

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  • The Cannonball Woman

    Madeleine the Human Cannonball and her husband are carnies. Their lives, like their show, seem to be perfectly under control.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

  • Calamity

    France meets her son’s girlfriend for the first time. She loses control…
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

  • Témoins (Witnesses)

    Stéphane, a freelance war photographer, is covering the Syrian conflict. She follows the daily existence of a young couple: Farah, a schoolteacher, and Omar, a doctor.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

  • DeKalb Elementary

    Inspired by an actual 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.
    NSW PREMIERE

  • Viola, Franca

    Sicily, 1965. 17 year old Franca attracts the attention of young made-man Filippo Melodia. When Franca rejects him, Filippo resorts to violence, kidnapping and raping her.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

  • Bonboné

    A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

  • Fern

    A woman loses her husband, and finds a potted plant.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE