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Best Of International 5 – 2017

The 5th 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: Thu 12 Jan, 4.30pm | Duration: 118 min | Classification: under 15 yrs to be w/adult

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  • Mr. Madila

    Mr. Madila documents a series of conversations between the filmmaker and a gifted spiritual healer, exploring the inner mind, the universe, and the nature of reality itself.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Rory Waudby-Tolley
    • Writer: Rory Waudby-Tolley
    • Producer: Rory Waudby-Tolley
    • Runtime: 9 min
    • Year: 2015
    • Country: United Kingdom

  • Mutants

    In the summer of 1996, life throws a curveball in the face of Keven Guénette. And it strikes.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Alexandre Dostie
    • Writer: Alexandre Dostie
    • Producer: Hany Ouichou, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
    • Runtime: 16 min
    • Year: 2016
    • Country: Canada

  • Silent Nights

    While volunteering at a shelter in Copenhagen, Inger falls in love with illegal immigrant Kwame. Inger and Kwame are happy for a while, until Kwame’s phone reveals a hidden secret about his life.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Aske Bang
    • Writer: Aske Bang, Ib Kastrup
    • Producer: Kim Magnusson, Tivi Magnusson
    • Runtime: 30 min
    • Year: 2015
    • Country: Denmark, Ghana

  • Die Brucke Über Den Fluss (The Bridge Over the River)

    A man on a bridge, separated from the love of his life. Wanting to be with her one last time, he decides to go and seek her in the hereafter.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Jadwiga Kowalska
    • Writer: Jadwiga Kowalska
    • Producer: Jadwiga Kowalska
    • Runtime: 6 min
    • Year: 2016
    • Country: Switzerland

  • Il Silenzio (The Silence)

    Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees in Italy. On their visit to the doctor, Fatma has to translate what the doctor tells her mother, but she keeps silent.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi
    • Writer: Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi
    • Producer: Giovanni Antonelli, Olivier Chantriaux
    • Runtime: 15 min
    • Year: 2016
    • Country: Italy, France

  • Home

    Thousands of men, women and children struggle to get into Europe as a comfortable English family leaves on what appears to be a holiday.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Daniel Mulloy
    • Writer: Daniel Mulloy
    • Producer: Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Chris Watling, Tim Nash, Scott O'Donnell
    • Runtime: 20 min
    • Year: 2016
    • Country: Kosovo, United Kingdom

  • Forandring Fryder (Ready to Assemble)

    On the look for a new table at IKEA, Rune and Pernille’s relationship meets bigger ordeals than they ever would have imagined. Is this really how a relationship works, or are they the subjects of a conspiracy?
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Astrid Thorvaldsen, Erik Paulsen
    • Writer: Astrid Thorvaldsen, Erik Paulsen
    • Producer: Paul Hensrud, Gine Moen Kirkholt
    • Runtime: 22 min
    • Year: 2016
    • Country: Norway
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