Best Of International Shorts 2 – 2024
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® qualifying awards; Best Short Live Action & Best Short Animation.
Screening: Sun 21 Jan, 1.30pm | Runtime: 127 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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The Lost Courier
It may have gone through some incredible things before the courier reached us. The film is inspired by the author’s real experience of losing a courier. Made using stop-motion animation techniques.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 3min
- Year: 2022
- Country: China
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Mud Queen
A remote farmhouse in rural north country Dublin, Ireland. The early 1990’s. Sensitive, artistic Ryan, his 6-year-old sister Katie, and his larger-than-life mother, Sue, are preparing to throw a wild and glamorous birthday party for Ryan’s 12th birthday. But is Mum’s behaviour just a normal part of the festivities? Or a sign of trouble to come? As the night wears on, Ryan must try to keep everything under control – and keep reality and the outside world at bay. Even for just one more night. A colourful, energetic film about the messiness of love and the complicated relationships between sons and mothers.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 18min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Ireland
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Mothers & Monsters
For a very special celebration, a host-mother has gathered mothers and their perfect children for a great banquet. Orchestrated by the host-mother, the banquet is suddenly disrupted by strange disturbances. What is hiding behind the scenes of this perfect ideal world? Mothers and Monsters is a surrealist satire about modern-day maternity and the ideal of the family at a time where capitalism has reached its apex.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Canada
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As It Was
Lera has been living in Berlin for almost a year since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. One day she decides to go back to Kyiv. On her way, she finds out that her family is not in Kyiv and will arrive only the next day. She meets her friend Kyrylo, with whom she spends the day.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Poland
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The Day Of
Jennifer Lafleur and David Sullivan star in this heart-wrenching portrait of a mother’s worst nightmare coming to life when she receives a devastating call from her daughter.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 18min
- Year: 2023
- Country: United States
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The Shadow Of Dawn
An incorporeal Shadow takes up a dangerous adventure through a mystical forest, fancy castle and dream world to save her frivolous owner from a cursed Beast.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Estonia
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The One Note Man
A lonely bassoonist lives his life meticulously, mired in routine. Each day, he plays a single note in an orchestra and leaves the stage while the rest continue. One day, his exit is accidentally delayed and he hears a breathtaking violin solo, which changes his life forever. A Christmas love story.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 21min
- Year: 2023
- Country: United Kingdom
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The Film Might Be White
A final feedback meeting is being held before the release of an art school’s new commercial. Everyone is happy, but then a thought arises as to whether the commercial can be perceived as too white. The meeting suddenly escalates into a debate about how it happened, if it can be solved, and above all – whose fault it is.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Sweden
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Linda
Linda gets a job in a post office, but her tall tales soon raise suspicions.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2023
- Country: United Kingdom