Best Of International Shorts 3 – 2024
The 3rd 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: Mon 22 Jan, 6.30pm | Runtime: 112 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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The Girl With The Red Beret
A girl takes a wild ride on the metro in Montreal. Travelling from station to station, she encounters an array of colourful characters in a bizarre musical journey that’s peppered with hilarious and unexpected incidents. This joyful, heartwarming animated film portrays Montreal in all its vitality, creativity and diversity, with plenty of humour and good cheer, to the tune of Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s timeless hit “Complainte pour Ste-Catherine.”
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 6min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Canada
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Fár
A bird hits a window of a café and disrupts its customers. A woman faces a decision on whether to ignore nature or to react.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 5min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Iceland
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If The Sun Drowned Into An Ocean Of Clouds
Beirut, Lebanon. On the waterfront’s construction site, security agent Raed must prevent passing-by walkers from accessing the seaside. Yet as the horizon becomes each day more stifled by the construction, Raed makes peculiar encounters — mere dreams, or symbols of his desires?
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 20min
- Year: 2023
- Country: France/Lebanon
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Such a Lovely Day
Seen through the eyes of eleven-year-old Sam, we are taken on a journey through the loveliest of days. A glorious, happy family gathering in a perfect English summer garden. There’ll be lunch under the mulberry tree and wine and games and dancing. And then, of course, this being a brilliant party, there’ll be a surprise.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2023
- Country: United Kingdom
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The Masterpiece
Leo and Diana, a rich couple, bring a broken TV to a recycle point. They meet Salif and his son, two scrap dealers. Diana asks them to come to their house to get more objects. Once there, Leo looks at them collecting objects with mistrust, until they see the scrap dealers have something they want.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 20min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Spain
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From Above
Morten looks his daughter in the eyes for the first time in 8 years. After that he decides to get in touch with her again and uses very unconventional and spectacular methods to get her attention and forgiveness.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 19min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Denmark
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Room Taken
Having just arrived in Ireland, Isaac is part of the rapidly growing homeless population. One day, while charging his phone in a coffee shop, he meets Victoria, an elderly blind woman. After forgetting her bag in the cafe, Isaac returns it to her. Once inside her home and in desperate need of a place to stay, Isaac sneaks upstairs and begins to live there, unbeknownst to Victoria. This leads to a series of unknown interactions in which Isaac works to stay hidden from a woman who experiences the world through sound. Eventually, a strange bond develops between the two.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 18min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Ireland
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A Day In The Life Of A Female Frame
While a large painting of a naked woman is being transported from the studio to the exhibition, she seems to fall victim to a harsh and masculine outside world.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Netherlands