Best Of International Shorts 4 – 2025
The 4th 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: Tue 21 Jan, 6.30pm | Runtime: 123 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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Zarko, You Will Spoil The Child!
The film recounts the memories of a childhood in Split in the 1980s. These are stories retold after Sunday lunch when everyone is in a good mood, stories filled with emotions we can easily relate to. But above all, the film is a moving tribute to the love of a grandpa and grandma who did their best to keep their granddaughter smiling.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Croatia
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The Cockroach
After a body altering accident, a woman must find a way forward in her new reality.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 20min
- Year: 2024
- Country: United States
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Me And Dad
A boy struggles in his attempts to bond with his oblivious father at a bar. All efforts are ignored. The barman is the boy’s only soft ear. He empties everything in one final push to break dad.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View Trailer- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Ireland
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Red Sky At Night
Val is a century old vampire, but in human terms, she can barely pass for twenty. After what feels like an eternity spent at her family home in the northern reaches of the UK, she’s now ready to embark on a new chapter at university. However, the long trip down south soon turns frosty as grieving mother Vera struggles to come to terms with her little girl flying the nest.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 19min
- Year: 2024
- Country: United Kingdom
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On The Way
Father and son are on their way to the airport to pick up a gift sent from abroad by the boy’s godfather. Amid bureaucratic hurdles, with little or no hope for real political and social changes in the country, they find comfort and strength in their shared optimism for the future.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Kosovo
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Rhubarb Rhubarb
In the legendary Yorkshire Rhubarb Triangle, Jo and her elderly father produce the pink delicacy that made the region world-famous a century ago. Harvesting by candlelight like their ancestors before them, they could not prepare for the danger looming in the dark.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2025
- Country: United Kingdom
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Hearts Of Stone
In a sculpture park in the heart of a bustling metropolis, Paula, a lonely street artist, entertains people as a living statue. She longs with an impossible love of Agatha, a stone sculpture next to her regular spot. When a festival for living statues arrives in the park, Paula is dismayed to find that Agatha has been replaced by a new, modern sculpture. After a frantic search, she finds Agatha in a group of discarded statues, ready to be taken away. Almost as a farewell, she kisses the object of her affection. Later, at the festival’s closing party, Paula meets Agatha in the flesh.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 30min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Belgium