Best Of Melbourne Shorts 2020 – Tour

This highlights programme is a curated selection of shorts from Victorian filmmakers selected for screening at Flickerfest 2020 Bondi.

*This programme contains mature themes & is not recommended for children under 15.
Classification: Children under 15yrs must be accompanied by an adult.
*Times & Prices may change, please check with the venue.

Download: Best Of Melbourne Shorts tour programme

Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 113min | Classification: under 15 years to be w/adult

Rebooted

It’s not easy for a movie-star to age, especially when you’re a stop motion animated skeleton monster.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
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- Director: Michael Shanks
- Writer: Michael Shanks
- Producer: Nicholas Colla, Chris Hocking/LateNite Films
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
Bloom

On Junie’s eighteenth birthday, the secret of her late period and potential pregnancy puts her sisterhood and close family ties at risk of breaking apart.
NSW PREMIERE
- Director: Isobelle Amie
- Writer: Isobelle Amie
- Producer: Sarah Clayton
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
Clap

After a long day of being bullied at school, Stephanie begins to think that her stutter wont get any better, until she meets and befriends Delores. WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Sophie O’Connor
- Writer: Sophie O’Connor
- Producer: Sophie O’Connor, Richard Di Gregorio, Carla McConnell
- Runtime: 6min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Australia
Blackwood

A novelist and her teenage son face their own unique challenges over the course of a day, finding recognition and respect difficult to come by in small-town Australia.
NSW PREMIERE
- Director: Kalu Oji
- Writer: Kalu Oji
- Producer: Mimo Mukii
- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Australia
The Grave Of Saint Oran

Narrated by the masterful Neil Gaiman and based on his poem In Relig Odhrain, this is a tempestuous tale of sacrifice and faith.
- Director: Jim Batt
- Writer: Jim Batt
- Producer: Neil Gaiman, Jim Batt, Josie Hess
- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
A Morning Ritual

A desperate man renews himself with a strange ritual.
NSW PREMIERE
- Director: Jack Peddey
- Writer: Jack Peddey
- Producer: Jack Peddey, Alisha Hnatjuk
- Runtime: 3min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
The Widow

Set in Melbourne in 1965, a Sicilian widow fights for her life when members of the local Calabrian Mafia murder her husband and try to seize control of his produce business.
NSW PREMIERE
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- Director: Brendan Young
- Writer: Brendan Young
- Producer: Brendan Young, Catherine McQuade
- Runtime: 29min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Australia
This Perfect Day

Jules, a wayward youth, walks into a music store. This could be the day that changes their life.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
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- Director: Lydia Rui
- Writer: Lydia Rui
- Producer: Olivia Cheung
- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Australia
Cowboy

Kay wants to be a singer. Dee wants to be a rodeo rider. Their two worlds collide.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Thomas Baricevic
- Writer: Thomas Baricevic
- Producer: Jackson Black Films
- Runtime: 11min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
Elders

Two Elders feel their grandson is ready to start learning vitally important lessons that will equip him with the tools to maintain the future survival of his culture.

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- Director: Tony Briggs
- Writer: Tracey Rigney
- Producer: Damienne Pradier
- Runtime: 10min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia