Best Of Melbourne Shorts 2021 – Tour

This highlights programme is a curated selection of shorts from Victorian filmmakers selected for screening at Flickerfest 2021 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

View: Best of Melbourne Shorts promo sizzle reel
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Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 110min | Classification: under 15 years to be w/adult

Dog Date Afternoon

To date the girl of his dreams, a germaphobe must win over the most important loved one in her life… her dog. But he’ll soon learn that man’s best friend can become man’s worst enemy.
- Director: Lachlan Ryan
- Writer: Lachlan Ryan
- Producer: Lachlan Ryan
- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
Hannah & The Friend Zone

Recently broken up, Hannah and Bree navigate the tricky move to the friend zone.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Holly Hargreaves
- Writer: Holly Hargreaves
- Producer: Holly Hargreaves
- Runtime: 4min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
Objects Of My Disaffection

After splitting up with her partner, a young mother externalizes her feelings of loss and resentment through the family’s possessions.
NSW PREMIERE
- Director: Sarah-Jane Woulahan
- Writer: Sarah-Jane Woulahan
- Producer: Sarah-Jane Woulahan
- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
Tâm

Tâm wakes up in a strange hotel room. As she pieces together the night before, she realizes she is not alone.
NSW PREMIERE
- Director: Noora Niasari
- Writer: Noora Niasari
- Producer: Marta Jelec, Noora Nirasari
- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
Painting By Numbers

A child’s encounter with classic masterpieces triggers a confronting epiphany.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Radheya Jegatheva
- Writer: Radheya Jegatheva
- Producer: Matt Hearn, Jay Jay Jegathesan
- Runtime: 4min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
Pugs Before Drugs

To impress a childhood rival, scruffy loser Leo steals the cremated remains of his Grandma’s beloved pet pug, and attempts to sell them off as crystal meth.
- Director: Alex Lowes
- Writer: Alex Lowes
- Producer: Alex Lowes, Callum Borthwick
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
Ecdysis

In a small rural town, a beaten middle-aged woman reaches breaking point as her cruel, con-artist husband attempts to corrupt a rookie police officer.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Director: Roscoe Portelli, William Stanforth
- Writer: William Stanforth
- Producer: Roscoe Portelli, William Stanforth, William Ewing
- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
The Test

Hoping to take the next big step in their life together, two women await the results of a test that could not only put an end to their plans, but perhaps even their relationship.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Director: Jessica Smith
- Writer: Jessica Smith
- Producer: January Jones, Jessica Smith
- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
The Familiars

When a skeptical teenage girl inherits a mysterious heirloom, she must decide whether to use it to protect herself from her destructive Mother.
NSW PREMIERE
- Director: Millicent Malcom
- Writer: Octavia B. Martin
- Producer: Alexis Talbot-Smith
- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
The Wake

Svetlana, a recent widow struggles to navigate her husband’s funeral and wake as it spirals out of control.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Eddie Diamandi
- Writer: Eddie Diamandi
- Producer: Katerina Mitropoulos, George Rubanov
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
Straight Outta Covid

Two kids post Covid lockdown discuss what matters most…to them!
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Cesar Salmeron
- Writer: Cesar Salmeron
- Producer: Cesar Salmeron
- Runtime: 3min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia