Lights, Camera, Donate – 2025
Join us for the inaugural screening of the Lights, Camera, Donate! film-competition in partnership with Flickerfest, screening the country’s best films about organ donation. Run by the NSW Organ and Tissue Donation Service. Our award winners will be announced at the festival, as decided by star judging panel Brenna Harding (Puberty Blues, Black Mirror), Roy Weiland (award winning filmmaker), and Brooke Huuskes (FilmLife winner 2013 – Somebody That I’ll Never Know).
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Screening: Sat 25 Jan,11.30am | Runtime: 90 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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Heart
A woman wakes up on a boat to the afterlife. She reminisces about her daughter as she comes to terms with her situation.
- Runtime: 3min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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The Heart Of The Forest
A young tree goes in search of a heart.
- Runtime: 3min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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The Talk
The Talk follows Bailey Hearder’s decision to become an organ donor and her attempt to initiate a talk about her wishes with her mother, Iris Hearder, who mistakenly believes they are about to have a very different kind of ‘talk.
- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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The Iron Lungs
A girl named Jade and her friend Vivian encounter a strange little robot in the woods. The little robot is after their help, And Jade ends up on a journey that has her facing some sights that hit a little close to home.
- Runtime: 6min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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The Gift Of Time
Based on the directors own story of heart transplant in the family. A young girl is in desperate need of a transplant. Her time is running out. Meanwhile a young boy, who is living life to the full, is unaware that the clock is ticking on his life.
- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Good Neighbour
Phil is in hospital with kidney failure when Jeff, his neighbour, emerges as a potential donor.
- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Beat
When Charlie, a grumpy widower, decides to part with his late wife’s possessions, he meets Leah, a kind and inquisitive woman who he believes to be a prospective buyer.
- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Australia
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Australia’s Greatest Eshay
Aussie David “Dlifer” Miller goes from delinquent to Australia’s Greatest Eshay with one selfless act: he was a registered as an organ and tissue donor and told his family he wanted to be a donor at the end of his life.
- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Australia