1. SHORT FILM: MISCONNECT - Drama (12 mins) USA/AUS - World Premiere ...
Aloura Charles (director)
Aloura Charles & Darryl Thoms (Producers)
A misdialed phone call connects Mei, an older Chinese woman with Will, a boy in Sydney. Each is isolated and trapped in different ways, and somehow the two form a bond, helping each other in a way that no one else can.
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2. SHORT FILM: THE DEBT COLLECTOR - Drama (12 mins) DENMARK - Australian Premiere ...
Renee Rutgrink (Director / Writer)
Karen Hoj Andrup (Producer)
Sometimes we’re stuck. We don’t know why or how we can get out. Like Daniel, stuck in the monotony of a credit call centre job. But Daniel can perhaps break the cycle through the passionate dance of tango which opens his eyes to the power of the present moment and connection.
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3. SHORT FILM: A SPRINGTIME MELODY - Drama (9.43 mins) SWEDEN - Australian Premiere ...
Aase Hogfeldt (Producer/Director/Writer)
Andra Lasmanis (DOP)
Lena Runge (Editor)
It’s spring, you are young and attractive with a lot to live for … then you’re diagnosed with a life threatening condition. A young woman becomes immersed in philosophic reflection when she contemplates her situation.
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4. SHORT FILM: THE REASON I COLLECT - Award Winning Animation (3.30 mins) - UK ...
Emma Curtis (Director)
A quirky, axilated, visual insight into Paul, a hoarder, artist and collector of stuff. A feast of colour and motion.
Winner at Melbourne International Film Festival, Audience Choice, winner at London International Animation Festival, Audience Choice.
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5. SHORT FILM: STORM - Drama (13 mins) - World Premiere - UK ...
Daniela Bagnoli (Producer)
Joan Beveridge (Director/Writer)
Set in a beautiful but isolated cottage on the Cornish coast. Love takes many forms and the consequence of jealousy and passion can be destructive. A daughter’s unexpected visit to her estranged mother triggers an emotional storm leading to sudden and explosive violence.
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6. SHORT FILM: SORRY GIRL - Comedy (10.46 mins) Canada - World Premiere ...
Smita Acharyya (Director / Writer)
Producers (Rita Acharyya & Smita Acharyya)
Canadian Director, Melody Marchand, , who like most Canadians, says sorry for just about everything discovers saying “sorry” is a shockingly hard habit to break. SORRY GIRL, aka Melody Marchand, has taken saying “sorry” to a whole new level. Her boyfriend, Aaron, hits on a shocking solution to cure Melody but no one anticipates the quick results or the nasty side effects of his remedy. After all, what do you do with a woman who is hell bent on never saying sorry again?
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7. SHORT FILM: OPEN YOUR EYES - Drama (13.53 mins) USA - Australian Premiere ...
Alisa Wiegers, Amy Sommer, David Newsom (Producers)
Susan Cohen (Director / Writer)
Struggling to come to terms with her life and marriage after breast cancer, Julia gets more than she bargained for when she attends a bridal shower and finds herself locked in a bathroom with a stranger. OPEN YOUR EYES is a poignant and humorous look at our complex relationship with breasts, each other and what it really means to be whole.
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