1. Lani’s Story - 10 min excerpt
Sydney Premiere (Documentary)
Genevieve Grieves, Director/ Writer
Darren Dale, Producer

Excerpt: This intensely personal documentary follows a woman's experience of two relationships - one she has to escape to survive, the other she cannot survive without. It's a moving and intimate portrait of a young woman's journey from a broken and violent relationship to discovering the redemptive power of love.

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2. Invasion - 15min
(Drama)
Jessica Redenbach, Director/ Writer
Renee Crea, Producer

After Katie survives a brutal home attack, the shocking act of violence ricochets through hers and others worlds. Invasion is the story of an act of deliberate violence and the impact it has on one woman’s body and soul. Starring Katie-Jean Harding (City Homicide, Canal Road).

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3. An Unfinished Romance - 10min
Sydney Premiere (Comedy)
Alison Heather, Director/ Producer
Bonnie Elliott, DOP
Melanie Annan, Editor
Alison Cole, Composer

A romantic comedy about two strangers, two hookers, two paper boats and a whole raft of assumptions.

Stars Zoe Ventoura (Packed to the Rafters, Footloose), Matt Rossner (Wolf Lullaby, Corpus Christi) and Danika Armytage (Death and the Maiden, Persephones Wolf).
http://www.unfinishedromance.com

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4. Nerve Ending - 7min
Sydney Premiere (Experimental/Dance)
Peter Humble, Director
Joanne Fisher, Producer
Michelle Ryan, Writer

“The beauty of dance is found not in a perfect physical form but rather from within." Features dancer Michelle Ryan in an experimental, visually rich exploration of film and dance form, interweaving the beaches of Townsville and an interior life.

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5. Red Water Red - 8min
Sydney Premiere (Drama)
Qing Xie, Director/ Writer
Adam Driver, Producer

Sadomasochism, the spectre of a dead mother and an elaborate and grotesque fantasy all play a part as a young Chinese girl draws her father into a controversial scenario and a forbidden feast.

Winner - Best Film, Film Victoria Award 2008 Winner – Gold Award, ACS Awards 2009.
http://redwaterred.com/RWR-trailer.html

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6. i Contadini e la Notte - 16 min
'The Farmers And The Night' (Documentary)
Emmanuela Prigioni, Director/ Producer/ Writer/DOP/ Editor

A personal journey of the filmmakers return to her ancestral homeland in the Brescia province of Northern Italy. Through her eyes, we discover the disappearance of a 2,000 year old tradition of subsistence farming in a region known as the most industrial part of Italy.

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7. Push Bike - 12min
Drama
Mairi Cameron, Director
Desi Achilleos, Producer
Tracey Walker, Writer

Michelle swims lap after lap after lap at the local pool, trying to escape the humdrum of her domestic life. When her clothes are stolen from the change room one night, she must brave a nude ride home on her old push bike, where something even more thrilling and illicit awaits her in the dark. Starring Karmen Raspovic (Being John Malkovich, Blue Heelers).

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8. Cockroach - 13min
Animation/comedy
Luke Eve, Director
Chris Seeto, Producer
Nicola Daley, DOP
Raen Fraser, Writer
Melanie Annan, Editor

When Charlie is accidentally run over by his own wedding car, he is given another chance at life. Reincarnated as a cockroach he does everything in his power to convince his grieving widow that he has returned.

Award winners Luke Eve, director and Nicola Daley, cinematographer, acclaimed editor, Melanie Annan and writer Raen Fraser create this live action animation black comedy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ7UTuMdia8

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