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Australian Shorts

2024

Australian Shorts

Celebrating local emerging filmmakers, our Australian Shorts strand highlights innovative and passionate local storytelling.

Runtime

91 Minutes

Classification

Unclassified 15+

Tackling big topics, everyday life and comical scenarios in under 30 minutes is no easy feat – the Australian Shorts filmmakers featured in the 2024 AFF program have done so through innovative filmmaking, fresh perspectives and passionate local storytelling.

Film Credits

Year

2024

Type

Short

Program Strand

Shorts

Genre

Short

Screens With

Cordelia, Daughter of the Sea

Cordelia, Daughter of the Sea

A father delivers a wedding speech to his one and only offspring on her wedding day.

Director

Maddie Grammatopoulos

Country

Australia

Runtime

9 minutes

Rating

All Ages

Jason is My Dad

Jason is My Dad

A middle-aged Uber driver picks up a private school boy who turns out to be on his paper run.

Director

Ashley Zukerman

Country

Australia

Runtime

16 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Luna and The Brain Tuna

Luna and The Brain Tuna

When 8-year-old Luna’s dad tries to tell her he has a brain tumour, her imagination runs wild.

Director

Aaron Lucas

Country

Australia

Runtime

12 minutes

Rating

All Ages

Set Menu

Set Menu

Dining solo, Frances is denied access to the coveted set menu at an exclusive restaurant.

Director

Lindsay McDonald

Country

Australia

Runtime

13 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

The Fix-It Man and The Fix-It Wooman

The Fix-It Man and The Fix-It Wooman

In the ‘bright lights, big city,’ of Alice Springs two soft sculptures are brought together by their shared talent for fixing things.

Director

Nelson Armstrong

Cornelius Ebatarinja

Country

Australia

Runtime

9 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Tough Love

Tough Love

Family trauma and cyclical violence weave their way into a complicated family triangle in Sydney’s inner-west.

Director

Zoë Dubuc

Country

Australia

Runtime

11 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Unspoken

Unspoken

In late 70s Sydney, Croatian born Marina must expose her secret relationship to help her family as an escalating political storm spills into their home.

Director

Damian Walshe-Howling

Country

Australia

Runtime

21 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Purchase Tickets

Saturday 26 Oct 2024

05:00 pm

Australian Shorts

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