• G’day!

    85 minutes |

Documentary, fictional and animated narratives provide a survey of contemporary cinema from this multifaceted, sunburned country.

Short Films

Joy Boy

Jonny is a young man caught between his conservative family, an evangelical church and his emergent sexuality.

Long Distance

A young Indian woman living in Australia gets a call from her mum back home.

The Lost Sound

Inspired by the poem “On Ç” by Hiromi Itō, a woman looks at the matrilineal inheritance of linguistic tones in her family, mourning the parts of languages that become extinct through semantic evolution.

Rare Birds

A young woman struggling to cope with the trauma of a sexual assault finds freedom in an unlikely connection.

Ritual

When the eldest daughter of a strict Christian family disappears from their remote farm, the local cop sent to investigate is disturbed by what he uncovers.

Smile

A look at the nature of individuality, diversity and the positive impact of Flash Hub, a community-based photography project in Sydney’s Inner West provides professional quality portraits to locals for free.

Snare

A father. A son. A dream to drum.

Tomgirl

A young Filipino boy in western Sydney gets an enchanting crash course in his homeland culture when his uncle reveals himself to be a cross-dresser in the “Bakla” tradition.

film details

Running Time: 85 minutes

2019 ShortFest Archive