Australian Shorts - Australian 4
The Australian Shorts program highlights the best in Australian short filmmaking, screening four times throughout the festival
Total Running Time: 86
Session rating: 15+
Show date: Thursday, January 13, 2005
Show time: 6:45 pm
WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE
Running Time: 11
Year: 2003
Format: 35
Country: Australia
WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE
Synopsis:
Three Rituals. Three Figures. Three Modern Day Journey's of Transcendence.
Highly Commended, Dendy Awards, Screened at Sydney Film Festival 04, Public Jury Prize - Lab Competition, Clermont-Ferrand , France 04.
Christopher Seeto
Director/Writer:
Daniel Askill
Contact:
info@collider.com.au
ORANGES
Running Time: 11.5
Year: 2003
Format: 35
Country: Australia
ORANGES
Synopsis:
A chance accident places shy 14 year old Christopher in the care of an older and more daring boy. Together, the two spend a magical afternoon of exploration and self-discovery.
Audience Award, Best Short Film, Melbourne Queer Festival 04, Winner Best Short Film - Children/Youth Category, Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany, 04.
Festivals:
Uppsaala Film Festival, Sweden 04, Sydney International Film Festival 04.
Jonathan Kisch
Contact:
kischlet@hotmail.com
VICTIM
Running Time: 11.5
Year: 2003
Format: 35
Country: Australia
VICTIM
Synopsis:
A young woman struggles for survival and escape from her kidnapper. Weaving a rich tapestry of the victim's fears, both real and imagined.
LA International Short Film Festival 04, Brooklyn International Film Festival, USA 04, Winner - Best New Director, Eat Carpet Award, and Best Composition, St. Kilda Film Festival 04.
Corrie Jones
Producer:
Amy Lou Taylor
Writer:
Nicole Blackman, Corrie Jones
Contact:
amy.lou@swiftdsl.com.au
GABRIEL
Running Time: 10.5
Year: 2004
Format: 35
Country: Australia
GABRIEL
Synopsis:
A young boy's imagination transforms his first experience of death into a miracle.
Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA 04.
Cherie Knott
Producer:
Janine Burchett.
Writer:
Janine Burchett.
Contact:
janineburchett@hotmail.com
BLUE POLES
Running Time: 16
Year: 2004
Format: 35
Country: Australia
BLUE POLES
Synopsis:
Libby, a tired hippie is running from a failed relationship. She hitches a ride with a young farmer on his way to Canberra to see the new Jackson Pollock painting 'Blue Poles'. A story about a woman coming to understand her conflicting desires and responsibilities.
Festivals:
Sydney Film Festival 04, Brisbane International Film Festival 04.
Darcy Yuille
Producer:
Adam Dolman
Writer:
Stewart Klein
Contact:
ruth@aftrs.edu.au
THREE WEEKS IN KOH SAMUI
Running Time: 13
Year: 2003
Format: 35
Country: Australia
THREE WEEKS IN KOH SAMUI
Synopsis:
The early hours of the morning always usher in a dawning.
St Kilda, Melbourne 04, Los Angeles Film Festival 04, Edinburgh Film Festival 04.
Austair Reid
Producer:
Justine Spicer
Writer:
Jaye Kranz
Contact:
jspdns1@bigpond.com
PITY 24
Running Time: 16
Year: 2003
Format: 35mm
Country: Australia
PITY 24
Synopsis:
Pity 24 is a fictional documentary about the spectacular death of a suburban punk. Stash may be dead but his friends won't stop spinning.
Winner of the Australian Writer's Guild Award 04.
Festivals:
LA Shortsfest, USA 04, St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne 04.
Amanda Kerley
Producer:
Sheridan Bott
Writer:
Simmone Howell
Contact:
sheridan@pity24.com
SCOFF
Running Time: 12
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: Australia
SCOFF
Synopsis:
A young station cook with a penchant for sweet things quells one appetite by discovering another.
Best Script, WA Screen Awards 04, SBS Eat Carpet Award, WOW Film Festival 04.
Festivals:
Hampton Film Festival, New York 04, Marco Island Film Festival, Florida 04, High Falls Film Festival, New York 04.
Robyn Marais
Director/Writer:
Renee Webster
Contact:
reneewebster@iprimus.com.au
