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A meditation on the relationship between time and fate, and what comes to make up a life, as told through a stray dog with a magnetism towards train travel.

Short animation by Wendy Chandler.

A lone outlaw finds shelter in a seemingly empty saloon.

A little girl has an adventure with a spirited boy from the sky in a place beyond gravity where magic rules.

A short film that compiles the three SBS Station IDs, created by Anthony Lucas. They take place in his universe of The Shadowlands.

Stained Glass is a retelling of the Stations of the Cross motivated by the manipulation and expression of light. The Stations are as follows: 1. Jesus is condemned to death 2. Jesus takes up his Cross 3. Jesus falls the first time 4. Jesus meets his mother 5. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross 6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus 7. Jesus falls for the second time 8. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem 9. Jesus falls for the third time 10. Jesus is stripped of his garments 11. Jesus is nailed to the Cross 12. Jesus dies on the Cross 13. Jesus is taken down from the Cross 14. Jesus is laid in the tomb

Geenie Reenie and Dozen check some emails on the computer at home. A click there, a click there… what could possibly go wrong!

A silhouette world of gothic horror, of spindly figures dwarfed by bleak landscapes and Jules Verne machines.

A tiny dinosaur dreams she is a scary big dinosaur. When danger strikes, she learns it’s what’s on the inside that counts. Literally.

Blockhead and Sparkles are the dream team - Blockhead loves to bake, Sparkles loves to decorate - and together they create the most beautiful and delicious cakes in the village. But when their friendship hits a rift and Sparkles walks out, Blockhead must harness all their courage to find Sparkles, fix their friendship and together they must work to save everything they love from drowning in the Prince's flood of tears.

During a girl’s night clubbing with her best friend Fiona, Viv spots her ex, Remy. Determined to keep the night going, Fiona helps score Viv a hot new babe to move on.

Depiction of the ugly side of Australian life.

Produced during a year-long residency in New York, Neo Geo is a vivid portrayal of the contemporary American cultural landscape.

What if you woke up one morning and your neighbourhood had been overrun by baboons? Would you go Bananas?

Jasper is wild little girl who doesn’t come home when she’s supposed to and prefers a big sky over her head rather than a screen in front of her face. She doesn’t care what people think she should do or be. She just wants to fly - and she isn’t going to give up until she does. Jasper explores the idea that the dream of flight completely transcends gender.

I'm Not Your Heroine examines pain, loss, addiction, and the space in which they intertwine. It is the story of a mother who is helpless to alleviate the pain of her son, who turns to drugs after his father-figure commits suicide.

Woven Threads is dedicated to telling stories through which our shared humanity compels us to recognize and, perhaps, identify with the universality of the refugee experience.

'Who I Am' follows a transgender teen who is also autistic. Research shows that people who are neurodivergent are more likely to be trans or gender diverse, but little is known about why. The story is told through observational moments, intimate reflections from the whole family, and Aether’s own original animated characters, The Fallens, coming to life.

Two young men have to battle monsters, freaks and many other horrors inside a building to rescue their friend from the evil Pirate Baby.

When you were a kid, adult television was a mystery. What strange, scary, unfathomable shows could be airing past your bedtime? But now you’re an adult, and television isn’t what you thought it would be. But what if it was? The feeling of a pillow nest and a hot drink. The feeling that the night might continue forever if you never went to sleep.

A film that explores the relationship between man and technology...told from the perspective of a phone.

What is the true call of the wild? Here we travel down a very special river and are introduced to a wide variety of the animal kingdom who all contribute their name for the sake of music

The master Hitman "Red" is informed of a lucrative bounty that he cannot miss. But after suffering a fatal injury, he will need to adapt to complete the mission.

A bored tollbooth operator does the night shift in the middle of nowhere.

Granny Queer and her voluptuous girlfriend Sharlene are enjoying a nice wee Saturday morning lie-in when Granny sees that Sharlene's bloomers have gone missing from the line. Granny suspects their mysterious new neighbour Mr. Wit has something to do with it, and she's determined to get to the bottom of the matter.

As a man dies, his mind drifts back to the evenings of his childhood.

Archibald is a creature to whom nothing ever happens, until the arrival of a mysterious circle.

Drama descends upon two tennis-obsessed women as the tension moves from off the court and into the café.

Three boys must escape scary skull

A warrior and his thankless master explore a mystical forest in search of their next meal and find themselves faced with a mysterious caged creature and the hostile forces that guard it.

The intersex narrator of this animation talks about his changing experiences of his body.

Mixed media animated short

In a highly anticipated fight, the sheriff goes up against the king of the streets. Who will win?

Unaware of the strings of suffering that manipulate her world, a young girl seeks to understand why her mother is the way she is.

An RMIT graduate short film by Andrew Onorato

An animated satire on television violence, set in a world where the skeletal Don Death runs a popular variety show called “Dance of Death”.

An enchanting endriftment through a floating galaxy of the imagination.

A girl who always found comfort in tomorrow.

Tacoville has lost its spiciness, nothing is hot anymore. The 3 Burritos are on the mission to save the town and to get back the spiciness once and for all.

Boxhead & Roundhead are going to Africa to see Animals.

Mommy and Daddy have a problem

A short dark animation about loneliness, aliens and sex in public places.

It was always going to happen—one day the chickens were just going to get to the point where they’ve had enough. It’s payback time.

During a family outing to a cinema, a young boy falls asleep. His mind flashes back to an early memory where, as a toddler, his family try to take a photo of him in their backyard. As he drifts in and out of sleep, his memory and the present begin to merge. Dennis Tupicoff's 2017 short film premiered at the prestigious Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The film's combination of hand-drawn animation with live action clips of the 1950 Film Noir D.O.A,, awakeness with sleep, and past with present creates a surreal quality that emanates throughout the film.

Court Jester Beatrix has fallen madly in love with her sweet Princess Aria. On the Queen's Jubilee, she has to have her, but how far will she go for love?

During an attempted rescue of their friends who have been taken into the forbidden, enchanted forest by a bad troll, the siblings, Hansel and Gretel, are assisted by friendly animals and a family of good trolls, only to be left on their own in the dark forest. They spy a gingerbread and candy house and are captured by the wicked witch.

This bone-chilling minimalistic animation film (made with black, white and red colors only) is voiced by the director herself, the Australian illustrator Anita Lester, whose grand-aunt had lost her entire family in Nazi camps and has then gone mad. Her confused, distorted, extrapolated memories full of despair and horror, of mysterious interiors and someone’s eyes, became the foundation of this impressive conceptual short film.

A person in a fishing boat looks deep into the reflective water around them.

Two boys grow agitated with their videogame.

In this animated tale of awakening, a woman explores the anxious landscape of sexuality and desire. With the help of her mischievous alter ego, she searches for the animal within. Over three years in the making, its mutable clay characters negotiate an eerie Australasian landscape (created with multi-plane paint-on-glass sets), inhabited only by strange birds and roving creatures of the night. Feline investigates the possibilities for changing oneself in a world where physicality and identity are fluid. It is a tale of denial, sexual awakening, and self acceptance.

Geenie Reenie and Dozen order some food. If only life were that simple – or understandable.

Good Grief is a short stop motion animated documentary that explores the lessons we learn from dealing with grief and loss. Five real people share their true stories of losing something precious and what it has taught them about living.

An exploration of Sansara, chasing the phantoms of our own wild desire and the fickle, and at times mundane, repetitive existence and plight of our particular sentient species.

Untitled is a collage film that combines the image and sound of Takashi Makino, the music of Lawrence English and the automatic writing text of Esperanza Collado, produced between March and June 2020, when the first attack of the coronavirus shook the world.

Come aboard transport ship CF 80622 en route to Earth 2.0 and witness one maintenance robot's attempt to evade loneliness.

Nate is a guy who just wants to hang out with his friend Steve. Steve, however, is a flesh eating zombie who just wants to attack everyone close to Nate. Nate receives a parking ticket and he relies on Steve to resolve the situation.

By using plants, mud and salt in conjunction with alternative photochemistry, images are 'grown' on motion picture film. What at first glance is perceived as abstract turns out to be a concrete precipitation from phenomena that surround us in everyday life. The 'aliveness' of the images is underlined by Andrea Szigetvári's evocative sound-design.

Michael Leunig: Cartoonist, poet, philosopher - humorist of the soul. No-one looks at the world quite like whimsical Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig. His poignant, often controversial cartoons never fail to touch a cord. Now, his folk art comes to life via the magic of DVD.

A mad scientist, a techno-nerd and a deadly computer virus form an ultra vivid hyper-reali­ty in this computer generated comic strip.

At the end of the Crusades, Robin Hood and his men have completed their forays and have separated leaving the shelter of Sherwood. But the Sheriff of Nottingham has run away with the valuable King's crown, encrusted with precious stones. The Sheriff, with the help of the Vikings, wants to overthrow the King and began a battle against him. Something that Robin and his men can not afford.