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A self-portrait from an 18-year-old filmmaker and student that uses cloning.

A film detailing an excerpt from the life of an adolescent on an Australian farm, following his solitude, his devotion to poetry and his broken relationship with his family.

A teen, struggling to find her place, finds comfort and strength from a fictional TV show hero.

A conman named Bill Spender is coerced into investing 100k in a failing pizza enterprise, and makes millions the second before the company shuts down for good. With newfound money he never wanted, he is plunged into the infamous world of the rich, and with his crew of equally incompetent stockbrokers he must learn to survive the world of wolves.

Two young adults tasked with protecting the world take a moment to discuss how much their lives have changed.

A creative figure must reckon with others more powerful than them and forces beyond their control. Intended as a depiction of the tension between machines and man, the natural and the unnatural, especially in relation to art and sociality.

Adapted from Dion Boucicault’s classic 1874 play, the story follows an unjustly exiled Irish patriot and the clever vagabond, Conn, who engineers his escape from a penal colony.

A young girl living in poverty finds freedom within her imagination.

A man living in solitary seeks emotional refuge in the organising and documenting of family moments using low-grade impersonators. When his fake sister becomes inspired to follow his method, their relationship struggles between the forged and genuine.

Jonah dreams of being able to fly away from his life in the housing commission. But after an encounter at the local skate park, he finds his wings in an unexpected way.

A young firebrand Aboriginal man is forced to confront his spirituality when he is beaten by the police.

In the lead up to the first ever Australian superhero audition, a documentary crew spend a week with South Australia's premiere crime-fighting team, the Justice Squad.

A drama that chronicles travelers passing through a remote service station located in the Australian Wheat Belt.

When infamous conservative media outlet The Daily Larrikin becomes the target of a federal investigation into discriminatory hiring practices, producers Jack and Tom scramble to come up with a way out of the inevitable company-sinking legal trouble. Their solution: bring on a token diversity hire as a do-nothing assistant to their volatile star commentator Roy Ruebens, functionally killing two birds with one stone. The best they can manage is another white guy who happens to be gay; but the new twink on the job quickly ignites a powder keg of internal politics, on-air blunders and viral PR disaster, turning a legal problem into a full blown crisis for the entire company.

A grieving woman moves through a churchyard at night and attracts the attention of one of the stone guardians of the church.

Two friends, Matthew and Josh are tasked with surviving a nuclear bomb.

After the recent death of his brother Charlie, Marcus blames himself for the tragedy, causing him to experience recurring visions of Charlie.

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At a Jewish school camp in 2006, repressed teenager Tali finds a porn magazine hidden in a classmate’s prayer book and steals it. Between the pages and behind the closed doors of the girls’ cabin, she begins to question her sexuality. When her friends return to the cabin later that night, the conversation turns to hook-ups with boys; and, amid simmering tensions, the magazine is uncovered. Seeking refuge in the bathroom, Tali is chanced upon by her friend Mim, who has just had an unsatisfying encounter with a boy named Josh. After the two girls share an unexpected moment of intimacy, Tali’s thoughts are torn between Mim and Josh, and she decides to take action.

A driver who works for criminals begins to question his life when he’s hired to deliver a man to his execution.

Two fruit bandits run a scam: one steals fruit from backyards, the other sells it back to the owners. However the morality of their actions catches up with them.

This gritty crime drama follows the story of 16-year-old Tee Samuelu, whose life spins out of control after a late-night drive with an older mate ends in armed robbery and murder.

In a world lost to destruction, one young woman and her faceless follower travel across deserted train tracks. But what will happen once they reach the end of the line?

A short film about high-functioning depression. The film follows Kara through her day as she hangs out with her friends and studies. Kara takes pride in her appearance and hides behind her mask of popularity and her persona of perfection. Throughout her day, her mask slips and cracks until a private breakdown sends her over the edge.

A street performer who never says a word begins to change lives with his very special act in this tale exploring what it means to be human.

On Christmas day, Nico (Max Bourke) discovers he's in a sandwich-initiated time loop - to what extremes will he take this new opportunity?

A young girl clings to the virtual safe haven inside of her computer screen; in an attempt to connect with her sister, she escapes the realities of the troubled household she must face without her.

1892, New South Wales, Australia. Lucinda, a young lady from an honourable family, is about to run away to escape the arranged marriage that her parents want her to enter into. She tracks down her best friend Marion in a field, an hour before her train leaves, to try and convince her to come along.

Marie and Gus hang out, ride bikes, eat banh mi and get day-drunk as an ominous event encroaches. Are they oblivious to the horrors of the world? Or alive to them? Shot on 16mm in a host of familiar locales, Flide finds two people seeking to find moments of levity, spontaneity and connection in a time of end-of-days despair.

A psychological drama short film about female rage, friendship and catharsis, AFL newcomer Alyssa gets roped into playing a secret AFL match with no rules where she discovers her inner desire for violence.

Xavier, a man living with Bipolar disorder, wakes with a goading presence in his room, soon joined by a more supportive character. As these two presences battle, he must rise above the bickering and ready himself for the day.

Alone considers the struggle for identity as a battle between the way in which others see us and the terms by which we choose to define ourselves.

A young Japanese boy searches for a mysterious vending machine after the passing of his parents.

Zac has just moved away from home and during a party he loses his housewarming gift from his mother, a bonsai tree. With his mother coming for a visit, Zac must enlist the help of his friends to find the tree and prove himself to her.

The curiosity of a schoolgirl leads her to skip a day at school to observe a classmate as she wanders through the city.

A twelve-year-old boy is forced to leave the female refuge where he lives with his mother. On his way to school he encounters a strange man and tries to find a connection

A father and his seven-year-old son, who is chronically ill, go tracking into the heart of a forest in search of a magical healing bird.

A high-concept drama/scifi about a Jewish boy who must decide whether to 'cure' his homosexuality with an injection or be ostracised from his community forever.

A teen gets roped into one final heist job before leaving with his younger brother.

Mahtab, an Iranian immigrant, clings to the illusion of reclaiming her lost life as she sells her belongings to bring over an online lover she’s never met. As he manipulates her for money, her daughter tries to warn her—but will she see the truth before it’s too late?

A young man goes through a breakup and experiences the 5 stages of grief

Tell Me You Care is a film about the misrepresentation of teenaged male mental health issues. The story follows two friends, David and Charlie. In the film Charlie feels like an outsider in every aspect of his life and his best friend David refuses to notice the signs of mental health issues which, in climax of the film results in Charlie taking his own life.

It's 1972 and 'It's Time', but not it seems for Violet who is caught in the limbo world of adolescence in a small costal town. Director Graeme Wood's exceptional cinematic rendering of a place, a time and the hard-edged desperation of teen trouble is a tough tour de force of short filmmaking.

A frustrated TV writer wishes to lose his job, so he pitches the worst idea he can.

The Brown Bear of Norway

A young woman promises to take her suicidal best friend to an alternative retreat but when their volatile mutual friend joins the trip, an unexpected detour to a local commune forces all three to confront some painful truths.

After an inspiring dream, a young man becomes obsessed with a brilliant idea. He dedicates his life to the idea, a decision that could prove costly in the future.

Over the course of one tumultuous evening, blue-collar worker, Noah, and the daughter of his boss, Bella, struggle to reconcile their class differences and salvage their once blossoming relationship.

August gives her insight on why she chose to transition and what she hopes for the future.

Much to the devastation of his parents, a baby is born with a lung tumour. This is his moving tale of survival.

An aspiring filmmaker and his procrasinated and precise journey of creating a movie for a film competition.

An alienated and angry police officer, desperate for money receives a lead on an out of town heroin dealer. He then takes it upon himself to get what he wants.

A worker and an ambient artist, stuck in loops of work, creation and isolation, have two strained social encounters in a city of encroaching darkness.

A short film about trying.

Earth. 2038. ISOLIS are working to create the perfect artificial intelligence so humans will never have to work again.

Isolated and maligned by her peers, a woodworker crafts a more assured self-image. Singular in focus and with a restrained, refined aesthetic, Craftsman is an engrossing exploration of cultural identity, agency and empowerment.

A lonely mother reunites with her daughter when she returns home to celebrate Chinese New Year

Narrowly escaping a heist on Renn Cybernetics, Millie, a determined hacker, is the sole carrier of information exposing their shadowy and illegal activities. She crosses paths with David, a naive cop, forcing him to reckon with the broken and corrupt system he claims to love.

A first-generation migrant nurse is going through a journey of self-introspection. Once, she believed that with an authoritarian nature, she could keep her family close and united. In her quest to keep them close, she inadvertently ends up creating rifts. Now, she realizes that this is not only impacting her family but also affecting her personal health.