Australian Short Film Today
VIEW EVENT DETAILSFeaturing the latest and most exciting short films from Down Under, the annual sold-out program returns with award-winning shorts including: winner of the 2011 Academy Award for Best Animated Short The Lost Thing (Shaun Tan) and winner of the 2011 Sundance Jury Prize for International Short Film Deeper than Yesterday (Ariel Kleiman).
Curated by Susan Talbot. Reception follows.
Co-sponsored by Chris and Francesca Beale, Advance, and American Australian Association.
How to Lose Weight in 60 Seconds
2 mins, claymation
Writer/Director/Producer: Dave Carter
A warped compendium of ways to lose weight – quickly.
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2010: Audience Award
Animation Block Party NY 2010: Best Minute Film
Bad Language
14 mins
Writer/Director/Producer: Viron Papadopoulos
A little bit of Greece survives in the Greek Clubs of suburban Australia – illegal gambling houses that are a cross between a nursing home and a mafia den. Here, if you don’t speak Greek, you’re in trouble…
Sydney Film Festival Dendy Awards 2010: CRC Award for a film about a multicultural perspective
Deeper Than Yesterday
20 mins
Writer/Director: Ariel Kleiman
Film School: VCA
Submariners have been underwater for three months and their humanity is beginning to fracture.
Sundance 2011: International Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking
AFI 2010: Best Screenplay in a Short Film
The Lost Thing
15 mins, animation
Writer: Shaun Tan
Director: Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann
Producer: Sophie Byrne
In a world of rivets and drabness, a boy befriends a fantastical red creature.
Academy Award 2011: Best Animated Short
Sydney Film Festival Dendy Awards 2010: Yoram Gross Animation Award
AFI 2010: Best Short Film
When the Wind Changes
18 mins
Writer: Richard Davies
Director: Alethea Jones
Producer: Richard Davies and Veeran Naran
The waters of Lake Denial are rapidly receding, and residents face an uphill battle to keep their charter boat business afloat.
Flickerfest 2011: IF Media Most Popular Film; Most Resourceful Film
The Kiss
15 mins
Writer/Director: Ashlee Page
Producer: Sonya Humphrey
On a hot summer’s night, two girls, fueled by hormones and alcohol, take a leap that will change their lives.
Sydney Film Festival Dendy Awards 2010: Best Live Action Short Film
AFI 2010: Best Short Fiction
Animal Beatbox
3 mins, stop motion clip
Director: Damon Gameau
We travel down a very special river and are introduced to denizens of the animal kingdom, each contributing its name for the sake of music.
Tropfest 2011: Winner
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