SHORTS BLOCK 3

Suburban Decay

Student Short | Australia

Written by Camille Nguyen and Kyra Tang Mora

Directed by Camille Nguyen

Produced by Kelvin Liu

A young girl witnesses a tragic event in her suburb which continues to haunt her in her everyday life.

Rash Decision

Wild Card | Australia

Written and directed by John Cavallaro

Produced by Belle Oliva and Thomas Ah Kuoi

Adam arrives home after his honeymoon to discover that he has an unexplainable rash. Was it his wife Deb or is he guilty of a darker past?

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Help3

SciFi Short | France

Directed by Janek Tarkowski

Written by Janek Tarkowski and Valentine Thomasset

Produced by Quentin Daniel

Nicolas, a pensioner fond of his independence, loses his autonomy following a heart attack. This results in his son, Gabriel, imposing robot on him to assist him in his daily life, but Gabriel may have made a thoughtless decision...

Living With Cretins

Wild Card | Australia

Written by John van Putten

Directed by Samuel Foster

Produced by John van Putten and Joshua Shediak

Living with others in close quarters is challenging enough as is. Now add in a lockdown with housemates who may very well be from another planet, and you have yourself a situation.

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Q: Ghostly Remote Effect

Student Short | Germany

Written by Anna-Lena Theobald, Ariana Berndl and Marcus Hanisch

Directed by Marcus Hanisch

Produced by Melissa Dubrin and Sabine Schmidt

In the future. A hi-tech-lab. Scientist P is testing quantum-gynoid Q and sets off on a mission to an undiscovered nature. On the journey, she discovers a ghostly remote effect between herself and the robot. Will she maintain in control, when nature starts changing?

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Quite Easy

Student Short | Germany

Written and directed by Konstantin Schumann

Produced by Christian Berjaminski, Robert Kirschner and Konstantin Schumann

Max awakes from a nightmare, in which he had lunch with his family and a girl was holding his hand so strong, that he couldn't remove it.

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Sempiternal

Experimental Short | Canada

Directed by Maya Alfreds

Written by Maya Alfreds and Priya Soni

Produced by Priya Soni

Explores the concept of identity in a world of black and white thinking. Grey finds herself in the middle and attempts to find harmony between the two. She finds herself looking within boxes, representing the ideas of society, for clarity on her decision, but instead creates something completely new: grey.

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407 days

Documentary Short | Haiti

Written and directed by Eleonore CoyetteProduced by Bureau des droits humains

Paul Junior Casimir is a puppeteer in Port-au-Prince. He leads his life as best he can despite the difficulties. He befriends a French woman who wants to learn how to make puppets. People in his neighbourhood wrongly think that he receives a lot of money from her. One of them is plotting to get the puppeteer to go to prison. Arbitrary detention is common in Haiti and the judicial system is failing. The innocent puppeteer will spend 407 days in prison for no reason. Today, his puppets are denouncing what he has lived through.

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Display Home

Drama Short | Australia

Written and directed by Dan Walls

"Play happy families"

In the near now, Revival Realty are selling the perfect family home. For recently bereaved parents Ed and Lotti, they want their house fully-furnished. No questions asked Terina is an actor, auditioning for the role of her life.

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Hard Core Pong

Comedy Short | Australia

Written, directed and produced by Peter William Francis

A down on his luck finance exec finds himself living with a failed sports star masquerading as a personal trainer. They only have one thing in common: ping pong. As debts financial and otherwise multiply between the two they play one high stakes match which will finally end their out of hand rivalry.

Night Drifter

Experimental Short | USA

Written and directed by Ruben Zaccaroni

A man is stuck inside a Magritte painting while waiting for Godot in this mini/surreal short film. But someone does arrive...

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