SHORTS BLOCK 4 | DOCUMENTARIES

Amorphous Creativity

Amorphous Creativity | AUSTRALIA

Directed by Lachlan Sullivan-Carey

Produced by Benjamin Spencer

Nominated for Best Documentary Short

Amorphous is all about investigating the traits behind creativity. The big questions of how and why we get creative ideas generates interesting answers from the perspective of scholarly sociologists and independent artists.

Influencer

Influencer | New Zealand

Directed James Fink-Jensen

Produced by James Fink-Jensen and Zachary Macer

Nominated for Best Documentary Short

Has social media changed us for the better or for the worse? New Zealand icons from different industries dig deep into how social media and influencers have completely transformed the media landscape.

Deafying Gravity

Deafying Gravity | AUSTRALIA

Written by Danni Wright and Sam Martin

Directed by Sam Martin

Produced by Rebekah Ward

Nominated for Best Documentary Short, Best Sound Design (Steven Khoury)

Katia Schwartz is a Deaf and Queer professional Aerial performer, and the owner/founder of Sky Sirens dance studio in Sydney, Australia. After an unexpected diagnosis with a profound hearing loss not once but twice, she is compelled to reflect on her identity, life, and career. Katia's story is a unique journey through passion, loss, and love from a perspective rarely represented on-screen.

Malcolm Harslett

Malcolm Harslett | AUSTRALIA

Directed by Ben Raschella

Produced by Luek Grainger

Nominated for Best Documentary Short

The life and death of local TV in South Australia.

COVID and Who I Am Now

COVID and Who I Am Now | CANADA

Written, directed, and produced by Diana Dai

Nominated for Best Documentary Short

A young Chinese Canadian medical student was attacked during the Covid-19 pandemic. The doc explores Mary’s deep emotional journey and how she struggles with her self identity amid rising anti-Chinese racism during this unprecedented time. 

This Project Is Retired

This Project Is Retired | USA

Written, directed, and produced by Nathaniel Avila

Nominated for Best Documentary Short

An animated band that dominated YouTube in 2011 that was unceremoniously shut down due to corporate greed.

50 Year Storm

50 Year Storm | AUSTRALIA

Written by Andrew Flinton

Directed by Carlo Lowdon

Nominated for Best Documentary Short

The 50 Year Storm Bells Beach was established to advance health and promote the prevention or control of mental illness, particularly by destigmatising mental illness and suicide, and working to provide a platform for communication and awareness-raising about mental health and suicide with a focus on regional and coastal communities.

The 50 Year Storm event is an annual big wave surfing event at Bells Beach in honour of Surf Brooks, a surfer from Torquay on Victoria’s west coast. The organisation aims to raise money for mental health charities and to provide an opportunity for the community to come together and support an environment where mental illness is discussed openly.