The Stellar 12 – 2020
A Rare Breed
(11 min)
Director: Thomas José Field
Rob is a world renowned chicken breeder from Tasmania. He has traveled all over the world to exhibit chickens, and tell his life story.
Awards:
Best Film & People's Choice - Greater Dandenong Short Cuts Film Festival 2019
Best International Short Film & People's Choice - Bendigo International Short Film Festival 2019
Best Documentary - West End Film Festival 2019
Best Documentary - OzSnax Film Awards 2019
Best Documentary - Bayside Film Festival 2019
Allie
(4 min)
Director: Cassie De Colling
Allie is a true Australian story about recovery from illness and survival with a challenging condition. Sheet metal worker and car enthusiast, Bob, has spent a lifetime rebuilding iconic Australian cars. Allie teaches Bob the simple philosophy of happiness beyond recovery.
Awards:
3rd Place Tropfest Australia
Bloom
(7 min)
Director: Kieran Wheeler
Andrew comes home from a trip, finds a rose petal in his bed and becomes immediately convinced that his girlfriend is cheating on him. The confrontation that ensues ranges from blackly comic to something decidedly darker as words escalate into distinctly visceral consequences.
Awards:
Lorne Film Festival Audience Choice Award 2019
Crush
(6 min)
Director: Leela Varghese
It appears Lizzy has an obsession with novelty candles, but the truth is her "burning" desire is for something else …
Awards:
Tropfest 2019: Best Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Female Actress
Drum Wave
(10 min)
Director: Natalie Erika
A young pianist is forced to confront her fear of motherhood when she marries into a remote island community with bizarre fertility rituals.
Awards:
Best Drama, Best Cinematography – Fresh Flix 2019
Best Cinematography – West End Film Festival 2019
Happy Android
(25 min)
Director: Jaina Kalifa
Street performer Paul Cooper has an unlikely ally in his ongoing battle with anxiety and depression – his robot, Tubby.
Awards:
Winner Supreme Jury Prize and Best Short Director – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Winner Best Australian Short Documentary – Antenna Documentary Film Festival in Sydney
Here There Be Monsters
(14 min)
Director: Drew Macdonald
After incessant bullying on the school bus, Elki falls asleep and is trapped inside at the empty depot. Her frustration quickly turns to dread when she sees something lurking in the vast, dark yard - something big. Elki will have to summon up every piece of courage she didn’t know she had if she’s to survive the night.
Awards:
Best Australian Film – Brisbane International Film Festival
Best editing at St Kilda
Joy Boy
(9 min)
Director: Stef Smith
Based on a true story, Joy Boy is a moving and fractured retelling of the defining moments in the life of a young gay man caught between his conservative family, an evangelical church and his emergent sexuality.
Awards:
Best Australian Short – Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2019
Best Director + Best Screenplay + Audience Choice Award – Freshflix x Vivid Film Festival 2019
Best Film + Best LGBT Film - West End Film Festival 2019
Lost & Found
(8 min)
Director: Andrew Goldsmith & Bradley
A bumbling crochet dinosaur must completely unravel itself to save the love of its life.
Awards:
Winner Craft Award & Best Score – St Kilda Film Festival
Winner Best Local Short & Audience Award –Northern Lights Film Festival
Night Fill
(9 min)
Director: Joel Stephen Fleming
Phil must face his biggest fear after being left alone in a grocery store during his night shift.
Awards:
AIFF Jury award
Best Horror, Actor & Producer – Sanctuary Film Festival
Best film – Reel Escape Film Festival
Pinchpot
(4 min)
Director: Greg Holfeld
A short story about giving and receiving, art and work, life and death, and things made from lumps of clay.
Awards:
Best Animated Short – AACTA 2019
The Egg
(9 min)
Director: Jane Cho
One little girl. One giant egg. Day after dull day, under the punishing and watchful eye of an elderly woman, a young girl, bored and lonely in a muted world of foreign suburbia, becomes determined to claim a large Easter egg as her own. No matter the cost.
Awards:
AACTA – Best Short Film
Melbourne International Film Festival – Best Australian Short Film