Short + Sweet. Best Short Films from Australia

Runtime: 99 min.
Age: 16+

Миро
Miro

Year: 2016
Country: Australia
Director: Victoria Wharfe McIntyre
Cast: Mark Coles Smith
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 23 min.
When Miro returns home at the end of World War II he finds his land taken, his people gone, his daughter stolen and his service record treated with contempt, but the battlefield has taught him how to fight and he sets out to reunite his family waging his own form of justice.

Awards & Festivals:

Australian Film and Television Academy award Nomination - Best Short Feature
Melbourne International Film Festival - participation


Бюро находок
Lost Property Office

Year: 2017
Country: Australia
Director: Daniel Agdag
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 10 min.
Sometimes people can get lost in their work.

Awards & Festivals:

Australian Film and Television Academy Award - Best Animated Short Film
Sydney International Film Festival - Best Animated Film, Best Short Film Direction
Melbourne International Film Festival - Special Mention
Australian Screen Sound Guild Award - Best Sound in an Animated Film

11 часов
The Eleven O’Clock

Year: 2016
Country: Australia
Director: Derin Seale
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 13 min.
The delusional patient of a psychiatrist believes he is actually the psychiatrist. As they each attempt to treat each other the session gets out of control. 

Awards & Festivals:

Academy Award Nomination - Best Short Film
Australian Film and Television Academy Award - Best Short Film
Los Angeles International Film Festival - Best Short Film
Rhode Island International Film Festival - Grand Prix

Удар наповал
Kill Off

Year: 2017
Country: Australia
Director: Genevieve Clay-Smith
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 16 min.
American Horror Story's Jamie Brewer stars as Sonja, a woman with an intellectual disability who forms an unlikely friendship with a Sudanese refugee through their mutual love of KRUMP.

Awards & Festivals:

Rhode Island International Film Festival - Best Director
Cleveland International Film Festival - participation
Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival - participation
Adelaide International Film Festival - participation

Владычица лесная
The Mistress of the Forest

Year: 2017
Country: Australia
Director: Nicholas Hiatt
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 10 min.
To overcome his creative block and pull off an impossible deadline, fledgling comic artist Neil must enter the world of his leading character: the mysterious Mistress Of The Forest. 

Awards & Festivals:

Short + Sweet Short Film Festival - Best Short Film

Рогатка
Slingshot

Year: 2015
Country: Australia
Director: David Hansen
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 7 min.
Frankie is a 10 year-old kid on summer vacation at a run-down trailer park. When Tayla, a 10 year-old girl, shows a romantic interest, Frankie’s holiday becomes a whole lot more complicated. 

Awards & Festivals:

Australian Screenwriters' Guild Award - Best Short Film
Flickerfest Short Film Festival - Best Australian Short Film
London International Film Festival - participation
Sydney International Film Festival - participation
Melbourne International Film Festival - participation

Номер два
Second Best

Year: 2017
Country: Australia
Director: Alyssa McClelland
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 20 min.
'Second Best' is a dark comedy about the power of identical twin sisters and the unbreakable bond that binds them, no matter what might try and come between. 

Awards & Festivals:

Flickerfest Short Film Festival - Best Direction in an Australian Film