“We were on an incredibly tight deadline, our location for the film’s opening scene was almost wrecked by a freak thunder/hail storm and Daniel Hill broke one of his ribs.” Growing Out: Written by Andrew Walsh Matt and Dan have been close friends since they were 5 years old: they attended the same school, played…
Long Shot – Written by Connor Harvey: When you’ve spent the last three years of your life on a media degree at university, you’d want to hope you got something out of it. Everything I have worked on has led to this final project. I believe that my short film, Long Shot, is a good…
Ghost Man(鬼佬) by Matthew Victor Pastor: A human statue seated in a busy Hong Kong street as the modern world passes. An unconfident accountant joins a short course teaching him the skills to seduce women. Two men discuss their frustrations with relationships. These lives will collide and blood will be shed. What it means to…
Megan’s got what she thought she wanted – a hot surfer boyfriend and a chance to reinvent herself over the summer. But who’s the weird kid that keeps crasher her party? And how long can she get away with ignoring him? Dario Article written by Hannah Moon (co-writer and direct), Robin Geradts Gill (producer, co-writer) and Stephen Sholl…
Written by Ryan Unicomb (Co-writer/Co-Director/Co-Producer): So as you know we’re deep into post-‐production on Gifted, our short superhero drama film starring David Breen, Rachel Gobel & Cameron Robbie that wrapped production about 5 months ago. We’re around 85% through it all now; the film just has some small adjustments to be made and then it’s…
The countdown to Australia’s top screen Awards has officially started, with the first nominees for the 4th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards announced today. Nominees were announced in the Best Short Animation and Best Short Fiction Film categories for the 4th AACTA Awards, which will also see Australia’s best film, television and documentaries awarded…
Magic Miles Written by Audrey Lam: The starting point of Magic Miles was that I felt like there was a bunch of art and music – together with small everyday but somehow ecstatic stuff – going on around me, that seemed quite wonderfully joined in a tenuous but breathtaking way, by their shared thrill and…
Acts of God Following a family tragedy and the never-ending barrage of disaster porn shown on current affairs shows, 11-year-old Joan becomes fascinated with natural disasters. Written by Sarah-Jane Woulahan (director): Acts of God came out of my own fascination with natural disasters and their impact on people watching from the outside, particularly through the media.…
Written by Lucas Testro (director): To be honest, I don’t particularly like short films. Story is what drives me as a creator, and the time restrictions of shorts can be frustrating. Too often they’re just gags that don’t resonate beyond their few minutes on screen. Or trailers for probably-never-to-be-made features, posturing as if they’re telling…
Ahead of the 26th Annual WA Screen Awards on Tuesday, 14 July, Cinema Australia will be taking a look at three films nominated in the category of Best Short Film – The Fan, Tango Underpants and Barrow. You can find our feature on the categories forth nomination, Factory 293, here. BARROW: Article written by Peter Gurbiel (Writer/Producer) and Wade K.…
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