Written by Neil Triffett (director): I’ve been fascinated by Emos for a while. There’s something admirable about people who accept life is full of misery while the rest of us are pretending we are happy and emotionally stable. To place an Emo – a sarcastic, despondent Emo youth – inside a light-hearted musical comedy creates instant…
“Initially this was conceived as an art piece of purely stop-motion scans which proved problematic in terms of storytelling and narrative flow.” Written by Shahane Bekarian (director): The Blind Passenger is not your usual short film. It’s kinda fucked up. It’s a concept film taken from the point of view of a blind man, about…
What is South By Scooter? South by Scooter follows Max, as he desperately attempts to become the first person to ride a scooter to the South Pole. Unfortunately he lacks the necessary expertise, funds, or boat to get to Antarctica, so he sets about assembling his expedition from whatever bits and pieces he can find around his house.…
Born in Scotland, Kaiya moved to Australia at the age of 8 and at the age of 10, decided herself that she wanted to become and actor. Having worked on TV series The Saddle Club and Neighbours, she was constantly surrounded by enthusiastic filmmakers. She made multiple short films for fun but with help from…
Welcome to the 6th edition of Cinema Australia’s Sunday Shorts feature. This weekend our profile focuses on Tropfest finalist Off The Meter staring Neighbours’ Alan Fletcher. You can watch the short below. “Since I was also directing, I had no one saying I needed to cut it down to size, and I kept telling myself…
“We originally thought it would be a film simply about an interesting way of cooking food, but it grew into a look at life, philosophy, religion, and the Texan way.” Written by director Matthew Salleh Central Texas Barbecue is the third short documentary we have made in the last 12 months. The first, Pablo’s Villa (Watch…
It’s that time of the week again when we profile a new Australian short film. This week we take a look at P.O.V: Point of View, a Short Horror film directed by Benjamin Morton filmed from the killer’s perspective as he stalks, captures and kills his victims. Starring Jenna Bridge and Ben-Jamin Newham Written and Directed by Benjamin…
Morgue is a short film directed by Jake Shannon that follows a middle-aged businessman, Steve (Mario Piccoli), who affter waking up dead in a morgue, is confronted with a somewhat cheeky old man (Phillip MacKenzie). The two discuss life, death and everything between. Staring Mario Piccoli, Phillip MacKenzieWritten and directed by Jake ShannonProduced by Lewis Rodan Cinematographer Naveed Farro Production…
It’s been a week already since we launched our new feature, Sunday Shorts to overwhelming support from new and regular readers of Cinema Australia. In Sunday Shorts #2 we take a look at writer/director Roderick MacKay’s epic Western Australian short FACTORY293. In a remote part of Stalin’s war-torn Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic, Grigor, Manager of munitions…
Welcome to Cinema Australia’s brand new weekly feature, Sunday Shorts. Every Sunday we will feature a different short film from debutant directors to more established filmmakers. Most of the content will be provided to Cinema Australia direct from the filmmakers. What better way to get to know about a short film than from the mouths of…
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