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Programmers picks:
Seizure And Synesthesia
Lap Of Death
B-17: A Mini-epic
Gary’s Touch
Ingrid Sits Holding A Knife
Whore
The Ultimate Survival Guide.
SESSION 1
7pm Mon 24 Sept LOOP
BROKEN SPELL
Dir: Magda Matwiejew/2007/Australia/4 mins/Experimental Animation
Broken spell is about the concepts of love and climate. A modern day “Romeo and Juliet”
THE METHOD MAN
Dir: James Portanier/2007/Australia/10 mins/Experimental Drama
A brave young Psychonaut’s journey to the sigma plateau.
A SHORT COLLECTION OF HILARY FLAMINGO’S DREAM VOCATIONS
Dir: Harriet Fleuriot/2007/United Kingdom/6 mins/Experimental Drama
A dissatisfied factory worker escapes into a delicious selection of cake-fuelled fantasies.
TEAT BEAT OF SEX
Dir: Pierre Poire/2007/USA/Italy/4 mins/Animation
A film about sex from a woman’s point of view.
60 SECOND RELIEF
Dir: Rupert Owen/2006/Australia/1 min/Experimental
A challenge to the OFLC.
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Dir: Audrey Lam/2007/Australia/7 mins/Experimental
A city under development. A murder investigation becomes an act of resistance.
BUSH
Dir: Fran Apprich/2007/Northern Ireland/6 mins/Experimental
A little girl talks about how much she hates the bushes, is it a political statement?
10 THOUSAND STEPS
Dir: Qiao Li/2007/Australia/5 mins/Drama
In a city that never stops, on a hill that never ends, a girl reflects on who she is and what she wants.
UNDERGROUND
Dir: Audrey Lam/2007/Australia/4 mins/Animation
Subway subservience subverted when a subterranean submerges the subconscious!
I AM HEARING THE LAST BIRD
Dir: Ryan Tebo/2006/USA/5 mins/Experimental
A meditation on blindness and the end of life.
SEIZURE AND SYNESTHESIA
Dir: Clint Lewis/Damien Pascoe/2007/Australia/19 mins/Rockumentary
Follows front man Trash McSweeney as he recalls the two seizure’s that caused him to hear music in colour and inspire him to form Australia’s most unique band ‘The Red Paintings’.
CLIMATE, CHANGE, BICYCLING AND YOU
Dir: Kurt Diegert/2007/Australia/12 mins/Documentary
Have you been naughty? Do you drive your car three blocks to the grocery store?
SESSION 2
9pm Mon 24 Sept LOOP
HOUSE WARMING
Dir: Lee A. Marquardt/2006/Australia/12 mins/Animation
Tina and Gloria move into the house of their dreams. When a meteor hits the cemetery next door, zombies threaten to put an end to their domestic bliss.
LAP OF DEATH
Dir: Jean Luc Syndikas/2007/Australia/USA/9 mins/Experimental Horror
Ever had a lap dance? it can be quite an adventure, especially when the ejaculation comes at your expense…
THE MAN AMONGST TREES
Dir: Josh Tanner/2007/Australia/10 mins/Drama
In the eerily dark shadows of a pine forest, two feuding bushwalkers discover an enigmatic figure arched over beside a tree.
DISAPOINTMENT
Dir: Jason Sweeney/2006/Australia/16 mins/Experimental
A disturbingly bent and dark sinister tale of a postcard city you love to hate. Welcome to Adelaide, the city of light.
AXOLOTL
Dir: Allan Cameron/2007/Australia/New Zealand/5 mins/Experimental
The strange tale of a man who becomes an Axolotl.
ABSENT
Dir: Simon Rauh/2007/Australia/3 mins/Experimental
A woman awakes in the wilderness by a phone ring.
B-17: A MINI-EPIC
Dir: Arturo Cubacub/2006/USA/36 mins/Experimental
Sarah and Yumi are top-secret sex slaves for a high-ranking government official. They spend their days in a bizarre play-pen/torture chamber/slave-labor station, where they produce pro-war polo shirts by hand and live in constant fear.
SESSION 3
7pm Tues 25 Sept LOOP
THE WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN
Dir: Lucien Spectre/2007/Australia/15 mins/Drama
A devout Christian follows the scripture when shocked by a Domestic Disturbance.
THE GLIMPSE
Dir: Zak Hilditch/2006/Australia/7 mins/Comedy
Sebastian gets a lot more than he bargained for on the day of his school ball. From the Director of The Actress MUFF hit from a few years back and soon to be released on the Accent Underground Label.
LOCAL HERO
Dir: Nicole Smith/2006/Australia/5 mins/Comedy
A short man has to get a very tall, very unconscious woman out of a burning house.
THE INTERROGATION OF BRYAN
Dir: Tom Salisbury/2007/Australia/22 mins/Drama
Bryan, a 20 something outcast, is accused of committing a horrific crime. Based around the strange case of Martin Briant and postures a malevolent conspiracy theory. Fest Director Richard Wolstencroft and Colin Savage recommend this one as one of the best shorts.
LES GUNZ DU NOIR (THE ARMS OF DARKNESS)
Dir: Daniel ‘Lance’ McDonald/2007/Australia/4 mins/Drama
Les Gunz Du Noir is a film noir about the power play between four men playing a deadly game of chance.
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI
Dir: Daniel Hayward/2007Australia/20 mins/Drama
Three Melbourne Graffiti artists lounge around one afternoon drinking and watching illegal graffiti videos they filmed. Little do they know their day of fun is going to end in violence due to the discovery of an unwanted pregnancy and the confrontation that follows.
SESSION 4
9pm Tues 25 Sept LOOP
INGRID SITS HOLDING A KNIFE
Dir: Charlotte George/2006/Australia/15 mins/Drama
Post-Apocalyptic Melbourne. A young woman sits in her room, holding a knife. A knock on the door reveals Phillip, her ex-boyfriend. They have to get out. They have to go as far away as they can.
PENSION DAY
Dir: Gordon Napier/2006/Australia/5 mins/Drama
An old man lies dead on the floor and the mystery of his death unfolds before our eyes.
NOTHING
Dir: Prasan De Silva/2007/Australia/9 mins/Drama
A morning in the life of two lovers unable to see past their own vanity.
THE AGREEMENT
Dir: Jason Munn/2006/Australia/11 mins/Drama
An executive finds a murdered girl in the car park, the killer returns, an agreement is made.
ANNO DOMNI
Dir: Chris Stone/2007/U.K/11 mins/Drama
A classical music backed period film based on a Roman Praetorians love for his emperors wife.
THE LORD IS MY SHOTGUN
Dir: Gabriel Dowrick/2006/Australia/7 mins/Drama
Opening just after a Robbery gone wrong, four goons stand between this violent, vigilante cop and the car park exit-his imaginary salvation.
GARY’S TOUCH
Dir: Ken Takahashi/2006/Canada/25 mins/Drama
A dramatic short exploring how far a reclusive man is willing to go to satisfy one of life’s most compelling drives, the drive to reproduce.
SESSION 5
7pm Wed 26 Sept LOOP
CROOKS LIKE US
Dir: Sedon Pepper/2006/Australia/7 mins/Drama
When a street wise crook mugs a weeping man for his wallet, his conscience prevails.
DOG MEAT
Dir: Mat Govoni/2007/Australia/4 mins/Comedy
An elderly lady is determined not to let the sudden death of her dog put a damper on their daily walk.
EXOSKELETON
Dir: Michael Dean/2006/Australia/10 mins/Drama
A man is forced to deal with issues related to his personal identity, after he meets and falls in love with an amputee.
JOHNNY DEFORMED AND THE IGLOO HOLIDAY PARADE
Dir: Steven Hughes/2006/Australia/10 mins/Experimental
The Cheese goes off again. Things between Johnny and his girlfriend Amy go awry. Powerless to stop her leaving, Johnny suffers in his vomit-soaked living room.
THE MORNING AFTER
Dir: Daniel Knight/2006/Australia/7 mins/Comedy
Emily is about to have a very bad morning. So bad in fact, she’s going to have to chew off her right arm.
WET DREAMS
Dir: Peta Manning/2004/Australia/4 mins/Drama
When you’re in love, you’re emotions can take over. Set in a bathroom, where water is like wine and soap is like caviar. ‘Wet dreams’ is a fantastical love story out of this world.
THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION
Dir: Natalie Vella/Peta Manning/2004/Australia/5 mins/Comedy
In this surreal mockumentary, Frida reveals her unusual affinity with objects and how they have fulfilled her life.
LILITH
Dir: Jim Stamatakos/2006/Australia/5 mins/Experimental
A woman faces her demons. Loosely based on the myth of ‘Lilith’ the first eve.
WHORE
Dir: Isabelle McEwen/2006/Germany/4 mins/Experimental
A whore guides us through a vision of hell.
GEMINI DESCENDING
Dir: Jenna Davis/2007/Asutralia/9 mins/Drama
Norma’s & Jack’s dysfunctional relationship comes to an equally dysfunctional halt when Norma’s fantasy world becomes her reality as she tries to escape the misery that is her life.
HOTEL MOTEL
Dir: Michael Wannenmacher/2007/Australia/13 mins/Drama
Two on-the-run crims hole up for the night in a lonesome hotel motel. Cut off from information. their search for a television brings them into contact with the other denizens of the hotel who are even more desperate than they are.
SESSION 6
9pm Wed 26 Sept LOOP
PREGNANT PAWS
Dir: James Teh/2006/Australia/2 mins/Comedy
Vanessa, an expectant mother, never expected what was to happen next at the office.
WEREWOLF PRIEST
Dir: Naz Mantoo/2007/Australia/5 mins/Comedy
A small Swedish community is under siege. A lone nun is their only hope against the unholy wrath of the werewolf priest.
DETACHED
Dir: Dave Wade/2006/Australia/3 mins/Comedy
Dave’s girlfriend is having an abortion and its time to ask the serious questions. Should they go through with it? Would he be a good father? and where did his big toe go?
LET’S DANCE
Dir: Konrad McCarthy/2007/Australia/7 mins/Drama
A modern story of love, hope, laughter, redemption and Vampires.
PELICAN BOY
Dir: Dick Dale/2003/Australia/6 mins/Comedy
The heart warming story of a boy and his bird, friendship, loyalty and gratuitous violence.
LUST FOR LOVE
Dir: Anton King/2006/Australia/9 mins/Comedy
Daniels new years lust for love goes unfulfilled as he has a few below the belt complications.
BOX WARS
Dir: David Broder/2006/Australia/10 mins/Mockumentary
Explores the unusual passion of several curious Australians for one-on-one combat in an underground culture movement, Box Wars.
NUMB SKULLS
Dir: Kelly Sheeran/2007/Australia/13 mins/Comedy/Horror
tired of mindless TV? you’ve come to the wrong place!
UNKNOWN COMBO
Dir: Steve Trevaskis/2006/Australia/7 mins/Comedy
Clancy’s gang are a bunch of misfit gangsters who do a regular trade of suitcases with Roland. When 3 other crims turn up instead of Roland, distrust and a terrible cold may be the death of them all!
DISGRUNTLED
Dir: Cameron Parry/2006/Australia/15 mins/Drama
As a call centre operator, Nadia has to cope with all manner indignities on a daily basis. But today, she will make contact with a disgruntled customer with revenge and murder on his mind.
SESSION 7
7pm Thurs 27 Sept LOOP
THE ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE, A CIVIL DEFENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
Dir: Rowan Barr/2006/Australia/10 mins/Mockumentary
The year is 1956, a deadly new threat is teaming at our shores. This horrible disease is spreading through our country, threatening our freedom. The government releases an educational video explaining how to survive this new terror.
ZOMBIE LOVE
Dir: Yfke van Berckelaer/2007/USA/The Netherlands/37 mins/Musical
This musical extravaganza tells the story of a zombie boy who tries to change his flesh eating ways in order to gain the love of a mortal girl.
WELCOME TO PIPE MOUNTAIN
Dir: Kenta McGrath/2006/Australia/24 mins/Drama
August 2011. A young man travels into the forest at the foot of Pipe Mountain, an infamous Suicide spot.
DUSTED
Dir: Chad Aston/2006/Australia/3 mins/Drama
A broken world, no fuel, no ammunition, no government. Man will always find something to fight over.
FORGED
Dir: David No/2006/Australia/38 mins/Drama
Darak is an ageing Sword Master and Juda, his apprentice son. In a drama of startling consequences, Juda recounts the events leading to the devastation of their relationship.
