GIFF SHORTS SESSION 5
Drama | 1h 8m
GIFF21 Official Selection | 2x World Premiere 1x Australian Premiere 1x Victoria Premiere
Screening from 3-11 July 2021
This is a collection of Australian short films.
HER MIND, UNWIND
Directors: Adrian Eppel, Jack Ralph | 16m | Drama | World Premiere | 2020
Country: Australia | Language: English
Fleeing to the mountains in the hopes of destroying a demon, Belle begins to unravel as the bush envelops her soul.
THE GATE
Director: Andy Lane | 10m 17s | Australian Premiere | Drama | 2020
Country: Australia | Language: English
After 2000 years on the job, Saint Peter is starting to have doubts.
THE WATER INSIDE US ALL
Director: Madeleine Mytkowski | 9m | Drama | 2019
Country: Australia | Language: English
A young girl is haunted by someone she once knew.
TEA PARTY
Director: Emily Reeve | 7m 14s | Black Comedy | 2020
Country: Australia | Language: English
Living alone in the forest, Cookie, an imaginative little girl befriends a dead body and forms a magical bond with him. However, when a police officer comes searching for the body, Cookie must figure out how to keep her new friends with her - dead or alive.
THE NEARING OF JORDYN SIMMONS
Director: Jeremiah Nickols | 13m 56s | Drama | 2020
Country: Australia | Language: English
After rekindling his relationship with an old flame, an internationally-renowned rugby player is outed. Pressure continues to mount as the men attempt to regain their emotional footing.
DIRTY DISHES
Directors: Amy Goddard, Manuel Ashman, James Roper | 3m 20s | Comedy | 2020
Country: Australia | Language: English
Upon finding out her mother is coming to visit, Janet and her boyfriend Brian find creative ways to speedily clean their pigsty of a house before the arrival of Janet's mother. The shortcuts they take have unintended results.
AND ME
Directors: Maisy Sutcliffe, Patrick Ilagan | 4m 47s | Victoria Premiere | Animation | 2018
Country: Australia | Language: English
An experimental documentary on the 2017 Same Sex Marriage Plebiscite, And Me takes what happened to a nation and focuses on the story of a single person and how the plebiscite changed this persons life.
CNUT
Director: Courtney Westbrook | 3m 15s | World Premiere | Animation | 2020
Country: Australia | Language: No Dialogue
CNUT is a 3-minute stop motion animation exploring the conflict between nature and man's technology. CNUT is inspired by the story of King Canute (or Cnut) who demonstrates to his subjects that even the most powerful human cannot control the impending tide or nature. We follow our well-dressed protagonist as he tirelessly battles with his environment and task of taking a good selfie. Will he succeed?