AUSTRALIAN FILM, TELEVISION AND RADIO SCHOOL SHORT FILMS

At Midnight

Directed by: Amber McBride, 2014, 5 min

Maria escaped from Communist Hungary, but her husband could not tear himself away from his successful filmmaking career to go with her. He made a feature film about her escape. 57 years later, this film tells her version of the story.

The Boy Called Su

Directed by: Vedrana Music, 2014, 8 min

Su, a kindergarten boy, must beat the language barrier and find his voice to get his favourite ball back.

Deszcz (Rain)

Directed by: Malina Maria Mackiewicz, 2015, 5 min

In the summer of 1983 in Kraków, Poland, prisoners sentenced to death are not informed of the date of their execution. As Jędzrej waits for his lover, Magda, in the visitation hall of the Montelupich Political Detainment Centre, a sun shower pours down on Kraków. Each visit could be their last.

The Kangaroo Guy                                

Directed by: Joel Loxton, 2015, 15 min

A politician’s statement is taken out of context and the media question his ethical integrity. To prove himself he goes to the extreme, even if it borders on the unethical.

Midnight Poetry

Directed by: Emilie Boyard, 2014, 14 min

A young mother, Tilda, has escaped London with her 7 year old daughter in order to end an abusive relationship. In Sydney, the pressure of guilt and memory challenge her new life.

Foal

Directed by: Vanessa Gazy, 2014, 24 min

On an isolated Australian property in 1915, Aurora faces the repercussions of a passionate affair she is having in the absence of her husband.