Flickerfest

ZERO (13min)
In a world that judges people by their number, ZERO faces constant prejudice and persecution. He walks a lonely path until a chance encounter changes his life forever: he meets a female zero. Together they prove that through determination courage and love... nothing can be truly something.
Writer/Director: Christopher Kezelos
Producer: Christine Kezelos
Winner Gold Award - Australian Cinematography Society 2009

RALPH (10min)
For Maddie, it will take more than just dreaming about the Karate Kid, to survive school, it will take a friend.
Director: Deborah Mailman
Writers: Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair
Producer: Jessie Mangum
Best Short Film - IF Awards, 2009; Message Sticks indigenous Film Festival

BOXER (12min)
With the speed and grace of a middle middle-aged man Gary navigates his golf buggy through a giant warehouse only to encounter a defiantly misplaced box. Gary’s desire to organise and neatly shelve the box leads him to discover that there is something in the box... and it’s alive.
Writer/Director: Michael Latham
Producer: Lester Francois
Nominated Best Short Film Dendy Awards - Sydney Film Festival 2009

MIRACLE FISH (18min)
8 year-old Joe has a Birthday he will never forget. After friends tease him he sneaks off to the sick bay wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.
Writer/Director: Luke Doolan
Producer: Drew Bailey
Oscar Award Nomination 2010

CELESTIAL AVENUE (20min)
Kath has been looking for love in all the wrong places. Then she finds he herself in Chinatown. In the middle of a less than successful blind date she overhears the soulful Cantonese singing of kitchen-hand Ah Gong. Kath is intrigued. But is there more to Ah Gong than meets the eye? Celestial Avenue is an offbeat tale‚ part karaoke video part cross-cultural comedy about love personal reinvention and startled pigeon.
Writer/Director: Colin & Cameron Cairnes
Producer: Scott Alexander
Madman Award for Best Australian Short Film - Flickerfest 2010

THE NOT NOT-SO SO-GREAT EUGENE GREEN (13min)
Eugene Green is a strange elderly man with a simple dream: to entertain his world through the art of vocal sound effects. Unfortunately he has an annoyingly small repertoire.
Director: Michael Hill
Writers: Michael Hill and Jamie Messenger
Producer: Melanie Brunt
Nominated for Best Animation Short - AFI Awards 2009

CROSSROAD (8min)
A nobody becomes a local hero when he rescues two kids from a car wreck.
Writer: Michael Hoath
Director/Producer: Maziar Lahooti
Western Australian Screen Awards 2009

TWO MEN (4min)
One man sees another man running towards him and ponders his motives.
Writer/Director/Producer: Dominic Allen
Australian Dendy Short Film Finalist 2009

FRANSWA SHARL (14min)
Twelve-year old Greg has inherited his father’s competitive streak. On a family holiday to Fiji they have different ideas a about where Greg should focus his talents. When his creative pursuits fail to amuse his father Greg sets out to win him back. Based on a true story.
Director: Hannah Hilliard
Writers: Hannah Hilliard & Greg Logan
Producer: Linda Micsko
Crystal Bear – Berlin International Film Festival 2010