OPEN FILMMAKER AWARDS
Watch. Enjoy. Repeat: Short Films That Shine!
THE PERFECT SHOT - ANTARTICA
Director: Quinn Halleck
Writer: Danylo Hauk
Producer: Artem Shestakov
The Perfect Shot” is an inventive and captivating documentary that profiles award-winning fine art photographer Artem Shestakov as he attempts to photograph the most remote locations on the planet affected by the climate crisis.
UNITED STATES – 10:20 min
BIRD DRONE
Director: Radheya Jang Jegatheva
Writer: Clare Toonen
Producer: Hannah Ngo
A heartfelt story of unrequited love explored through a lonely seagull struggling to accept that his newfound object of affection is a human-operated drone with a limited battery life.
AUSTRALIA – 8:55 min
THE MEANING OF NO
Director: Reid McGowan, Mik Gojic
Writer: Reid McGowan
Producers: Reid McGowan, Dani Martin, Mik Gojic
A well-meaning man discovers that love can be cruel.
AUSTRALIA – 5:04 min
TINY FENCES
Director/Writer/Producer: Braydon Moloney
Why is John building tiny little fences in the Cape York bush? And someone said something about making them snake-proof?
AUSTRALIA – 5:35 min
Shkëndijë
Director/Writer/Producer: Kea Gargiulo
Two strangers exchange a conversation in a cinema lobby, connections are made but awkwardness follows.
AUSTRALIA – 3:56 min
THE RETIREMENT PLAN
Director: John Erasmus
Writer: Gabriel Bergmoser
Producers: John Erasmus, Gabriel Bergmoser
Chloe is a young mother trying to live a normal life in the middle of the Victorian suburbs. With a laid off husband and an out of control daughter who takes after her own wild streak, her plan to set up her flailing family for life is to write a tell all book about her seedy past with the under cover police force.
AUSTRALIA – 14:47 min
CHOOKAS
Director/Writer/Producer: Rachel Mackey
A girl, a goat, and a shopping trolley travel around Australia in search of The Chicken Lady.
AUSTRALIA – 13:20 min
INTERTIDAL: Blacktip Reef Sharks
Director/Writer/Producer: Jack Breedon
As the tide rises over the reef flat it brings with it a whole lot of new dangers for the intertidal community. The first to come out of the deep are Blacktip Reef Sharks, on the hunt for oxgen starved fish.
AUSTRALIA – 1:48 min
Chesters
Directors: Jannah Marie Dryden, Glenn Saggers
Writer/Producer: Jannah Marie Dryden
Shaun’s absurd first day of work goes hilariously wrong as he uncovers the shady dealings behind the company’s facade.
AUSTRALIA – 7.55 min
YAKKA
Director/Writer: Jack Shepherd
Producers: Matthew Toon, Lena Buchanan
On a secluded Australian estuary, as two young brothers grapple for their neglectful father’s approval, their usual pastime of exploring empty holiday houses goes awry, and a violent mistake will shatter their fragile bond forever.
AUSTRALIA – 14:51 min
SAGE
Writer/Director: Max Blustin
The right words can resist even the most destructive hate.
UNITED KINGDOM – 5:30 min
INSUFFERABLE
Director/Writer: Stig Wemyss
Producer: Anthony Littlechild
Losing a loved one after 60 years of marriage is never easy and for Terry Carmichael, letting go is not an option. Death is a part of life…you never know when it might sneak up on you.
AUSTRALIA – 13.26 min
Watch online 20 October – 31 November
Grab your popcorn and get cozy, because the snack-sized short film extravaganza kicks off at 6pm on Sunday, October 20! You can catch all the 2024 films on our Virtual Platform, including the ‘Best of the Rest,’ streaming worldwide (as long as you’ve got an internet connection) until November 31.