PSYFA & Junior Category – Port Shorts 2022 Film Festival
PORT SHORTS YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD & JUNIOR AWARD
PSYFA AWARD
DEMONIC DAYDREAM
Director: Mason Hannam
The meaning of corruption through misery, destruction and self doubt.
AUSTRALIA – 2:44 min
SMALL PROBLEMS
Director: Ella Rach
When Citron realises she has no lemons to make her must-needed lemonade, she goes on an adventure to the giant’s house to steal some of the main ingredient. But after an intense getaway from a hungry feline, she ends up far away from home.
AUSTRALIA – 43 sec
THE MILK RUN
Director: Pablo Wild
Its breakfast time and there is no Milk! Hugo scours the streets of Berlin, sometimes lost in translation, sometimes just lost. Can he find what he is looking for?
AUSTRALIA – 2:15 min
CAT FLYER
Director: Faris Sahib
Cat Flyer is about a cat that dreams about being a hero and stopping a bank robbery.
AUSTRALIA – 1 min
MOSAIC
Director: Isabel Park
An experimental short film exploring perceptions of perfection.
AUSTRALIA – 2:26 min
THE BIRD
Director: Rory Caleb Scomazzon
The Bird is a hypothetical upcoming movie and follows the story of four campers, who are celebrating their graduation by spending a week at a secluded lodge.
AUSTRALIA – 1:55 min
THE GAMBLER
Director: Byron Filmer
The Gambler is a film about a government agent who is attempting to track down a dangerous drug lord.
AUSTRALIA – 3:58 min
MY FRIEND ANA
Director: Abby Veltheim
A personal journey into life’s problems that continue to confront a young girl.
AUSTRALIA – 1:50 min
ALIEN
Director: Mali Smedts
Mali Smedts experimental student film, exploring themes of identity and alienation.
AUSTRALIA – 3:32 min
BUSTED
Director: Connor Montgomerie
Two undercover cops Phil and Reeve are in a crisis. They rendevous at a secret hideout to try and figure out how to get out of the mess they are in, however things do not go as planned.
AUSTRALIA – 1:08 min
TOAST
Director: Hannah Solomon
The impossible challenge of knowing a toaster’s favourite setting.
AUSTRALIA – 2:00 min
THE EXAMINATION INTERROGATION
Director: Karena Darwen
When perfect straight A student Brooklyn Kingsley doesn’t receive the expected top mark on her maths exam, she’s determined to find out how someone else managed to surpass her by any means necessary…
AUSTRALIA – 3:31 min
JUNIOR AWARD
BANANA
Directors: Artemii Safonov, Amalia Safonova
Follow along with the story of Paul Whitmore – a trauma-stricken young man who’s lost it all because of bananas. Following a disastrous trip to Egypt, his life has never been the same. Getting invited to a TV show, Paul is forced to face his fear once more.
AUSTRALIA – 4:00 min
THE SCIENCE OF STRESS DURING REMOTE LEARNING
Director: Frank Low
A short film about the science of stress told from my experience with school in lockdown. (Video was shot on the first day of a snap lockdown in Victoria Australia.)
AUSTRALIA – 2:20 min
Fire up the popcorn and find your comfy spot as the curtain is raised on the snack-sized short film extravaganza from 7pm on Sunday October 16 and you can check out all the films for free until October 23 wherever you are in the world (as long as there’s internet connection).
SUNDAY 16 OCT – 7:00pm AEDT
4:OOPM – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
6:OOPM – QUEENSLAND
7:00PM – VICTORIA / NSW / TASMANIA / ACT
7:30PM – SOUTH AUSTRALIA / NORTHERN TERRITORY