The Very Best Of Port Shorts Film Festival
HOW MR & MRS GOCK SAVED THE KUMARA
Director: Arani Cuthbert
Meet the most endearing kumara growers in the land.
NZ – 3.40 min
SORCERESS
Director: Max Blustin
A waitress overhears a tragic conversation – but takes the order anyway.
UK – 3.40 min
MRS S
Mismatched siblings get lost on their way to connect with their estranged mother.
AUS – 7 min
1-0
A boy is watching a soccer game on TV and gets so excited he forgets he’s in the middle of a haircut.
IRAN – 50 sec
HOME
Director: Charles Williams
A eulogy to those whose bones only made it to the arms of Mother Ocean.
AUS – 3.40 min
PEARL
A story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love.
USA – 5.45 min
SEVENTH NATURAL WONDER
Take a deep dive to discover what makes the Great Barrier Reef so amazing.
AUS – 4 min
BLACK MOON
Focus on photographer Trent Mitchell and his experimental pursuits.
AUS – 5 min
iRONY
Explores the relationship between man and technology told from the perspective of a phone.
AUS – 7.5 min
ROUNDTRIP
In the harsh Australian outback, a beast with a dark side, is trying to escape authority.
AUS – 6 min
SENGATAN
A drifter gets caught up in the drug trade while stinting in Bali.
AUS – 10 min
JOURNEY TO THE BIKIE BAR
Director: Hayden Bevis
Lachlan tries his best to impress neighbour Jemma with some help from his best friend.
AUS – 5.30 min
NURSERY RHYMES
A bizarre encounter with a metalhead takes a profound turn on the side of a rural highway.
AUS – 5 min
INCLUSION MAKES THE WORLD MORE VIBRANT
A little boy helps his blind mum experience an art gallery.
AUS – 3 min
THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU
A 16-year-old Muslim refugee confronts a trio of mean girls at school.
AUS – 7 min
SAUSAGE ROLL
A hungry local gets desperate for the last sausage roll.
AUS – 3.55 min
MONOLITH
Director: Dean Miller
Legendary reef expert John Rumney is shocked to see an old friend.
AUS – 2.40 min
RUN IN CIRCLES
Director: Marion Reymond
Where is she? There must be a woman like me? I do want some love too.
FRANCE – 4.10 min
WILDBOY
Director: Ain Raadik
Brando Yelavich became the first person to walk, swim and climb the NZ coastline.
AUS – 4.50 min
JOURNEY
Two lost astronauts set off across the universe on an epic journey to find home.
AUS – 7 min