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Summer Shorts: Australia

We would like to thank Christopher Sharp from SCREEN AUSTRALIA for his support.

English language / russian subtitles

Two Men

Australia 2009, 4 min.
Director Dominic Allen

Multi award winning Australian short film, “Two Men”, directed by Dominic Allen and shot in the Kimberly town of Fitzroy Crossing by Joel Betts, features a robust and dynamic cast of indigenous Australian non actors. Based on Kafka’s short story, Two Men Running, Allen’s short film has been screened in a swathe of international film festivals including New York, Prague, London, Melbourne and Sydney and in 2009 was a Dendy Australian Short Film of the Year finalist.

The Kiss

Australia 2010, 16 min.
Director Ashlee Page

Fueled by alcohol and hormones, 16-year-old friends Aimee and Steph take a reckless swim in a fire water tank to escape the stifling heat on a hot summer night. A moment of intimacy segues into unimaginable panic when they discover the ladder out is just beyond their grasp.

Young Love

Australia 2008, 7 min.
Director Ariel Kleiman

Clarity often exists in the eyes of strangers.

Some Static Started

Australia 2010, 8 min.
Director Ben Briand

A strange nightmare in a hot motel by the side of a highway. A bleeding man. A girl in trouble. The dream that brings them together. The dark follow up from the director of “Apricot”, continuing his interest in memory and identity.

Festivals and Awards:
Australian Director's Guild Award 2010 - Best Short Film Nomination

Bee Sting

Australia 2010, 14 min.
Director Heath Davis

Starring Brendan Cowell and Matilda Brown, Bee Sting takes in love and complications as a father and son fall for the same woman on the schoolyard.

Muscles

Australia 2010, 14 min.
Director Edward Housden

Richard’s sister Millie wants to be a world famous bodybuilder. Millie, a testosterone driven 14-year-old girl, is the dominant force in the family. Richard is transparent. What happens when Millie is a better boy than he is?

The Not So Great Eugene Green

Australia 2009, 13 min.
Director Michael Hill
Animation

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.