A showcase of the best Australian films in the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

Best Short Film: RABBIT ROULETTE
Best Micro-Short FIlm: CITRUS CYCLOPS
Best Direction: ANANIAS
Best Stop Motion Animation: FROM PLUSH AND WIRE
Best Visual Design: THEFT IN THE SHADOWS
Best 3D Animation: DISCREPANCY
Best Family Film: DREAM OF IMMORTALITY
Best Innovative Fim: TAG
Best Experimental Film: CELESTIAL BODIES
Best Sound & Music: WHERE ARE THOSE WARM COUNTRIES?
Best Cinematography: OUT
Best Story: MOTHER
Best Performances: BROKEN MAGIC
Best Drama Film: DIPG

FROM PLUSH AND WIRE, 7min.
Directed by Elliot Adrianna WItkowski
In a world where everything is made from plush and wire, a dinosaur keeps itself entertained while the hand of the creator brings a friend to life.

THEFT IN THE SHADOWS, 3min.
Directed by Anna Oleksandrivna Kovalchuk
“Theft in the Shadows”- is an animated film created using a frame-by-frame drawing technique that combines traditional methods with modern computer animation. The plot focuses on the mysterious disappearance of the “Mona Lisa” paintings, from an exhibition four hours before its opening. The curator is faced with a mystery: how did the theft happen despite efficient security systems?

DISCREPANCY, 11min.
Directed by Mikołaj Mirzewski
A teenage girl begins an internship at a seaside hotel, where old and new relationships come into play.

https://www.instagram.com/mirzczernsky/

DREAM OF IMMORTALITY, 6min.
Directed by Kacper Mazela
In the underwater cycle of life and death exists a creature whose nature is at odds with it. Its departure from the natural order becomes a gateway to salvation for another, but the guardian allows only one of them to escape their fate.

https://www.instagram.com/_kmagenta/

CITRUS CYCLOPS, 1min.
Directed by Magdalena Metrycka
Inspired by sibling dynamics, this short animated comedy follows a family of Citrus Cyclops who make lemonade from tears.

https://www.instagram.com/purple_guacamole

TAG, 3min.
Directed by Kinga Chłodek
Caneron is chased by the police for graffiti painting. However, he has an ace up his sleeve. Cops are about to find out, that what Caneron is creating isn’t just a regular graffiti.

https://www.instagram.com/canerongraffiti

CELESTIAL BODIES, 6min.
Directed by Mikołaj Mirzewski
It is a story about a being that does not belong either among its own kind or among strangers. Its lonely journey becomes a search for the truth about itself.

https://www.instagram.com/mirzczernsky/

WHERE ARE THOSE WARM COUNTRIES?, 7min.
Directed by Maria Gryczewska
The story of a girl living on an island who, after finding a seashell, decides to discover where the birds she knows fly away to.

OUT, 2min.
Directed by Mateusz Chrystian Gołębiewski
Football-crazy six-year-old Szymon’s journey to his evening match is disrupted by his parents’ constant arguing.

MOTHER, 29min., Drama
Directed by Sebastian Kwidziński
Paulina (35 years old) is out on parole after serving a prison sentence for the murder of her husband Andrzej. She returns to her hometown to meet her 11-year-old son Nikodem. Jadwiga (55 years old), Paulina’s mother-in-law who takes care of Nikodem, does not want this meeting to take place. She is still grieving the loss of her son, Andrzej, and is unable to forgive Paulina for what she did.

BROKEN MAGIC, 14min., Relationships
Directed by Platon Ogarev, Marcjanna Lelek
Magda and Szczepan are going through a difficult phase in their relationship. When Magda says that their relationship lacks magic, Szczepan decides to surprise her by hiring a magician for their anniversary dinner. However, this joke doesn’t go as planned.

RABBIT ROULETTE, 19min., Dark Comedy
Directed by Maciej Habik
Shy Peter buys a gift to win the heart of his dream girl. But before he dares to confess his feelings, he must dive deep into his own psyche — a surreal rabbit hole — and undergo an absurd masculinity training under the watchful eye of the mysterious ‘Rabbit.

ANANIAS, 17min., Mystery
Directed by Alexander La Madrid Osorio
Nora and her son Ananias, who has Down syndrome, share a house full of clutter and secrets. One day, Ananias discovers a disturbing photograph of his mother and him as a child with a stranger. Intrigued, he begins to ask questions, but Nora, who has hidden the image and her past for years, avoids discussing it. This triggers a confrontation that reveals painful wounds from her past.

https://www.instagram.com/alexander.la.madrid/

DIPG, 7min., Drama
Directed by Jan Maciej Piszczek
Ala, a young girl struggling with a devastating illness, finds solace in painting and in the support of her boyfriend, Maciek. Despite the pain and daily hardships, the couple does not lose hope and plans a future together, dreaming of a trip to Venice.

https://www.instagram.com/jxpiszczek/