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THE ONE WHO BROKE YOUR HEART

Teenager Harriet and her older ex-boyfriend Sean meet again when he returns from a prolonged overseas trip. Still with strong feelings of abandonment Harriet cautiously explores the possibility of there being a future between them. The story reveals the power of their feelings for one another but also the pain that they’ve both experienced in each other’s absence. Do they have a future and on whose terms?

Director: Scott Pickett
Producers: Bruce Dawson, Lawrence Lim
Director of Photography: Lachlan Milne

Format: RED






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ANIMA

Since a deadly car accident Roman and Anastasia have lived in seclusion, their only connection the internet; their addiction, technology. Psychologically and physically, it’s killing him, and Anastasia’s rejecting the fantasy. With the outside world closing in and his wife’s body deteriorating, Roman desperatly keeps her alive the only way he knows how. Inside the system.

Director: Scott Mannion
Producers: Luke McKay
Director of Photography: Mike Molloy
Cast: Henry Nixon, Katherine Hicks, Laura Brent, Karl Beattie, Aaron Scully

Format: Genesis






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SANCTUARY

After witnessing her father's murder, Lia is institutionalized to help her recover, but the memory of her father's murder continues to haunt her. As a coping strategy she retreats to her Sanctuary where her memories and the real world start to collide.

Director: Benedict Samuel
Producers: Annmaree Bell
Director of Photography: Michael Steel
Cast: Tabrett Bethel, Xavier Samuel, Heather Mitchell

Format: RED






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A PARACHUTE FALLING IN SIBERIA

A Parachute Falling in Siberia parallels the impending parting of a middle-aged couple facing terminal breast cancer with two Russian cosmonauts preparing to separate after hundreds of days in orbit locked aboard the MIR space station. How do you spend your final moments? How do you say goodbye? A NSW FTO EFF short film.

Director: Ian Meadows
Producer: Sarah Shaw
Director of Photography: John Brawley
Cast: Noni Hazlehurst, Anthony Phelan, Eamon Farren

Format: 16mm







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NICE SHOOTIN’ COWBOY

A contemporary Western about desperate buyers, desperate sellers, and an unthinkable deal. Produced by Arena Films and financed by the Australian Film Commission. Based on the short story by Anson Cameron.

Director / Writer: Ben Pelps
Producer: John Maynard
Director of Photography: John Brawley
Cast: Andre de Vanny, Simon Stone, Rebecca Heatherington, Don Bridges

Format: 35mm









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VENGER

Venger follows Anthony, the eldest son of the notorious McCullough crime family, as he seeks vengeance for the death of his girlfriend. A branded short film for G Brothers Mercedes-Benz and Petronas Lubricants International from the Filmmakers Factory and FG Entertainment.

Director: Marc Furmie
Producers: Simon Ritch, Matt Inglis and Hadi Tieu-Vinh
Director of Photography: Marc Windon
Cast: Christian Clark, Henry Nixon, Bren Foster, Jai Koutrae, Dan Mor

Format: HD (Arri Alexa)






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THE RAZOR’S EDGE

In a post apocalyptic Australia, a homeless man without a past discovers a baby without a future... But both are more than they appear as destiny collides with kung fu.

Director: Gabriel Dowrick
Writer / Producer: David Ratner
Director of Photography: Marc Windon

Format: 35mm






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CLOWN’S LAMENT

This clown has reached the end of the line. Now he’s going to confess. No doubt hilarity will ensue.

Director: Al Boone
Writer / Producer: Aaron Scully
Director of Photography: Luke McKay

Format: RED







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THE LORD IS MY SHOTGUN

A morally reprehensible, ethically bankrupt, violent vigilante action/noir film about a hard-bitten, take no shit detective who's reached the end of his chain. Opening just after a robbery gone wrong four goons stand between this violent, vigilante, vengeful cop and the carpark exit - his imaginary salvation - but real damnation.

Director: Gabriel Dowrick
Producer: Marc Windon
Director of Photography: Marc Windon

Format: 35mm






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DEATH IN THE GARDEN

The stillness hanging over the gardens is shattered by the scream of the groundsman, mortified after coming face to face with Death himself. Fleeing to his master in search of aiding his escape, the aging Baron offers to stand in the young man's place. So both men begin a journey from where neither intends to return -- one to the farthest shore; the other to Death in the garden.

Director / Writer: Michael Chrisoulakis
Producer: Michael Chrisoulakis & Edmond Jory
Director of Photography: Nicola Daley

Format: HDV






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LAST DRINKS

It's an ordinary night in a downtown bar. Three priests are enjoying a laugh and a drink. But what's really going on? The clock is ticking. The waitress seems awkward. But they've only got one thing on their mind - one last drink.

Director: Gabriel Dowrick
Producer: Tony Chu, Aaron Scully, Az Jackson, Wayne Bassett
Director of Photography: Marc Windon

Format: HDCAM (Sony F900)





Monarch
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MONARCH

The story of a victim of the Central Intelligence Agency's notorious and contentious mind control program MONARCH. Conducted during and post cold war, the project involved traumatisation, ritual abuse and forced drug use to control the minds of its victims through DISASSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER.

Director / Writer: Shane Willis
Producer: Nick Cole
Director of Photography: Simon Morris

Format: 35mm






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ALICE

Arabella Ramsay’s A/W collection was borne out of earth and sky of Alice Springs. The collection interprets the natural environment with spirit, a nod to country crafts and bohemian homespun feel. The film follows two girls, as they travel through the Australian landscape; heading for the border, to The Alice.

Director: Nicole Rose
Writer / Producer: Nicole Rose
Director of Photography: Stefan Duscio

Format: DSLR (5D)






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THE BIND

Carmen, a corporate lawyer, is recovering from a horrific car accident. Housebound, she's determined to return to work -- but the more she tries to regain control of her life and put the past behind her, the more something in the house wants her to re-live that fateful event.

Director / Writer: Michael Chrisoulakis
Producer: Annmaree J. Bell
Director of Photography: Nicola Daley

Format: HD (Genesis)






OLD IN MY SHOES

The battle of the sexes is a zero sum game. Someone has to win. Someone has to lose. But at least there will be dancing.

Director / Writer: Kick Gurry
Director of Photography: John Brawley
Cast: Ruby Rose, Kick Gurry

Format: 5D






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HIT AND RUN

Pregnant and in a state of panic, a 16 year old girl hurtles towards a hospital in a taxi. Meanwhile, only blocks away, the 27 year old father of her child prowls the streets for his next conquest, on a collision course with karma... or so it would seem.

Director / Writer: Luke McKay
Producer: Luke McKay & Matt McQuillan
Director of Photography: Marc Windon

Format: HD






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WHEN THE SEX IS GONE (TRAILER)

From the award winning cabaret show by Tommy Bradson. When the Sex is Gone is a portrait of romance-infused eroticism, as told by a foul-mouthed split-person hermaphrodite. Charlie Martini and Alastair Estaire, an ex-stripper and an ex-lightweight champion, muse over their years traipsing the red-light districts of the world, inhabiting the same body. Their stories of broken hearts and drunken brawls combined with original songs including "First Time Lover" and "I Can't F**k Myself So Don't Tell Me To" are guaranteed to shock and amaze.

Director: Hugo St. Claire
Writer / Producer: Tommy Bradson
Director of Photography: Marc Windon

Format: HD






NAILED aka UNDEAD HAZARD

A revolutionary procedure performed in the jungles of Guatemala gives rise to an unspeakable horror when one doctor discovers how to implement mind control. By injecting a deadly cocktail straight into the brains of the world's unwanted, a new slave race is created - available for sweat shops, sex farms and private mercenary armies. One huge corporation is slowly building an army of pseudo-zombies, ripe for export. But one escapes, he wakes with no knowledge of who he is or how he got there - all he knows is that his life is in danger. And he holds the secret that could bring the entire deadly army down...

Director: Rock Stoner
Producer: Nobby Rodriguez
Director of Photography: Marc Windon

Format: DV






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A FAIRYTALE OF THE CITY

Starring Sam Worthington and Maeve Dermondy, A Fairytale Of The City is a film of love and captivity, of loss, of escape, of rescue. It is a tale of fragility and strength, of tender and brutal sexuality and of a final, beautiful choice.

Director / Writer: Vanessa Caswill
Producer: Kate Hicky
Director of Photography: Marc Windon
Cast: Sam Worthington, Maeve Dermondy

Format: 35mm






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THE END

“The End” is a gritty, realistic tale of brotherhood and loss told through the eyes of Jules, from the Western Suburbs and Marcus, from the North Shore. Tragedy has bound these two men and together their destinies will collide in a frenzy of fist fuelled emotion and carnage. It is a close study of mis-spent passion, grief and the consequences of one’s actions.

Director / Writer: Luke McKay
Producer: Charles Billeh, Pepi Kokab
Director of Photography: Conrad George

Format: DVCAM






THICK AS THIEVES

They've got the perfect crime. They've got the perfect plan. The only problem is the world is a very small place

Director: RitaKahn Chen
Producer: Jacqui Robson

Format: HDV






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RUTHLESS DAYS

A neo-noir tale of money, murder and revenge.

Director / Writer: Ivan Zelic
Producer: Ivan Zelic
Director of Photography: Marc Windon

Format: DVCAM






THE ART OF GIVING

The Art of Giving is a short black comedy that examines the shifting & hypocritical nature of modern attitudes toward charity. After receiving an ambitious proposal to increase corporate charity expenditure from a new upstart colleague, business shark Ryan schemes to squash him immediately. And how best to achieve this? Invite him over for Christmas dinner, of course! At this dinner party, anything (and everything) goes…

Director : RitaKahn Chen and Charlotte Nielson
Producers: RitaKahn Chen and Mark Bryan

Format: DigiBETA






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RESIDUE

In an attempt to salvage their relationship, a young couple go away on a romantic weekend, but the beauty of their surroundings does nothing to help them see past each other's mistakes.

Director / Writer: Sebestian Guy
Producer: Katherine Isaac
Director of Photography: Peter Borosch

Format: 35mm