We are very grateful to all the filmmakers who have made their work available to screen for this event and can’t wait to share this smorgasbord of award-winning, binge-worthy and all-round innovative independent home-grown talent with a live audience on the big screen!
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors are advised that films and series shown at Shorts Relief: Flicks for the Fires may contain images and voices of people who have died.
Check out our program for the day by clicking here or first browse the awesome talent in our line up below:
A RARE BREED
(Film)
Director/Writer/Producer/Editor:
Thomas José Field
Cast: Robert Wilson
Genre: Documentary
Time: 11 mins
AUNTY DONNA
(Series)
Written and Created by AUNTY DONNA
Tom Armstrong, Mark Samual Bonanno, Broden Kelly, Samuel Lingham, Max Miller, Zachary Ruane
Director: Max Miller
Producer: Jessica Galea
Cast: Mark Samual Bonanno, Broden Kelly, Zachary Ruane
Genre: Comedy
Time: 4 mins
BEYOND THE WATER’S EDGE
(Series)
Director/Writer: Scott Dale
Producer: Scott Dale, Mark Holland & Brent Jacuta
Cast: John Jenkins, Sole Cecere, Kit Dale, Mark Holland, Brent Jacuta, Andy Rhodes, Maurial Spearim
Genre: Historical Drama
Time: 4 mins
BRUCE
(Series)
Creators: Tony Rogers, Warwick Holt, Mat Blackwell
Writers: Warwick Holt, Mat Blackwell
Director: Tony Rogers
Cast: Richard Davies, Dave Lawson, Angus Sampson, Veronica Thomas, Francis McMahon, Ditch Davey, Victoria Thaine
Genre: Comedy
Time: 10 mins
BUILDING BRIDGES
(Film)
Director: Jessica Lawton
Writer: Ted Wilson
Producer: Jessica Lawton, Rhys Mitchell
Cast: Mark Mitchell
Genre: Comedy
Time: 3 mins
CAVE CLAN: UNDERGROUND ARTISTS
(Series)
Director/Writer/Producer: Tim Stone
Executive Producer: Mandy Chang
Genre: Documentary
Time: 7 mins
FRESH!
(Series)
Creators/Producers: Nikki Tran, Simon Trevorrow
Directors: Elizabeth Fermanis, Bec Peniston-Bird, Amie Batalibasi, Simon Trevorrow, Carl Stella, Grant Scicluna
Cast: Maia Absberg, Tony Ting, Rosa Nix, Shrut Palmar, Pauline Grace, Olivia Choi, Kevin Summers, Nyawuda Chuol, Adam Hetherington
Genre: Dramedy
Time: 6 mins
GOODALL & GALLAGHER
(Series)
Director/Writers: Marc Gallagher, Luke Goodall
Cast: Marc Gallagher, Luke Goodall
Genre: Comedy
Time: 4 mins
HOW TO TALK AUSTRALIANS
(Series)
Director: Tony Rogers
Writers: Rob Hibbert and Tony Rogers
Cast: Vishal Kotak, Jeffrey Dsouza, Chum Ehelepola, Robert Santiago, Vikrant Narain, Sybil Quadros, Ananth Gopal, Kamla Chandar
Genre: Comedy
Time: 4 mins
JOLLY ROGER
(Film)
Director/Writer: Kaiya Jones
Producer: Julian V Costanzo
Cast: John Flaus, Cleo Phillips, Ben McNamara
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Time: 13 mins
THE KATERING SHOW
(Series)
Director: Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan, Cameron Ford
Writers: Kate McLennan, Kate McCartney
Producer: Tamasin Simpkin
Cast: Kate McLennan, Kate McCartney
Genre: Comedy
Time: 9 mins
MRS McCUTCHEON
(Film)
Director: John Sheedy
Writer: Ben Young
Producer: Andre Lima, Jenny Vila
Cast: Alec Golinger, Wesley Patten, Nadine Garner, Virginia Gay, Shareena Clanton, Neil Pigot
Genre: Drama
Time: 15 mins
MYCELIUM MADE
(Film)
Director/Writer/Producer: Emily Medbury
Producer/Cinematographer/Editor: Harry Cassell
Cast: Amanda Morglund
Genre: Documentary
Time: 5 mins
OFF THE METER
(Film)
Writer/Director: Carl J. Sorheim
Producer: Julian Costanzo
Cast: Alan Fletcher, Troy Larkin, Nathan Strauss
Genre: Comedy
Time: 7 mins
THE ORCHESTRA
(Film)
Director/Writer: Mikey Hill
Producer: Melanie Brunt
Genre: Animation
Time: 15 mins
SEXY HERPES
(Series)
Co-Creator/Producer/Writer: Daniel Mulvihill
Co-Creator/Director/Writer: Madeleine Dyer
Executive Producer: Charlie Carman, Duy Huynh
Cast: Zoe McDonald, Genevieve Morris, Katie Castles, Jay K. Cagatay, Chloe Ng, Mark Silveria, Rohan Nichol, Harriet Dyer, Paul Denny, Jason Geary, Nicholas Capper
Genre: Comedy
Time: 6 mins
SILO ART TRAIL
(Series)
Director/Writer/Producer: Bryce McCoy, Vidad Narayan
Genre: Documentary
Time: 4 mins
SPEAKING DAGGERS
(Film)
Writer/Director: Sally McLean
Producer: Sally McLean, Billy Smedley
Cast: Michala Banas, Nadine Garner, Christopher Kirby, Scott Major, Sally McLean, Faran Martin, Jaron Natoli, Billy Smedley
Genre: Drama
Time: 12 mins
STEPMATES
(Series)
Director/Animator/Writer: SEBASTIAN PEART
Producer/Writer/Performer: MARK NICHOLSON
Music & Sound: PETER CORRIGAN
Genre: Animation
Time: 5 mins
SUPER BIRTHDAY
(Film)
Writer/Director: Tom Henry Jones & Dylan Murphy
Producer: Michelle Melky & Manou Staedel-Arnould
Cast: Ailie Bellofiore, Kim Bonilla, Marc Gallagher, Marie Kelly, Marcus Molyneux, James Morris, Ryan A. Murphy
Genre: Sci-Fi
Time: 5 mins
THERE’S A MOBSTER UNDER MY BED
(Film)
Writer/Director: Matthew Smolen
Producers: Hayley Adams, Matthew Smolen
Cast: Stephen Lopez , Keeley Abrahamson, Lliam Amor
Genre: Family
Time: 10 mins
THE TRAINER
(Film)
Producer/Director/Editor: Clayton Jacobson
Cast: Ronald Jacobson
Genre: Documentary
Time: 4 mins
TWO PIECE
(Film)
Writer/Director/Editor: Greta Nash
Producers: Gillian Crosby and Gabrielle Mcleod
Cast: Freya Van Dyke Goodman, Lulu McClatchy, Liam Smith
Genre: Drama
Time: 7 mins
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
(Series)
Director/Writer: Scott Brennan, Rob Innes
Producer: Rob Innes
Cast: Scott Brennan, Veronica Milsom, Lewis Hobba
Genre: Comedy
Time: 5 mins
WRONG KIND OF BLACK
(Series)
Director: Catriona McKenzie
Writer: Nick Musgrove, Boori Monty Pryor
Producer: Melanie Brunt, Andrea Denholm, Kelly West
Executive Producer: Emma Fitzsimons
Cast: Clarence Ryan, Aaron McGrath, Lisa Flanagan, Tommy Lewis, Nilbi Yasserie, Toby Truslove, Christopher Kirby
Genre: Dramedy
Time: 15 mins