'STRAYA: Short Film Collection

Age: 18+
To your attention: the films inside the Collection are played one by one, in the form of a playlist.

Take part in the voting: which short film did you like the best?

История Ли Пин
The Story Of Lee Ping

Year: 2020
Country: Australia
Director: Jasmin Tarasin
Cast: Jillian Nguyen, Mark Coles Smith
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 14 min.
Age: 16+
Set in the rural backlots of 1920s Australia - no place for a women - “The Story of Lee Ping” is a tale of a young Chinese woman, an imprisoned erotic dancer who plots her freedom. Lee meets Jack an Aboriginal farm hand who changes the way she sees herself forever.

Awards & Festivals:

Flickerfest International Film Festival – participation

Аудиогид
Audio Guide

Year: 2020
Country: Australia
Director: Chris Elena
Cast: Emma Wright, Nyx Calder
Genre: short, sci-fi
Language: English
Runtime: 14 min.
Age: 16+
A woman is told the secrets of the world through an art gallery issued audio guide.

Shot on 35mm.

Awards & Festivals:

St. Kilda Film Festival – Audience Award (Best Short Film), Short Film Competition Prize (Best Achievement in Screenplay)
Terror in the Bay Film Festival – participation

Хлорка
Chlorine

Year: 2020
Country: Australia
Director: Melissa Anastasi
Cast: Clementine Bell, Marlo Kelly, Ezekiel Simat
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 17 min.
Age: 18+
A neglected 11-year-old girl steals from pregnant women at the local swimming pool.

Awards & Festivals:

Short to the Point International Film Festival – December Award (Best Leading Actress)
Sydney Film Festival – Official Selection 
BFI London Film Festival – Official Selection 
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards nomination – Best Short Film
Australian Directors Guild Award – Best Direction in a Short Film
Cork International Film Festival – participation 
Nashville Film Festival – participation 
Screen Producers Australia Awards nomination – Short Film Production of the Year
 

Отпуск
Furlough

Year: 2020
Country: Australia
Director: Phoebe Tonkin
Cast: Ryan Corr, Milly Alcock, Markella Kavenagh
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 19 min.
Age: 18+
FURLOUGH follows a day-in-the-life of two sisters, 16 and 17, who embark on an adventure tiptoeing the line between freedom and responsibility.  What appears to be a dangerous game of living on the edge, is really about making the most of the fleeting, precious moments we have here on this earth.

Awards & Festivals:

Flickerfest International Film Festival – Australian premiere

Ночь сурка
Groundhog Night

Year: 2020
Country: Australia
Director: Genevieve Clay-Smith
Cast: John Batchelor, Genevieve Clay-Smith, Emily Dash, Chris Haywood, Robyn Nevin, Susan Prior
Genre: short, comedy, frama
Language: English
Runtime: 16 min.
Age: 18+
Gary’s so used to caring for his disabled daughter Jess, he can do it in his sleep. But when the in-laws come to stay, everyone will get a wake-up call.

Inclusively made with the support of Screen NSW as part of their Screenability strategy and premiering at Sydney Film Festival in 2020. ‘Groundhog Night’, is a brilliant dramedy written by and starring the amazing Emily Dash and directed by and starring Genevieve Clay-Smith, among a stellar cast including Robyn Nevin, John Batchelor, Susan Prior and Chris Haywood! Shot on location in “The Shire”, BSF student Rawley Reynolds Co-Directed the production which was Produced by our awesome COO Dianna La Grassa.

Awards & Festivals:

Sydney Film Festival – premiere
Cleveland Film Festival – participation

Роборовски
Roborovski

Year: 2021
Country: Australia
Director: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dev Patel
Genre: animation, short
Language: English
Runtime: 15 min.
Age: 12+
Roborovski follows an eponymous thimble sized hamster, who spends his days in Marvin's Pet Shop, hoping to find a family. However, when he is constantly overlooked by the people and animals around him, his seething resentment and intense jealousy soon takes hold and the murderous side of little Roborovski is released!

The new festival hit is directed by actors Tilda Cobham-Hervey (star of I AM WOMAN) and Dev Patel (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIORE). 

Awards & Festivals:

Flickerfest International Film Festival – Yoram Gross Award

Синкансэн
Shinkansen

Year: 2019
Country: Australia
Director: Siena Mayutu Wurmarri Stubbs
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 3 min.
Age: 12+
A Yolŋu girl in Japan - The poem and footage featured in this film were created on the Shinkansen (bullet train) from Nagoya to Kyoto.

Awards & Festivals:

NATSIAA National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards) – Multimedia Award

Автобус в Бирра-Бирра
The Bus to Birra Birra

Year: 2020
Country: Australia
Director: T.J. Power
Cast: Elizabeth Blackmore, Josh McConville
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 15 min.
Age: 16+
Arielle's path changes forever when she befriends a young man whose fate rests on the outcome of his journey home from prison.

Awards & Festivals:

Film Invasion L.A. – Filmmaker Award (Outstanding Screenplay), Outstanding Acting, Grand Jury Prize (Best Short Film – Drama), Best Director, Short Film
Gold Coast International Film Festival – SIPFest People's Choice   
Santa Monica Film Festival – honorable mention 
Marina del Rey Fim Festival – official selection 

Прыжок
Jump

Year: 2020
Country: Australia
Director: Isaac Brown
Cast: Steve Le Marquand, Darren Gilshenan
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 7 min.
Age: 18+
A short black comedy about two men meeting for the first time on the edge of a rooftop as they both contemplate jumping off.

Awards & Festivals:

Flickerfest International Film Festival – participation

Старейшины
Elders

Year: 2019
Country: Australia
Director: Tony Briggs
Cast: Muraany Andy-Harrison, Wayne Atkinson, Rod Briggs
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 10 min.
Age: 6+
Two Elders take their grandson out bush and put him to the test to prove the boy is old enough to start learning vitally important lessons that will equip him with the necessary tools to maintain the future survival of his culture.

Awards & Festivals:

Berlin International Film Festival – participation 
Screen Producers Australia Award nomination – Short Film Production of the Year
Festival International Présence Autochtone - International First  Peoples Festival – Special Mention 
Sydney International Film Festival – Official Selection 
Melbourne International Film Festival – Official Selection
Cinefest Oz – participation 
Byron Bay International Film Festival – participation 
St.Kilda Film Festival – participation 
Flickerfest – participation 
Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival – participation 
imagineNATIVE – participation 
Olympia International Film Festival – participation 
Reel 2 Real Online Film Festival – participation 
IYAFF 38. Ale Kino – participation 
Available Light Film Festival – participation 
Winda Film Festival – participation 
Maoriland Film Festival – participation 
Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival – participation 
Port Shorts Film Festival – participation 
 

Прочь от Ковида
Straight Outta Covid

Year: 2020
Director: Cesar Salmeron
Cast: Maddie Brisbane, Charlie Cinnamon Michelle-Wells, Kaspar Cesar Salmeron
Genre: short, comedy
Language: English
Runtime: 3 min.
Age: 12+
Two kids post COVID lockdown discuss what matters most...to them!

Awards & Festivals:

Flickerfest International Film Festival – participation