film list

St Kilda Film Festival

	A Love Story Short film Director: Simon Bare	All the bad lines and false starts are yet to play out, because no matter where it ends, this is where it begins.
	A World Away Short film Director: Sarah McLauchlan	When a young girl is forced to spend her days locked away in the attic, she finds her only means of escape is through her drawings.
	Amakwerekwere Short film Director: Lenny de Vries	When a xenophobic South African is caught punching up a foreign African, he is put to the test by the local chief.
	Anything You Can Do Short film Director: Emma Buckley	Two boys face off. The competition is fierce. Faces are pulled, grapes are thrown and burps unleashed. But will victory be sweet?
	Apricot Short film Director: Ben Briand	A mysterious man with missing memories asks very personal questions to a beautiful woman.
	Attack Short film Director: Adam White	When Harold discovers he has a brain tumour, the only chance for him to survive is to undergo laser surgery. Unbeknown to Harold, the tumour has its own survival instincts. Self funded film starring Angus Sampson, Jane Allsop, Dailan Evans, Pete Dowe and Catherine Lee. A homage to 50s science fiction films
	Aunty Maggie & The Womba Wakgun Short film Director: Leah Purcell	Aunty Maggie and Uncle Peter struggle to feed their three nephews. The arrival of some chickens provides a new food source... eggs! When the new rooster becomes more of a headache and nearly dies, Aunty Maggie's quick thinking shocks the family and makes her famous.
	Bad Timing Short film Director: James Teh	With mere seconds before the bomb explodes CJ must decide between the blue wire and the red wire. What will CJ decide? Another comedy gem from the Angry Pinata team.
	Bell Music video Director: Justin Kurzel Starring: The Mess Hall	Bell' follows a day in the life of the eleven year-old preaching phenomenon, Minister Terry Durham, also known as 'The Little Man Of God'. Justin Kurzel, brother of The Mess Hall's singer/guitarist Jed, has directed all the band's previous videos, including the award winning 'Keep Walking' and 'Pulse'. 'Bell' has screened on the web as well as ABC's Rage and Video Hits on Channel Ten. It is due to screen at the 2010 St Kilda Film Festival.
	Beyond Here Lies Nothin' Music video Director: Nash Edgerton Starring: Artist: Bob Dylan
	Bourke boy Short film Director: Adrian Wills	A father and adopted troubled teenage son take a trip to the son's birthplace of Bourke where they try to find the right words to say to each other before it's too late.
	Boxer Short film Director: Michael Latham	With the speed and grace of a middle-aged man Gary navigates his golf buggy through a giant warehouse only to encounter a defiantly misplaced box. Gary’s desire to organise and neatly shelve the box leads him to discover that there is something in the box... and it’s alive.
	Burn Your Name Music video Director: Natasha Pinkus Starring: Powderfinger	Filmed amongst the magic and mayhem of a Thai city in the peak of its Loy Krathong lantern festival, BURN YOUR NAME showcases the spectacular beauty of the launching of a fire-lit lantern and its growing collective participation, to visually express the song's celebratory declaration of love.
	Buses and Trains Short film Director: Chris Frey	Sam is 16, pregnant and an outsider to a group of street kids whose antisocial behaviour leads to violent conflict.
	Calypso Short animation Director: Jack Parry	The story of an old man’s escape from dying. In the not-too-distant future our elderly are left to be cared for by machines. George, an abandoned, terminally-ill man, has been left to end his life surrounded by a circle of mechanized carers in a cold, sterile hospital ward. His only solace is what little can be seen from his window. Until one night George has a visitor…
	Celestial Avenue Short film Director: Colin & Camerone Cairnes	Kath has been looking for love in all the wrong places. Then she finds herself in Chinatown. In the middle of a less than successful blind date she overhears the soulful Cantonese singing of kitchen-hand Ah Gong. Kath is intrigued. But is there more to Ah Gong than meets the eye? Celestial Avenue is an offbeat tale ‚ part karaoke video part cross-cultural comedy about love personal reinvention and a startled pigeon.
	Chance to Say Goodbye Music video Director: Natasha Pinkus Starring: Artist: Pete Murray	Rather than follow a traditional music video approach, the open brief was to make a short film exploring the themes of love and loss. CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE is an intimate, poignant story dramatising an idea contained in the song's lyric: I'd give it all, just to say goodbye to your face. Stars Peter Fenton.
	Could Be Bad Music video Director: Tom Noakes Starring: The Scare	A security guard returns home from work to discover a group of "ghostly Delinquents" vandalizing his apartment.
	Covered Short film Director: Michael Robinson	One week before the opening of the ski season Vanessa and Matt wait for the snow to fall, but they're not the only ones hoping for a good cover this winter.
	Dark Horse Short film Director: Marc Furmie	Taxi driver Minh helps Isabella, a girl forced into prostitution by her boyfriend. Minh's show of kindness leads to an unlikely connection.
	Disarm Short film Director: Nathan Keene
	Don't Thank Me, Thank AA: the Dave Mustaine story Documentary Director: Mia Timpano	The last journalist who spoke to Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine, he publicly threatened to hospitalise. I was next. A documentary by Frankie senior writer Mia Timpano, starring the greatest thrash guitarist of all time, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine.
	Early Checkout Short film Director: Jim Lounsbury	Chris is awoken by his extremely anxious best mate Dan who moments earlier may have accidentally strangled a girl to death while having sex. Tired and a little hung over the two friends do whatever they can to try and get rid of the body.
	Echo Short film Director: Jim Lounsbury	Damien must confront haunting memories from his past before he can embrace his future. Echo is about dealing with loss, and an exploration of how suppressed memories can affect us.
	Emilia Eckle Short film Director: Alyssa McClelland	When Emilia Eckle and Tom embark on their first date one fine Spring evening, everything that takes place is beyond their wildest dreams.
	Eskimo Kiss Short film Director: Dustin Feneley	A young man with a disability brings a girl home for the first time.
	Every Second Weekend Documentary Director: Scott Holgate	There’s three sides to every story, his, hers, and the truth and somewhere along the journey we come to that truth – Tony Miller Director/ Founder of Dad’s In Distress.
	Faux Pas Short film Director: Aaron Wilson	First dates can be awkward
	Fish Lips Short film Director: Duane Fogwell	A story about love, about family, about fish fingers and a game called Yahtzee!
	Floating Short film Director: Juliet Porter	An early sea change for Anna and Dave. Fresh air. Fresh start. Anna battles against the current every day. It's time to make a choice to fight or to float.
	Foreign Parts Short film Director: Michael Cody	In the aftermath of a traumatic event a young woman wanders dazed through a place both familiar and bewildering.
	From Dope to Dalai Lama Documentary Director: Jason Raftopolous	From drug fueled psychosis to Buddhist monk and now diamond dealer, this is one man's journey to spiritual enlightenment.
	Goodtown Music video Director: Lucy Dyson Starring: Wagons	Goodtown is about moving somewhere and the grass always being greener, a psyched out treechange - like a seachange, but gone wrong. All aboard the ominous train to Goodtown.
	GPS Short film Director: Sam Bryant	Thompson a seven-year-old runt with a gift for direction has one dream in life - to be the voice of a GPS navigator. However he is devastated to learn that he has a debilitating lisp. Will his dream destroy him or is there light at the end of the tunnel for Thompson?
	Grey Scale Short film Director: Jonathan Tappin	Michael is torn between reality and a desired truth. He is a father who is struggling to come to terms with his daughter's death.
	Happy Country Short film Director: Corrie Chen	A pregnant Chinese woman and her over-confident Chinese husband both trying hard to be "Australian" set off for Sydney in their battered station wagon and discover that distance is not confined to the landscape.
	Helmut's House Documentary Director: Jess Dickenson	During a 50,000 km road tour of Australia the filmmaker encountered 89 year old Helmut. Living alone and remote for nearly 40 years in a hand-built house on the bed of one of the largest rivers in the country, he was wearing only a loin cloth when she arrived. 'Helmut's House' is a unique encounter with a remarkable human being, an original character leading a truly unconventional lifestyle in the wilderness.
	Hitchhiker Short film Director: Steven Woodburn	Two gangland murders, a killer on the loose…you never know who you could pick up.
	Hombres Hablando Short film Director: Matthew Richards	Spanish for 'men talking', Hombres Hablando is an intimate, uncensored look into the minds of two very, very different men.
	Hunted Short film Director: Stuart Moulds	On the outskirts of a future Melbourne Bud a Department of Human Collection contractor hunts illegal citizens. When Zak is caught and taken back to his place of refuge things start to go wrong. Delays forms and more applications keep haunting Bud as he tries to process Zak and move on to the next job.
	I Can Speak Swedish Short film Director: Charlene Loh, David Forster	Jane buys a used car in which she finds items that provide her with the chance to communicate with a world she once feared.
	I Don't Wanna Be a Popstar Too Music video Director: Frank Strangio Starring: Ian Smith	This production was simply an execution of a quirky idea by composer Frank Strangio. It features Ian Smith (who played Harold on Neighbours) and is a sardonic commentary on the actors turn Popstars phenomenon. It was shot on Super 16mm and was self-funded.
	If Your Dad Doesn't Have a Beard, You've Got Two Mums Music video Director: Tom Bettany Starring: The Beards	Alex's Dad isn't like other dads. Alex sees him 'differently'. There's something missing, but what is it? This hilarious clip has achieved over 100,000 hits on YouTube, screened on Rage, and was nominated for a 2010 South Australian Screen Award.
	Imprint Short film Director: Edwin McGill	A young woman is caught between the love she feels for her daughter, a trauma from her past in Russia and the horrifying illusion it is creating in the present. Haunted by violent recurring memories of the execution of her family in their Moscow home by a “Mafya” assassin. Stalked by hallucinations of the killer, she in turn becomes the stalker as she seeks to rid her world of his powerful imprint and the memory.
	Ink Short animation Director: Justine Wallace	A lost toy, a stolen childhood and a girl spray-painting the streets, in search of both.
	Into My Arms Short film Director: Angus Stevens	One night may be all he has to become a father.
	Invasion Short film Director: Jessica Redenbach	Katie arrives home to find a man in her house with a knife. She survives the brutal attack only to find the fight for her life has just begun.
	It's All Square Music video Director: Oliver Georgiou Starring: Eddy Current Suppression Ring	Oliver Georgiou is a Melbourne based Animation Director and founder of the St Kilda based production studio Georgiono. From time to time we end up back where we started, even though we set out to be somewhere else. That's because it's all square, even when it's round.
	Jacob Short animation Director: Dena Curtis	Gina, a young Aboriginal mother, finds herself in a predicament when her husband Max returns home and learns the truth about baby Jacob.
	Jagdish Ji Short film Director: Claire Holland	Jagdish Ji - An Indian immigrant driving taxis around the streets of Sydney. After months in Australia he’s still struggling to find his place. In contrast to the intrusive yet loving family he’s left at home he finds himself feeling alienated reclusive and alone. When he‚’s tested by a group of youths he meets in the early hours one Sunday morning he has a decision to make‚ to keep going or go home.
	Journey from Pinsk Short animation Director: Magda Matwiejew	Depicting the filmmaker's fragmented memories about her mother who grew up in the World War II war torn district of Pinsk, Belarus and then who emigrated to Australia.
	Just like the Others Short film Director: Jackie van Beek	Calvin wants to fit in with his friends but he can't afford an iPod. He has to find a way to make his own music.
	Killer Music video Director: Steve Baker Starring: Whitley	Whitley is a young cop patrolling a hard-boiled city. A monstrous killer is on the prowl, wreaking bloody havoc. As Whitley finally catches up with the beast, there are devastating consequences for all. Directed by Steve Baker. "Killer" is taken from Whitley's album "Go Forth, Find Mammoth", out now
	Lash Short animation Director: Elka Kerkhofs	Celina finds a dead body. By her touch she sees into another lifetime where this woman was her lover, but they died for their love. She discovers that religious persecution cannot kill the power of love and has a chance to heal the past and find peace.
	Lessons from the Night Documentary Director: Adrian Francis	As dusk approaches and workers stream out of the city, Maia is about to begin her day. She reflects on life, work and toilet bowls as she goes about her nightly cleaning round through silent empty spaces.
	Lifeboat Short animation Director: Mikael Brain	A disheveled man mysteriously emerges from an ancient forest and stumbles across an old wooden boat. He charges the vessel with finding him true nirvana.
	Little Ripper Documentary Director: Craig Boord	Pigeon fanciers train their birds to fly home. It's a tough competition and highly competitive. No holidays, no backyard, full dedication, it's all about the birds.
	Lizard Short animation Director: John Skibinski	An Australian frilled neck lizard's simple attempts to get a meal escalate into a full blown dilemma and quest to stay alive.
	Lucky Music video Director: Darcy Prendergast	Shot over 6 months, and painstakingly animated with a long exposure glow stick technique, this stop motion clip was the RAGE indie pick of the week and won the 'Best Animated Music Video' at St Kilda Film Festival.
	Mabuji Short film Director: Tyson Mowarin	The present and the past come together when a budding stockman on his first muster learns about his old grandfather, who remains close in spirit.
	Make Me Short film Director: John Ma	It is one thing to die for a cause, but what are you prepared to kill for?
	Man's Best Friend Short film Director: Luke Eve	Man’s Best Friend is a black romantic comedy about a man forced to choose between his love for his wife and his love for his dog. His decision has hilarious consequences.
	Mandarin Peel Short film Director: Anna Mcgrath	Mandarin Peel explores memories and dreams of childhood, focusing on the experiences of two girls in the dry Melbourne summer.
	Melbourne Tramontana Short animation Director: Federico Passi	A tram journey across Melbourne, as a new and foreign city. A captive experience. A split in reality. A glimpse of time and mind.
	Move Your RRRs Documentary Director: Mat Govoni, Cameron Mellor	A short film documenting Melbourne's beloved Triple R FM, and their struggle to find a new home.
	Must Be Santa Music video Director: Nash Edgerton Starring: Artist: Bob Dylan
	My Little King Short film Director: Marty Monaghan	Lured by fanciful tales of kings and riches, five-year-old Samuel reluctantly camps out in his father's car while he goes gambling. It's a night of celebration in Chinatown, but the consequences of his deception will leave his father counting the cost of his addiction.
	One More Tonight Short film Director: Al Mehicevic	Abdo, a Somalian refugee, drives taxi every night to support his family. Each fare means more money, each fare means less time with his family. Based on true events inspired by writer/director Al Mehicevic's experience as a taxi driver while working part time during his studies.
	One Night Short film Director: Alexandra Schepisi	A darkly intimate glimpse into the lives of five women over the course of a night.
	Owned Short film Director: Cara Lipson Dvorjak	A lonely teenager encounters a rowdy gang of local kids and is hesitantly lured into their world of practical jokes and video pranking. He thinks he has finally found friendship until their antics take a distinctly nasty turn...
	Pests Short film Director: Tim Dean	Invading, destructive pests shatter Bianca and Johnno’s suburban dream of home ownership and a garden. The neighbours give advice but the pests remain. Can possums really cause such havoc?
	Piñata Short film Director: Sian Davies	Rob and Wendy are strangers enduring a day besieged by loss. At their lowest point, fate brings them together with terrifying consequences.
	Primo Bacio Documentary Director: Sez (Sarah Vassilas)	An elderly couple share their first kiss with us, but not before they let us in on the way kissing has changed over the years. A documentary dedicated to the elderly couple in the film, who have been together for 49 years.
	Proof and Experiment Documentary Director: Ella Macintyre	An intimate portrait of Adelaide-based artist/musician Joelie Croser, a queer single mother of two young boys, whose work spans multiple mediums.
	Providence Park Short film Director: Daniel Krige	"When there's magic in the air anything can happen..." A day in the park turns into a magical experience when a little dog encourages people to throw a stick for it - and returns with what they need most.
	Ralph Short film Director: Deborah Mailman	For ten year old Maddie it will take more than just day dreaming about the Karate Kid to survive school, it will take a friend.
	Red Water Red Short film Director: Qing Xie	Sadomasochism, the specter of a dead mother, and an elaborate and grotesque fantasy all play a part as a young girl draws her father into a sexual relationship.
	Rock Bang! Music video Director: Jonno Katz Starring: Die Roten Punkte	Super Group Die Roten Punkte's 2nd video introduces people to the Rock Bang! Check them out at www.dierotenpunkte.com and director Jonno Katz at www.epicworlds.com
	Sacrifice Short film Director: Robert Jukic	As a killer prepares to hunt down their next victim, a backpacker’s misplaced travel papers force an unsuspecting victim into the path of an ancient evil.
	She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not Short film Director: Linda Mirabilio	In a tug of war, Milena sways back and forth between the women in her life, her persuasive lover Salia and fiery Italian mother. As she battles with desire and obligation, Milena embarks on the almost impossible mission of satisfying her multiple loves.
	Shiny Thing Short film Director: Lisa Gloufchis	Harriet Kitchener could be likened to something shiny; something eye-catching and dazzling. But Lochlan won't let his mother steal the show. Not this time.
	Shock Short film Director: Abe Forsythe	A broken man awakes to be confronted with his life, and the choices he's made. His past, present and future collide as he faces the inevitable…
	Shrapnel Short film Director: Mika Tran	Betrayed by her friends during a high school prank, reluctant bully Dawn finds herself trapped in an art room with her would-be victim. Inside this room, the two girls discover that there is a time to fight and a time to surrender.
	Shutting the Gates Short film Director: Paul Harrison	Everybody wants the best for their kids and Robert Fisher is the man to help them. Or is he? Examining the relationship between anxiety and decision-making, this film will make you question every purchase decision you have ever made.
	Side By Side Short film Director: Nassiem Valamanesh	Landscapes familiar yet strange incite us to consider the liberation that comes from infusing the banal with the beauty of the absurd. Rabbits hop. Feathers float. A house travels. Fish fly. Owls hoot. A paper boat sets sail. A boy and a girl watch side-by-side, together yet alone.
	Soy Milk Short film Director: Veeran Naran	A Romantic clash of cultures - Winner of the "Bollywood and Beyond" Indian Film Festival 2010, giving the director, Veeran Naran an Internship to Bollywood.
	Spaceship Music video Director: Marcus Flack Starring: Artist: Phrase	A classic jail break but this time from an oppressive office environment. Phrase tunnels to freedom leading his office companions with hilarious consequences.
	Sticks and Stones Music video Director: Sam Wark Starring: Mercury White	This is the band and director's first music clip. On a tiny budget clever ideas can still be the strongest currency in the end.
	Such is Life Short film Director: Stephen Godfrey	A true story about life and the world we've created, where contact is without face and how; even in death you can still exsist.
	Sunrise Short film Director: Platon Theodaris	When their mother leaves them for the work and cash of a cucumber farm, nine year old Chim is forced to quit school in order to care for his two younger sisters.
	The Accident Short film Director: Abigail Hargrave	As Amelia drives her friends up the winding road to Mt Buller she recounts the story of a car accident that her family was involved in on the same road 20 years earlier.
	The Clearing Short film Director: Seth Larney	Adam awakes in a clearing in the jungle, injured and with no memory of how he arrived there. He searches for clues but soon realizes he is running in circles. Will Adam be able to escape the clearing and discover the truth?
	The Edge of Reality Short film Director: Sean Genders	Life as an Elvis impersonator isn't as glamorous as Derek King thought it would be... Australian icons John Jarratt and Dan Wyllie feature in this Matt Hearn produced original comedy, written, designed and directed by Melbourne based director Sean Genders.
	The Good News Music video Director: Luke Tierney Starring: Philadelphia Grand Jury	Find the Philadelphia Grand Jury in this "Where's Wally" style music video.
	The Greatest Moment in the History of the Universe Short animation Director: Jonathan Dower	A young girl with a kooky imagination, explains the events that have led up to the greatest moment in the history of the universe...her birth.
	The Last Supper Short film Director: Angus Sampson	Da Vinci's The Last Supper depicts the Apostles' reactions upon learning the betrayal of Jesus. 13 men at lunch fueled by wine and emotion. This is the story of what happened ten minutes prior.
	The Laundromat Short film Director: Timothy Melville	Brian takes flirting to a new level when he finds a gun hidden inside his dirty laundry. Could such a bizarre courtship lead to romance?
	The Neighbour Short film Director: Ben Weir	What have we become? An exploration of ignorance, retribution and self obsession.
	The News Short film Director: Luke Shanahan	Gina and Daniel are madly in love. They arrange to meet at the cafe where they first met, each with exciting news.
	The Not-So-Great Eugene Green Short animation Director: Michael Hill	Eugene is a strange elderly man with a simple dream - to entertain the world with vocal sound effects. Unfortunately he has an annoyingly small repertoire.
	The Petrol Can Rider Short animation Director: Simon O'Carrigan	In a desolate post-apocalyptic Australian outback landscape, the protagonist attempts to find petrol for his broken down car. Based on 'The Coal Scuttle Rider', a short story by Franz Kafka, this animation deals with anxiety and the tyranny of distance.
	The Pizza Short film Director: Johnny Tran	The Pizza is a drama about the complex nature of friendship and family relationships in a close-knit Lebanese family in Western suburban Sydney. At the heart of the story is Moey an honest young man who struggles to understand how a simple well-intentioned gesture can become so misunderstood by those around him.
	The Price Music video Director: Matt Kamen Starring: Dappled Cities	1001 tiny light bulbs provide the lighting for Aussie rock/pop band Dappled Cities' first music video, "The Price".
	The Wake Short film Director: Gemma Lee	Jonathan a well-meaning but hopeless misfit makes an unexpected arrival at the wake of his best friend’s father. Initially intending to offer his support Jonathan instead retreats to the front yard uncomfortable with the outpouring of grief from the mourners. He meets Charles the eight-year-old son of the deceased who is also hiding out and the two of them form an unlikely friendship.
	The Washing Line Short film Director: Penny Bedford	This visually presented poem explores our most intimate relationships, how the dynamics change over time, until little by little we give more of ourselves away.
	The Water was Dark and It Went Forever Down Short film Director: Miranda Edmonds & Khrob Edmonds	During a holiday at the beach, a young girl tries to escape the drowning influence of her mother.
	The Way You Are Music video Director: Kess Broekman-Dattner Starring: Artist: Kate Vigo	Part homage to the bluescreen effects of yesteryear, part knowing nod to concessions made in troubled relationships, when sometimes the real concern may come entirely from within.
	There Had Better Be Blood Short film Director: Charles Williams	The over-active imaginations of rival brothers land them in trouble.
	Thirst Short film Director: Rodd Rathjen	Bomber arrives at the local pub on a Friday afternoon. As the night progresses and people leave, Bomber maintains his thirst.
	This is How You'll Make Your Bed in Prison Documentary Director: Katie Mitchell	From the confines of prison Vickie Lee Roach takes on the highest powers to get back the most basic rights.
	Tickets Short film Director: Edward Bell	One courier vs the world. Matt's life is about delivering. But… life does not always deliver back. After a day he would rather forget, Matt finds a way to get one up on his world. It's the little wins that remind you that life is never as bad it seems.
	Tomorrow Short film Director: Simon Portus	Kirsten is a young teenager from a small country town. Laura is a businesswoman on her way to Brisbane. When their journeys coincide Kirsten and Laura make a connection that runs deeper than their differences.
	Tomorrow (GPS) Short film Director: Abe Forsythe	How closely have you listened to your GPS navigator?
	View from the Outer Documentary Director: Billy Morrell, Andrew Paton	Follows five fanatical AFL football supporters who express a devotion verging on the religious.
	Viva Las Possum Short film Director: Marcus Hamill	When a young couple are woken in the middle of the night to the sound of movement in their roof they can only imagine they have possums in their attic. On investigation by the pest inspector, they find they have something far worse. Elvis!
	Voyeurnet Short film Director: Stuart Parkyn	Trent likes Kate who rides the same tram as him from school. He is becoming addicted to internet porn and the longer he surfs the more extreme his interests are getting. He finally talks with Kate, but his motives are more than just simple flirting.
	Water: A Poem Short film Director: Justus Neumann, Andrew Del Vecchio