SHORTS PACKAGE: AUDACIOUS, BOLD AND CUNNING

Shorts screened:

SPINNING

(Dark Comedy / Drama / Narrative)

Robert takes his beloved 3.2 litre saloon for a spin in the neighbourhood. But his world is crumbling, and his car is merely a symptom of male vulnerability and denial.

"JULIA"

(Narrative)

Touring actors, Jasper and Dario, arrive at ‘digs’ one evening and walk into a peculiar setup. Unintentionally they inflate tensions with their odd host when one causes a blow-up between him and his unusual ‘wife’.

OTHER CATS TO NIP

(Narrative)

At a high school carnival, a respected city English teacher finds herself acting as the famous superhero Catwoman. She wears a costume that allows her to exercise her own superpower: domination.

EVERYTHING I LEARNED WHEN MY HOUSE BURNED DOWN

(Narrative)

After Jacy Catlin burns down his remote log cabin, including all of his family's belongings, he returns to his former home to shoot one last comedy. Co-directed by Catlin and The Found Footage Festival's Joe Pickett, the short film is shot against a backdrop of the remains of Catlin’s actual burned-down home.

HARBOR ISLAND

(Narrative)

A comedian lives in a van and records non-sequiturs and dad jokes while stalking the industrial zone at night

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

(Narrative)

A trip inside a piano uncovers what's wrong with a depressed musician.

VERTICAL VALOR

(Narrative)

After being drafted for World War III, a group of burnout skateboarders are recruited into a casualty notification unit.

MIKEY'S CUBBY

(Student)

Computy teaches Mikey about the internet.

WRITE A SONG ABOUT HEARTACHE

(Narrative)

A musician finds a painful shortcut to writing new hits.