Tag: Australia
400 people set out on a boat. Only 7 made it to Australia. Amal Basry was one of them
Howard Fry, a socially inept actor, calls upon a magical shaman and is granted the vision to see the very best and worst of human beings.
A journey through a small Australian town reflects another through the virtual territory of travel blogs.
Katy Morrison's major production at VCA School of Film & TV is Second Lives, which premiered at ACMI cinema, Federation Square, December 4 2008.
If you’ve ever been bored at work, this short film is for you. Documentary filmmaker Nick Spunde exposes his personal struggle with this very modern subject of boredom. It’s a private and internal space most eloquently visualised in a public and external way.
An old piece of Zen wisdom advises when it is time to eat -- eat, when it is time to work -- work, and when it is time to die -- die. Buddhists' advise that to truly live, you must truly accept death. Ceasing explores the cyclical nature of life and death
Childhood is in danger of extinction. Jade, a spirited Vietnamese-Australian girl, leads us into the hectic lives of today's children.
The Cantonese folk-tale, The Thunder God, brings back childhood memories for Sijun Zhou who was given the story to interpret for his World Tales animation. Bright has been shown at over 20 different film and animtion festivals around the world, and an won audience award in Greece. Read an interview for the Asian American Film Festival.
For more short films go to www.sbs.com.au
Ben Callaghan is at a place where he has no choice but to speak the truth. In the nine most important minutes of his life he will confront his deepest fears.
Other films by Peter Hegedus - Grandfathers and Revolutions, Inheritance: a fisherman's story (2004 Academy Award short-listed)
A young boy who dreams of discovering extra-terrestrial life on Mars, and his next door neighbour who makes it happen.
www.sequential-one.com/findlife/
www.sequential-one.com/findlife/downloads.html includes clip “Mars: pixel by pixel” for special effects nuts
