SHORT FILMS
MOST FEATURE FILMS AT BBFF ARE PRECEDED BY SHORTS.
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Power Signal
While trying to navigate a city that won’t provide him a bathroom, a delivery worker discovers an unearthly presence infecting women all over New York.
Gath & K’iyh: Listen to Heal
In Alaska, community comes together to create music with Yo-Yo Ma as a critical part of collective healing and radical hope for the future.
Making Revisions
This film is the story of making Revisions or fixing up whitefella documents, a collaboration between Warlpiri painters of Central Australia and the British artist Patrick Waterhouse.
To Be Silent
Noongar and Spinifex woman Tace Stevens explores the impact of code-switching on her identity, before revealing what led her to embrace the power of standing firm in who she is, no matter where she is.
Cold Water
Set in St Kilda, Australia, an elderly woman’s peaceful retirement is interrupted when her husband takes up a bizarre new hobby.
Basri & Salma in Never-ending Comedy
A husband and wife married for 5 years, own an Odong-Odong at the carnival together, spending their days entertaining and taking care of other people’s children without any of their own.
Superdupermegagigasingle
A young man strikes up an unusual relationsship with a tourist visiting the skiresort he works at.
Shooting Watermelons
Federico is on holiday with his father and brother in a summer residence in Sardinia. When a wealthy German family invites them to dinner, Federico discovers he is not so different from his father.
Loser
22 year-old Alice works at a frozen yogurt shop, on what turns out to be an unforgettable day of her life.
Le Charade
A psychological comedy set in a run-down 1950s diner. Le Charade follows the final performance of a lonely mime and the psychotic episode that ensues after his imaginary friend breaks up with him and he is forced to re-enter society.
The Letter
In 1945, a young Gambian woman treks across her country to translate a letter written in English, one that tells the fate of her fiancé fighting for the British thousands of miles away.
Camping in Paradise
A philosopher and his girlfriend involuntarily must spend a night at a nudist campsite, which is far beyond their comfort zone. At the campsite they meet a friendly couple, and this reveals underlying conflicts and creates tension in their relationship.
Solutions
In a last ditch effort to extricate herself from the ramshackle farce of her suburban existence a woman caught between her dysfunctional husband and her densely loyal lover attempts to off one while framing the other.
Tony
After finding a fortune, a man embarks on a hallucinatory quest for truth, as a plea for humanity and reverence for nature resounds.
Ian
Ian is a short cinematic portrayal of the incredible 72-year-old Australian rockclimber Ian Elliott. Defying age stereotypes, Ian’s technical skills, strength, and endurance shatter societal norms and highlight the extraordinary potential of older athletes.
The Lighthouse
A fascinating documentary that follows the transformative journey of Tommy Disco, a soul battered by life's adversities.
Grey Power
Meet some retired professionals who are making some noise for issues that they believe in; proving that getting older doesn’t always mean staying safe or slipping into invisibility.
Waiting for the Man
A suspicious looking man and woman wait by their muscle car at the side of the road somewhere way off the beaten track. Something is about to go down…
Before the Mirror
Shaped by the voices of Fluff’s community, Before The Mirror is an experimental film that captures the liminal space between beauty and identity.
Mind the Gaps
17 year old Lucia's dad always had a camera in her face, asking her questions. Now, over a decade later she has compiled the footage and turned around the camera to ask her dad about life, fatherhood and advice for the future.
Suvira
This film tells the story of artist, Suvira McDonald, and explores what makes his passion for pottery so special. A pivotal moment in Suvira's life ignites a love for pottery, inspiring him to build a successful career from his new found passion.
Chookas
A girl, a goat, and a shopping trolley travel around Australia in search of The Chicken Lady.
Belle Isle
Jessica is a woman grappling with unspoken pain, as she navigates her identity and past traumas.
Trust the Bees
This short and inspiring documentary is made by a young 15 year old passionate beekeeper in Byron Bay who struggles against devastating floods, fires and diseases to keep his bees alive.
Out of the Wild
Once isolated by the opinions of others, a solitary soul discovers freedom and healing through clothing, dance, and the embrace of nature.
Trinket
A traveller explores apocalyptic Australia upon the back of an ancient huntsman spider and encounters the beings that have grown in our absence.
Edge of the Earth
A grieving young woman in shock seeks solace in an isolated nature setting where she encounters a mysterious man who helps her discover the healing power of music.
Chasing the Breeze
Kitesurfing — for most, just another sport, but for Steve and Kenno, it’s a way of life. Bodhi Csutoros and I had the honor of capturing their story in the form of a short documentary.