AustLit

"When a missing dog flyer shoots under her door, Maude, the neighbourhood’s serial sticky beak may be the only one who can figure it out."

Source: Flickerfest

"A visually imaginative, deeply personal story about the tensions that develop between an immigrant mother and a young woman as she prepares to head abroad."

Source: Flickerfest

'Reflecting on her culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnesses of a young man in a small Australian coastal town.'

Source: Flickerfest

'Sarah, a first-time mother, is struggling to connect with her newborn baby and is pushed to her limits when she discovers a surprise birthday party has been organised for her 30th by her insta famous bestie.'

Source: Production blurb.

'Bobanm a Yugoslavian immigrant musician, leaves his troubled home to make a living playing accordion at a mob-controlled bar in 1980s Melbourne.'

Source: IMDb, accessed 5 July 2023 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15145768/).

"Trapped in the care of her lonely uncle, a young girl’s nightmares about a bizarre kitchen appliance manifest into reality."

Source: Flickerfest

"Posey gets side-tracked on a customer service phone call and begins to overshare details about difficulties in her life, using the metaphor of a pebble being left in her shoe."

Source: St Kilda Film Festival

"Two friends play a game where each rule prescribes them to act out their most violent and perverse private fantasies."

Source: St Kilda Film Festival. 

'After two years away, Cally returns to her sleepy hometown for an abortion, accompanied by her ex-boyfriend. Over the course of one night at a paddock-party, the two awkwardly navigate their tumultuous feelings surrounding her pregnancy, and Cally attempts to reconnect with an estranged once-best-friend.'

Source: Revelation Film Festival. 

'In the midst of summer in 1990s Australia, Jacquie celebrates graduating high school with her friends and family. But when a boy she likes breaks her trust at a party it shatters her sense of self. As Jacquie begins her process of healing, she connects with loved ones and nature to finding the strength to move on.'

Source: St Kilda Film Festival.

'After roaming the streets of his neighbourhood one morning, Malcolm, a troubled and somewhat delinquent teen, decides to steal a pair of sunglasses from the local shops – an act that is later revealed to be part of a much bigger plan.'

Source: Flickerfest.

'When a stranger arrives at an isolated farmhouse in the middle of the night, the farmer’s wife is convinced he is a murderer. In the light of day, she is forced to confront her prejudices.'

Source: Revelation Perth International Film Festival.

'As fully sustainable, apocalypse-avoiding house tents take over the poscard town of Collector, twelve-year-old Skye Winter must stop her tent salesman father from sealing away the love of her life forever.'

Source: Film website.

'When a sceptical teenage girl inherits a mysterious heirloom, she must decide whether to use it to protect herself from her destructive Mother.'

Source: St Kilda Film Festival.

'Maya and Tom escape to an isolated cabin in the mountains for their last weekend as physical beings before uploading themselves to a realm of virtual existence unbound by human limitation.

'When Tom confesses that he’s getting cold feet and wants to stay, Maya attempts to convince him to come with her, else dooming her to relive her memories of him as her only means of re-experiencing human love and connection.'

Source: St Kilda Film Festival.

'Amidst a family breakdown, a 17 year old has his father demystified after learning of his infidelity.'

Source: St Kilda Film Festival.

'When a volatile young bartender shows up to work with a fresh black eye, he's challenged by his boss to drop his macho persona.'

Source: St Kilda Film Festival.

'Burdened by a prophecy that dooms them to a violent death, Elagabalus, a genderqueer Roman Emperor, embraces excess. Much to the dismay of their controlling mother, Elagabalus is enamoured by a dashing charioteer. But as Elagabalus' habits grow increasingly sadistic, mother and lover must band together to fulfil destiny.'

Source: St Kilda Film Festival.