Cate Shortland directed 10 episodes of the Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us from 2001 to 2003.

Director Cate Shortland speaks with actor Max Riemelt (who plays Andi) on the set of Berlin Syndrome (2016). 

This is a clip from the short film Joy, which portrays an evening in the life of a teenage girl (Joy Clay), set in the neon world of a late-night shopping centre in Sydney.

Tensions emerge between housemates Daisuke (Toshiyuki Chiba) and Hana (Mikiko Ooka) as he prepares to leave Australia.

This short film by Cate Shortland is a snapshot of a relationship in its last days.

Joe (Sam Worthington) and Heidi (Abbie Cornish) order dinner at a Chinese restaurant, after Joe’s mates have humiliated Heidi in the street outside.

Cate Shortland brings her distinctive visual sensibility and mood-oriented storytelling to a tale of cross-cultural experience, departure and unrequited love.

Della (Gillian Jones) definitively ends her relationship with Dale (Aaron Blabey) then performs at a casino.

At the local service station, Heidi (Abbie Cornish) inquires about a job. The young woman behind the counter, Bianca (Hollie Andrew) is curt and unfriendly.

Abbie Cornish was 21 years old when this film was made and the integrity and vulnerability of her performance is astonishing.