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Tagged: short film

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Time to go troppo
Film Curator Heather Gill looks at the legacy of short-film festival Tropfest.
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Hayride to Hell
George Heygate (Richard Roxburgh) calls the police to report what happened when a mysterious woman (Kylie Minogue) appeared in front of his car and asked for help.  Summary by Kate Matthews
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Leisure
Leisure, directed by Australian master animator Bruce Petty in 1976, won the Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated). It is one of the more unusual films to have come out of Film Australia and...
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Dreaming in Motion - Shit Skin: 'You always were dark'
Luke (Kirk Page) and Grandma Nina (Freda Glynn) walk into the old mission house. Here, Grandma Nina encounters ghosts of yesteryear. They find out that Grandma Nina’s mother has long passed away....
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Dreaming in Motion - Turn Around: Boy meets girl
Charlie (Wayne Munro) is in the shop. His head is turned by a stranger from the city. Charlie is getting served when he notices the stranger has dropped her wallet. Charlie rings the stranger with...
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Dreaming in Motion - Mimi: Do you know any ‘real Aborigines’?
Catherine (Sophie Lee) is terrified by a Mimi sculpture that has come to life in her apartment. She surveys the blood-like tracks that have appeared on the walls. Clearly frightened, she grabs a...
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Dreaming in Motion - Mimi: Non refundable
Catherine (Sophie Lee) is telling her friend about her investments. She goes to get the pieces from out of the cupboard. The painting of the barramundi is now a merely skeleton of its former self....
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Dreaming in Motion - Mimi: Investing in the unknown
An art auction. A woman is purchasing two pieces of art – a Mimi statue and a painting of a barramundi fish. Summary by Romaine Moreton
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Dreaming in Motion - Black Talk: Every goodbye ain’t gone
Tim (Rhimi Johnson Page) and Leesa (Tameka Ingram) embrace at a bus stop. Tim boards the bus while his two cousins watch on. Summary by Romaine Moreton
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Dreaming in Motion - Black Talk: Boodgie
The two cousins Tim (Russell Page) and Scott (Laurence Clifford) are sitting on a bench and catching up after having not seen each other for quite a while. Tim begins to tell the story of when his...
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