Australian Short Film Guide
Welcome to AustralianShortFilms.com film guide. Click on the links below to view a whole range of Australian Short Film.
Something in the Air
A new version of Air, a short made for Tropfest a few years back. Starring Darrin Smith, Patrick James and Murray Fahey. A guy, dressed as Mr. Australia, walks into a music shop and has an unusual request.
Just Lucky
Starring Rebekah O'Sullivan and Tim Roberts. What starts out as a friendly game of backgammon becomes a fight for survival as a couple take their new found friendship to the limit.
8 Ways To Kill Stress
City life. It's fast. It's hectic. In fact stress has become so prominent that we suffer from anxiety and depression. What's the solution? Relaxation, and Frank Stantz is keen to show us the way to...
Penny
Awarded "Best Short Film" for 2006 at the renowned Melbourne Underground Film Festival.
Penny is the story of one girl's search for happiness and the discovery that she is not alone. Great performance by Australia's Holly Marshall. Written, directed, produced and edited by John King.
Dim Crims
Comic misadventures of 2 fledgeling criminals. Short Black Films makes short films with young people from urban Aboriginal communities in and around Sydney. All of the films are written and acted by the young people involved. Dim Crims was made in Redfern, Sydney in 2008. Main actors are Nathan Smith, Nayden Simon, Latai Simon and Terence Murphy.
Signs
"Signs" is a project from Australian director Patrick Hugues.
Nursery Rhyme
An Australian Short Film written, directed and produced by Michael Demosthenous. Won Best Short Film in the NAFA Film Festival.
Beyond Words
In this thriller, a young, deaf woman finds herself being stalked by a mysterious man. "Beyond Words" was a 2009 Tropfest Australia Finalist.
Hair Dye
An experimental short film shot on an independent budget in Roxby Downs, South Australia.
Writer's Block
Australian Short Film. Finalist at the Shepparton Shorts Film Festival (2008), Screened on Aurora Channel (2008)
Paperland
This film is an iconic Australian tale about a gold miner who, after losing his daughter, decides to go to war in Australia's most infamous battle known as the Eureka Stockade.
$quid
$quid is an Australian short film starring Josh Lawson and Ed Kavalee about a giant squid in the Brisbane River. Enjoy. Daley Pearson & Luke Tierney are the writers, producers and directors of $quid.
Mardi Gras
Another miniature masterpiece from Tilt-shift time-lapse master, Keith Loutit. Using a variety of techniques, this short film hopes to encourage people to take a second look at places that are familiar to them.
Spider
Straight out of Down-Under, explosive stuntman-editor-producer-writer-actor-di rector Nash Edgerton delivers his latest effort, "Spider", a 9-minute action-thriller that gives an all-new meaning to old Peugeots, stunning blondes and love-jokes. The movie, written by Nash and David Michod and soundtracked for the occasion by Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee, was shot on location in Sydney and features in his cast Nash himself (as Jack) and rising star of the Australian film scene Mirrah Foulkes (as Jill). Just remember: it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.
Bad Company
Our very successful short horror film from Australia that played 19 film festivals around the world..Two ruthless criminals after a failed robbery take a hostage on the isolated roads of the Australian Outback...lost and in unknown country they soon find themselves being hunted....
Gundown
Spaghetti Western short film shot on location at Kattemingga (Man from Snowy River, Ponderosa) in Victoria, Australia. Written and Directed by Andrew McKenzie.
LAMB
A short film by Emma Freeman. Tropfest Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Score.
The Picnic
The desperate acts of a crazed woman turn a friendly picnic into a day to remember. Winner of Tropfest NY 2007, directed by Belinda King.
This is Perth
A short film by Vincenzo Perrella & Dan Osborn. Music by Adrian Kingwell.
The Perfect Family
A Family that has everything... nice house perfect life.. perfect kids until one night.
Phillip
An Australian short film which qualified for the LA Film festival. Director - Daid Kelly; Producer - Jon Dixon; Phillip - Peter Lees.
Paper Dart
Paper Dart is a whimsical film about Wyatt Kettling - a very ordinary man with hidden talents... Inspired by Jacques Tati.
Saw 5.0
Saw is a nine minute Australian short subject thriller film by directors James Wan and Leigh Whannell. It was created from a scene they chose from the script for Saw (2004). It was originally used to pitch their script to various studios and actors. On the internet it has often been referred to as "Saw 0.5".
Portal
About a girl. Independent Australian Short Film.
Rain
Rain is a short 2D animated film created by Simon Streatfeild at the Centre for New Media Arts at the Australian National University in 2007.