A surrealist meditation on mortality and isolation experienced through the eyes of an undead bunny and his zany acquaintances.
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A surrealist meditation on mortality and isolation experienced through the eyes of an undead bunny and his zany acquaintances.
An anthology, non musical movie album of 10 shorts.
At the end of the world, only Indigenous people can survive the toxic landscape so the white fellas steal ‘mud children’ to experiment on in the hopes of finding a cure. One such mud child, Aiden now returns to his ancestral lands, where the mermaids were meant to protect him. But the mermaids are being targeted too.
Hitch a ride into the dark heart of Australia with Soda_Jerk's TERROR NULLIUS, a blistering, badly behaved sample-based film that confronts the horror of our contemporary moment. Equal parts political satire, eco-horror and road movie, TERROR NULLIUS is a rogue remapping of national mythology, where a misogynistic remark is met with the sharp beak of a bird, feminist bike gangs rampage and bicentenary celebrations are ravaged by flesh-eating sheep. By intricately remixing fragments of Australia's pop culture and film legacy, TERROR NULLIUS interrogates the unstable entanglement of fiction that underpins this country's vexed sense of self.
A 1982 animated sci-fi adventure that still resonates today. The world is running out of energy - war looms between the 2 superpowers. A mysterious Black Planet is discovered in the universe. Secret Agents Freddy Fairweather and Marigold Muffet set out on hair-raising adventures that take them under the sea, across the country, and into outer space to find a secret formula which could well decide which side will land on the Black Planet first.
When Luna's superstitious family hides all the mirrors in the house, she decides to recover them, only to accidentally fall through one, transporting her to a new magical world. There she finds multiple versions of herself who have been confined and have grown jealous of her living in the real world while they hide in the shadows. Luna has to try and figure out how to escape while also being confronted with her identity crisis.
When an aging actress, becomes ill her son Alex deals with the news in a very unexpected way. In order to cope with mother's sudden mortality, Alex imagines that he is living in TV dramas that his mother once appeared in.
Steve, a lonely business guy, has spent the last 10 years of his life working at Company Industries in a unorthodox town named STEVE CITY, an Earth-like dystopia patrolled by demonic entities known as wraiths. Knowing escape to the real world may be next to impossible, he long accepts the perilous lifestyle, drinking himself to death with an anthropomorphic mouse woman named Basil. This all changes when he meets the newest arrival, a wimpy Australian named Cornelius, whose arrival kicks off the first domino to a potential escape out of the CITY.
Othello, a melancholic family man, seeks out a seraphic myth known as The Guide for enlightenment and is unknowingly taken on an esoteric tour of confrontation.
Damien returns to the water to re-kindle memories of his late father and him surfing as a boy. Past and present begin to blend in parallels under the water and Damien's mortality is further threatened by a stalking siren.
A mysterious dark figure walks through a world of endless moonlight. Wielding an object of ancient power, the traveller is driven by the call of a cosmic voice, guiding them through a twisted land inhabited by miscreants and wretches.
Two high school best friends reunite at a party. Manti, the cheery yet awkward manticore, tries to reconnect with her old pal Arch the Angel - but it isn't long before the rift between them begins to reveal itself.
When you were a kid, adult television was a mystery. What strange, scary, unfathomable shows could be airing past your bedtime? But now you’re an adult, and television isn’t what you thought it would be. But what if it was? The feeling of a pillow nest and a hot drink. The feeling that the night might continue forever if you never went to sleep.
Pig Earth traces a sequence of conditions through which consciousness emerges, organises, and ultimately fractures under its own weight. It follows the slow organisation of mind from instinct into structure, from structure into consciousness, only for this awareness to rupture, turning back upon the organism that hosts it. If evolution tends toward efficiency, then consciousness appears excessive. If it tends toward survival, then consciousness appears compromised. The conscious animal becomes the animal that hesitates, the animal that suffers its own awareness, the animal for whom existence is no longer given but must be continually reckoned with. In this sense, consciousness may be less a culmination than a misstep: not the enlightenment of the organism, but its undoing.
Bloodline tells the story of a witch named Alice, who after falling pregnant runs away from her coven. Arthur, the son of Alice explores the difficulties of fitting in with his family when he dosen't have the same powers.
An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of trading cards. An exploration of identity, mental health and the erosion of childhood innocence, Trading Cards is a dark fantasy animated film about the weight of living with Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
"The War Rages On..."
A narcissistic kid finds himself in the same creative and emotional rut he's been stuck in for a very long time.
A compelling and unsettling documentary, Ghost Train introduces us to an elderly man whose wife is hospitalised with dementia. Struggling to cope, he visits Dracula's theatre restaurant, where he forms a bond with one of the performers.
A young hobbit is thrown into the deep end of adulthood, when a series of events lead him down a more independent and Concious path. Expressing all the troubles and responsibilities that can come with it, the boy (Christopher) slowly becomes a man.
A young man is troubled by the challenges his girlfriend throws at him, so much so that he looks for answers elsewhere. Which is when the adventure begins..
Fire dancing is a form of Poi, a Maori art that involves spinning a set of tethered weights around a person's body in rhythmic patterns. It is a skill that takes patience to learn and years of dedication to master. The film slows the movements down to capture the lifelike characteristics of the fire, show how close it gets to the dancer's face and body, and to emphasize the grace and focus needed to control this dangerous yet beautiful entity.
The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest (The Film) is a 2024 indie horror film written by Adelaides charismatic punk-pop duo Teenage Joans to accompany their debut album of the same name. Directed and edited by Jamie Al-Kayyali, the short film is a colourful debut from both Al-Kayyali and the band. The film follows Cahli and Tahlia of Teenage Joans (as themselves) on a magical yet leery journey through Rotland. After becoming acquainted with the Easter Bunny (played by Cahli Blakers) and Tooth Fairy (played by Tahlia Borg), the bewitching pair discover the lands forbidden fruits, the candy apples, and the hidden secrets that they hold.
When western treatment fails his daughter's incurable disease, an upper-class, middle-aged Londoner attends a prestigious, old-fangled ball to seek occult assistance from the mysterious, public figure the town calls The Mystic.
Here's a little film about a witch. I mostly made it for my kid, but you're allowed to watch it too.
A nostalgic piece involving a classic horror character, commencing with an intense build up and concluding with a sudden twist of humor.
When a lonely man discovers a mysterious TV broadcast featuring a woman who can see and hear him, they form a deep virtual connection, but as the signal falters, he must confront the fragility of their bond and the true cost of technology-enabled intimacy.
In this highly acclaimed animated film, a lone sea turtle travels through space, her breath creating a whole new atmosphere. This becomes filled with forests, rivers, mountains and enterprising monkeys…so enterprising that they are forced to learn about sustainability the hard way.
Tells the story of an impoverished young man who dreams/fantasizes/hallucinates about his adventures in a post-holocaust Sydney of the future, where all is polluted and survival depends upon the theft of oxygen.
A tired and lonely cleaner finds an abandoned mobile phone in an office she is cleaning. When the phone rings and she answers it, the caller appears to be herself. When she interrogates the caller her surroundings slowly vanishes until she herself vanishes.
A silent phantasy about a lonely lighthouse keeper longing for his lost love.
A woman in mourning is taken on a journey through her memories to find closure.
An incredible, electrifying experience culminating the year to find the true meaning of MAD.
During the anticipation of an upcoming state election, a brooding Aussie senator tries to win the hearts of conservative voters.
Life in the universe is dying out, and the ones who are left must embark on a journey to defend their home from a mechanical devil.
Morning and evening maids heard the goblin cry, 'Come buy our orchid fruits, come buy, come buy.'
A son's unsettling reunion with his wife's ambition - A dinner with a stranger
Two young adults tasked with protecting the world take a moment to discuss how much their lives have changed.
A short film by Elissa Black starring Martelle Hammer and Sarah Greenwood.
A young artist debuts her artwork at a launch party and interview, but experiences a surreal disassociation to the world around her, reflecting on her uncertainty about identity.
After purchasing magical wax, a local window cleaner becomes a surfing legend with his teleporting surf wax. Music by Gang-GaJang
In the secretive town of Kismet Palms, August and Vesper's love hides a haunting truth. As mysteries unravel, August discovers Vesper's chilling secret, plunging them into a world of enigma, danger, and the delicate balance between forbidden love and hidden malevolence.
The lyrical and monstrous are interwoven in Gloomy Valentine, a stop motion, animated short film that tells the story of Gloomy, a woman struggling to overcome the sadness of a broken heart. Aesthetically influenced by gothic surrealism, Gloomy is haunted by memory and is ultimately consumed by nightmarish shadows.
Before Eve, there was Lilith. The Original Woman.
Beth is a storerunner, just doing her best. Sometimes things go awry.
A retired detective is pulled back into work by his old police chief, in search of his late wife’s final manuscript. The Chief suspects the newest crime boss is after it, to take advantage of its mysterious power.
A genie with zero magic tries to appease everyone around him with limited success.
A person discovers an enchanted ring forged a million billion years ago, and learns a hamfisted lesson after abusing it's power.
Set 200 years after the end of the Bionicle Generation 1 story and 20 years after the events of the Hero Factory and Bionicle Generation 2 stories, “Kaitiaki” follows the guardians of Rhylus Nui, a small town located on the island of Okoto where magic and technology work in tandem, as they recover from their victory in a war to revive the universe. But their victory has unintended consequences, as an ancient, undiscovered threat awakens as a result. As the battle between autonomy and subjugation begins, these guardians, a crew of knights, mages, aliens, robots, and legendary warriors from ages past, must unite to defend their home from this threat, which may have a closer connection to their history than they thought.
Forced to look after a mysterious sapling, the Protagonist has no choice but to face the reality of the space they're confined within, and navigate the memories, discoveries and new found sense of purpose that the sapling brings.
Bob is the magical tale of a unique Teddy Bear and his quest to become real - with tragic-comic consequences.
The film follows the boy who is escaping within himself. He is caught up in fantasies in the woodland that reflect the trials he faces in the real world. As these occur, there are glimpses of his parallel life in the real world, experiences of the boy who chose not to follow the divergent path, but to return home to an uncomfortable situation. It is a coming of age fairy story that has some gripping episodes, where an audience will feel pity and fear for the survival of the twin protagonists and ultimately delight as all is resolved.
A short film adapted from Shakespeare's "Macbeth". After emerging victorious from a battle for King Duncan, Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, believes his fate is assured, but is he merely destiny's play thing?
The harrowing experiences of a friend group reveal the impacts of toxic masculinity.
Tony’s Dream blends reality and the dream world in this poignant film about a young Latin-American boy who struggles to fit into his new home in western Sydney. An escapist suburban fantasy that explores how our identities become a mosaic of overlapping cultures during migration.
After losing her father, Shirin gains a different perspective on loss.
A teen, struggling to find her place, finds comfort and strength from a fictional TV show hero.
A chaotic digital landscape where any fantasy can be realised.
The mysterious psychic Rosemerta mentors an eager new student, who inadvertently uncovers a malevolent plot hatched by a cult of dark followers intent on opening a hell mouth in their city of Newcastle.
One woman will not be able to renew a subscription to an essential service. Her friend is ready to do anything to help her.