Student Category

Grown

Grown

A woman’s quiet and restricted life is disrupted when a strange girl breaks down her door

Directed by Anna Warwick

FlugelBound

 FlugelBound

Layton gets a wake up call, when he finds empathy for a cockroach in the loo. After a bizarre spiritual encounter with a colourful character, Layton knows he must break free. After all, we all know what it feels like to get pissed on sometimes.

Directed by Ryan Farr

Nowhere to Escape

Nowhere to Escape

A girl who studies psychology begins to have symptoms of mental disorder due to her overload research work. She thinks all people around her are zombies, and her only goal is to find her boyfriend. When she is about to find him, a huge zombie appears...

Directed by ZiYuan Wang

Agricola 7101

Agricola 7101

In the midst of a global pandemic, a young boy is given an extraordinary gift. Agricola 7101 is an uplifting documentary focusing on a group of kind-hearted individuals who come together to rescue a long-neglected and rare classic Australian sailing dinghy - fundamentally changing the life of a young, neurodiverse boy along the way.

Directed by Ivy Tucker

Coffee Lover

Coffee Lover 

In a world where cloning exists, a young barista is rejected by a customer who caught his eyes. He can't have her, but maybe he could clone her?

Directed by Sam Sungmin Lee

One in Three

One In Three 

6 year old Sarah has started to notice that her parents arguing has escalated. With her mother suffering from Obsessive Personality Disorder, and her father struggling with pressure from work, tensions build up over dinner one night causing revelations to spill out.

Directed by Oliver McDermid-Perring

The Not So Incy Wincy Spider

The Not So Incy Wincy Spider

Duncan is having a relaxed morning when his girlfriend Maude informs him that a spider is in the bathtub. When his attempt to get the spider fails, he realizes the situation is bigger than he can handle. They call in professional help: The Exterminator. After the circumstances become darker and a past trauma emerges, the three band together for a final showdown with the not-so-incy-wincy-spider.

Directed by Quinn Murphy 

Nicholas Calling

Nicholas Calling

Jerome’s love for his son is challenged when he embarks on a late night odyssey through London in search of his next hit of heroin.

Directed by Patrick James Verlin

Gob

Gob

"Some friends have trouble letting go... even imaginary ones."

On the eve of her 18th birthday, a goblin that lives in a young woman's closet struggles to accept that she no longer needs a childhood playmate.

Directed by Casey Roberts

We are our Totem: A Native American Tale

We are our Totem: A Native American Tale

Around the globe, First Nation cultures respect and pay tribute to the guardians and protectors of their world, connecting with the animals as their totems. We adventure into the Native American culture with Bobby Runningfox, a Medicine Man, to share the beauty of animal spirits, destruction of the planet and why we, as humans, are not the hierarchy after all. Indigenous wisdom might save us all...

Directed by Mivon Prince-Leyva