FISH OUT OF WATER

8 mins

Director, Lala Rolls

Wellington, New Zealand

Each day a young man rows to work across the harbour to escape the noise and mayhem of rush hour traffic. When others discover his routine and threaten to disturb his peace, he takes drastic action, leaving the free-loaders high and dry. In his small and shy way, he advances his friendship with the local Fishing Girl in the process.

YELLOW BIKE

2 mins

Director, Rachel Max

New York, USA

A short animated tribute, to a stolen but never forgotten bike.

ARPOADOR

4 min

Director, Fernanda Ramos

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A day at Arpoador (Brazil), told with still photographs.

EXPLODING BUDS

20 mins

Director, Petra Schroder

Munich, Germany

Two young girls, Kate and Echo live in their own land of make- believe. When one of them stumbles across into the real world, their friendship faces a serious challenge.

A WARM COMFORTING HOME

3 mins

Director, Annette Apitz

New York, USA

Using '60s home movies of the filmmaker as well as quotes and events from her life, the director examines her complicated relationship with her mother.

THE BROKEN HEARTED

11 mins

Director, Antoinette Karuna

Montreal, Canada

In this elegant contemporary fable, a young woman journeys deep into a forest in search of a tiny community that repairs broken hearts. Visually lush, poetically rendered and at times unsettling, this film explores the necessary and ritualistic mending of a broken heart.

URSA DREAM

6 mins

Director, Kate Brown

New Mexico, USA

: A young girl from an unnamed tribe is drawn into a ceremony where she begins a frenzied dance that will change her life forever. Hand drawn and painted animation.

BIG GIRL

14 mins

Director, Renuka Jeyapalan

Toronto, Canada

Nine-year-old Josephine is unabashedly resentful of her mothers' newfound love life. When her mother hesitantly introduces her new boyfriend to Josephine, she gives him the cold shoulder. A bittersweet battle of wills erupts that is at once heartbreaking and hilarious. Enemies transform into sweethearts in this poignant tale of modern family politics.

BUILDING BRIDGES

13 mins

Producer, Director Jeanine Isabel Butler

USA, Bosnia

An exceptional group of Bosnian women transcends ethnic and religions conflict to join together and produce a new law protecting women and families.

TALKING ABOUT AMY

8 mins

Director, Animator Yorico Murakami

USA

A graphical documentary about Japanese pop-artist Emi Lijima who became a single mother in NY.

AWOL

18 mins

Director, Brigid Maher
Lead Actress, Ida Smith

USA, IRAQ

This fictional short follows an African American soldier in Iraq on a "walkabout" journey as she encounters children who decide to help her despite the risks.

FEATURE FILM - One Night the Moon

57 min.

Rachel Perkins (Director), Aanya Whitehead (Producer) Mairead Hannan (Musical Director/Composer)

Australia

In 1932, a young girl went missing in the Australian outback...and an aboriginal tracker Albert sets out to find her. ONE NIGHT THE MOON is based on the true story of Aboriginal tracker Riley in Dubbo in the 1930's, who was awarded the King's Medal for his services to the police force. His grandson, Michael Riley, directed the documentary Black Tracker in 1997, which became the inspiration for ONE NIGHT THE MOON.