The best diversity of inspiring short documentaries stories from Australia & USA + Q&A with the Filmmakers!

SHORT DOCUMENTARIES:

Gaslit – Naomi Chainey – Australia

Writer: Naomi Chainey

Cast: Nicole Smith, Jason Schwab, Sarah Barton,

Andrew Strano, Andrea Smith, Kirsty Mac

Synopsis: A young disabled woman fights to hold on to her identity

in the face of the world’s assumptions, and strives for

independence from her parents, who doubt her ability to

become a mother.

Counter//Balance – Anuradha Rana – United States

Cast: Kris Lenzo, Anita Fillmore Kenney, Jamie Fillmore,

Synopsis: A foot balances precariously on a slick floor. A wheel turns and poses on pointe. They meet and overlap in our vision, moving away simultaneously as if never there. Innumerable, yet slight iterations edge them towards gritty and resolute perfection. Some moments are easy to grasp, embrace, and memorialize. Others shiver, shift, and elude form. A percussive sole, a guitar chord, a wheel skidding across an unforgiving floor. A pattern evolves as it is reshaped, movements repeated, recreated, revealed.

This short experimental films weaves together footage filmed over the course of a year as choreographer and dancer, Anita Fillmore Kenny, works with dancer Kris Lenzo and musician Jamie Fillmore to craft a short piece that examines the absence of presence, as they meditate on the loss of loved ones and the process by which we come to terms with, and celebrate, an unyielding emotion.

Emily, you never give up – Emily Quattrocchi – Australia

Synopsis: Directed by Emily Quattrocchi who in 2018 had a life changing car accident that left her paralysed and with a minor brain injury. This short documentary tells the story of her 7 months experience in hospital but despite all the challenges she still found time for happiness, laughter and gratitude. Before her injury she had always dreamed of making a film which got accepted into a film festival, since being discharged from hospital in early 2019 she wasted no time in chasing that dream once again.

God of Hope – Adam Kavanagh – Australia

Synopsis: See hope portrayed in the smile of a little girl after her heart surgery, in the encouraging faith of a cancer patient, and in the powerful story of light in the darkness. An inspirational documentary that follows the journey of three photographers in their quest to produce art that speaks hope to those in pain.

TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/melbourne-indie-ff-2020-sunday-afternoon-short-documentaries-tickets-97430568453

$12.00 + Booking Fee @ Eventbrite

$15.00 door

Seats are limited

Advanced bookings highly recommended!

LOCATION INFO:

The Screening Room DOWNSTAIRS

@ The Post St Kilda

Directions:

Tram Routes:

Number 3 or Number 67

Tram Stop 34

More Directions at: https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/

Please note it is a licensed venue and everybody under 18 must be accompanied by their parents or adult guardian.

Program subject to change without notice.