OZPLOIT

CLICK TO WATCH ON DEMAND 9-26 SEPT SHORT FILM SESSION OZPLOIT!

BARNACLE FACE

Dir. Jean David Le Goullon | 2021 | 5:55 Karl, an anxious teen, finds himself trapped in his tacky pink bathroom with an unusual zit growing on his face as birthday guests begin arriving for his 16th birthday.

BLACK CAT

Dir. Alan Phan Nguyen | 2020 | 15:00 An imaginative girl, and a Chinese cocaine dealer cursed with an evil spirit by a rival drug dealer.

CRIMINAL$

Dir. Frank Welsh | 2021 | 5:00 Two bozos dissecting the concept of currency and trade with the vocabulary of seagulls.

JACKS

Dir. Joel Stephen Fleming | 2020 | 9:15 A police officer’s first time undercover takes a series of surprising turns on the night he partakes in a gangland drug deal.

GOLEM

Dir. Ryan Cauchi | 2020 | 5:00 Nazi-occupied Prague, 1939. A group of German soldiers search for a fugitive Rabbi in the basement of an abandoned synagogue - unaware of the horror awaiting them.

LAND OF HONEY

Dir. Neal Engelbrecht | 2020 | 1:00 Patricia, AKA ‘Honey’, a timid, Canadian backpacker tries her luck dancing in an Australian strip club. Struggling to find a friend, let alone a fortune, opportunity presents itself when she least expects it.

SUFF’s annual celebration of homegrown shorts! Expect an eclectic range of cinematic visions from some of the best emergent Australian talent; filmmakers who aren’t afraid to get their films made – from zits to mysticism, strip clubs to undercover cops, and everything in between!

CLICK TO WATCH ON DEMAND 9-26 SEPT

METAVISION

Dir. Jai Love | 2020 | 12:06 Malcolm is an angry 26-year-old who lives on the fringes of society. While desperately straddling the blurred lines of sanity, Malcolm receives a self-help tape in the mail from an unusual organisation called MetaVision. Soon, Malcolm finds himself slowly deconstructing his own identity as well as the societal constructs around him, as the tape might offer more than just harmless advice.

NAME CALLING

Dir. Dean Mathers | 2020 | 12:10 A comedic short about a garage band choosing a name for themselves before their first live performance. Not so simple when personalities clash, one band member insists on being controversial, while another wants universal appeal.

SENTIMENT LOGISTICS

Dir. Kate Neal | 2020 | 2:36 Various modes of transport, logistics and infrastructure within an urban setting offering a wry commentary on our own emotional burdens.

THE CLEANEST SWAN

Dir. Joseph Nizeti | 2021 | 2:02 An ex-ballerina, unhinged by her change in circumstances, finds a new obsession in the pursuit of cleanliness.

TRIP TO X

Dir. Shimmy Yang | 2021 | 7:41 SHIMX and GABX are friends who frequently explore abandoned buildings together. They discover an old disused power station, where life seems to have been sucked out, but the building itself is still very much alive and calls to daring visitors.

TWEAKERS

Dir. Jack Bell | 2021 | 9:49 A high-octane grindhouse trip through a meth ravaged rural Australia. After an act of senseless violence, Lucy paves a path of bloody vengeance through a group of violent bikies.

WINNER WINNER

Dir. Kalani Gacon | 2021 | 3:05 Against the laws of reality, a man is determined to bring a chicken carcass back to life.