Fantasmia

Detective Varma Detective Varma investigates the case of two young girls who arrived in Australia on a student visa. They get involved in drug dealings and in a crime that gets them in trouble.

The Puppet Show Has Been... An experimental thriller based on The Brothers Karamozov

Nest In early-colonial Australia, a timber feller, kept awake by his infant child’s cries of hunger, encounters something perturbing in the woods.

The Fisherman and the Me...

Multiply A large-scale, participatory dance work choreographed by the acclaimed Stephanie Lake expresses the inexpressible in lockdown.

Marcelita An elderly woman and her nephew wax nostalgic in this charming ode to times gone by. Filmed in black-and-white 8mm, and accompanied by endearing voiceover and an airy piano soundtrack, Marcelita is a touching tribute to the everlasting love shared by an aunt and her nephew.

Madrid, Bad Life Over a hundred years since the publication of the sociological text, La mala vida en Madrid, that coined the term in Spain, what does it mean to be a ‘lowlife’? Eye-catching, almost otherworldy and unashamedly provocative, this commentary on class, sexuality and urban stratification appropriates the pathologising label of ‘Other’ to shine a light on the explosion of ‘lifeforms’ in the Spanish capital today. Featuring the clever use of 8mm to create a surreal, pseudo-documentary look that draws in and distances simultaneously, Madrid, Bad Life is a sophisticated and thought-provoking high-concept work.

Jungle A young woman awakens to find herself in the midst of a living nightmare.

Jeanette Is the Dog Two friends bump into another and discuss home ownership, wealth disparity and generational inequality while wandering the CBD.

Secular. The Invisible M...