Tag Archive for Short Film

China Story Database and CPC WORKS Release Magic Seeds

Magic Seeds, a Chinese-English short animation film was jointly released by China Story Database and CPC WORKS. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The 3.52-minute film tells a story about a rice seed setting off on a journey of seeking seed heroes and met hybrid rice seeds in…

2023 MIFF Shorts Award Winners Announced

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced the recipients of the 2023 MIFF Shorts Awards presented by Campari, which reward filmmakers with a prize pool worth $50,000. An in-person ceremony was held at ACMI on Saturday evening with seven out of the 75 films in the program accoladed by a jury consisting of filmmaker…

Camp Australia’s Rocketeers Film Festival

Sunday (November 13) saw the second Online Premiere of Camp Australia’s Rocketeers Film Festival – a showcase of the best and brightest short animation films by 5,500 young Australians aged 6–12. In partnership with StarTime and the Children’s International Film Festival, the initiative was spearheaded by Camp Australia, Australia’s largest Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)…

L’Arroseur Arrosé – The Oldest Known Comedy

5/6. Directed by Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc a (Clerc who played the Gardener who got sprayed in the face was actually Lumière’s gardener) and Benoît Duval. For those of you who don’t know Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and…

The Fall of Men

Director Yohan Faure Staring Benjamin Hubert, Aurélie Dujarrier, Christophe Perez Score 5.5/6 The Fall of Men is an original story of Trunks against the infamous Cell. It is a live action fan fiction of Dragon Ball Z. Apparently, Dragon Ball Z: The Fall of Men was shot in 20 days over a period of more…

Strays

Director Steven Tandy Starring Ella Crotty, Brandon Humphrey & Jackson Kay Score 5/6 STRAYS focuses on the new relationship between two young outcasts, Riley and Ruby, who meet after a chance encounter. Despite being victims of circumstance and their environment, they attempt to make a connection and give each other hope. However, they soon get…

Optus Connect 5 Winners Announced

Optus has today announced the winners of its short film competition ‘Connect5’; Save.My.Soul by Alexi Collins and Joshua Heaton, and Just For A Moment by Michael O’Neill. Both were standout five-minute films that encapsulated how lives change for the better when people reach out and connect with each other. The aspiring filmmakers were selected from…

NPS ‘Preserve the Power’ Short Film Competition

NPS MedicineWise has partnered with American Express Openair Cinemas to host a national short film competition to deliver the critical message about the global threat of antibiotic resistance, reiterating a warning issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Budding filmmakers and enthusiasts are encouraged to start storyboarding concepts on the theme of ‘Preserve the Power’–…