Mozzie
Dir. Dylan Yeo, 7:30 min., 35mm

A film for all ages about chloro flurocarbons, global warming and radical brain surgery.

Awards:

• Best Achievement in Sound in a Short Film (Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards 1999)
• Winner, Best Student Film (Australian Animation & Effects Festival, Sydney 2000)
• Highly Commended, Animation Category (Dendy Awards, Sydney Film Festival, 2000)

Inja
Dir. Steven Pasvolsky, 17 min., 35 mm

Set in South Africa in the ‘80s, Inja is about a young Xhosa boy who is used as a pawn by a farmer who is teaching his puppy to be racist. Ten years later, both their lives hang in the balance at the mercy of the dog.

Awards:

• Academy Award Qualifier, USA, 2002
• Nashville Independent Film Festival, USA, 2002 - Winner Best Short Film
• Aspen Shortsfest, USA, 2002 - Winner Best Student Film
• St Kilda Film Festival, 2002 - Winner Best Short Film & Winner Best Achievement in writing for a Short Film
• Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, USA, 2001 - Winner Second Prize, Student Live Action Film over 15'
• Dendy Awards, 2001 - Finalist Fiction over 15' category
• AFI Awards, 2001 - Finalist Best Screenplay in a Short Film & Finalist Best Short Fiction

Little Echo Lost
Dir. Armagan Ballantyne, 6 min., 35 mm

The Echo-Man has never questioned his existence. One day he witnesses an event that brings into question everything that he stands for and believes in.

Awards:

• Winner, Short Film of the Year (Nescafe Short Film Awards, Sydney 2000)
  Cinestud Award 2000 - Joint Winner (Cinestud Film Festival, Amsterdam Netherlands 2000)
• Certificate of Merit, Student Experimental Category (Chicago International Film Festival, USA 1999)
• Best Cinematography, Short Film (Noosa Film Festival, Australia 1999)
• Gold Award, Short Fiction Category (ACS Awards NSW)
• Best use of digital technology (St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne 2000)

Flux
Dir. Michaela French, 9:12 min, 35 mm

A film about trust, about an accident, about falling out of love and about emerging from grief.

Awards:
Special Recognition for Excellence (Aspen Shortsfest, USA 2000)

Intransit
Dir. Mike Daly, 6:30 min., 35 mm

A boy journeys into his own dark underworld where he is confronted by the vengeful father of his imagination.

Awards:

• Winner, International Catholic Film Organization Award for Outstanding Australian Short Film Promoting Human Values (Melbourne International Film Festival 2000)
• Best Student Film (Australian Effects and Animation Festival, Sydney 2001)
• Honourable Mention for Animation and Visual Effects (Prix Ars Electronica, Austria 2001)
• Best Sound in a non-feature film (Liam Price, AFI Awards, Australia, 2000)
• Open Craft Award (Special effects, AFI Awards, Australia, 2000)

Harvey
Dir. Peter McDonald, 11 min., 35 mm

A dark tale of obsession and loneliness about a man searching for physical and emotional completeness. It is only when he thinks he has achieved this goal through the unwilling coalescence of his neighbor that he begins to understand the painful, irresolvable nature of his obsession.

Awards:
Best Live Action Film under 15', Student Category (Palm Spring International Festival of Short Film, USA - 2001)

The Collective
Dir. Norah Mulroney, 6 min., 35mm

The story of one man's obsession which has unexpected consequences of retribution and transformation.

Awards:

• Silver Award, Short Drama (ACS Awards QLD 2000)
• Best Special Effects (St Kilda Film Festival Melbourne 2001)

Together in the Middle of Nowhere
Dir. Antony Krawitz, 16:30 min, 35 mm

Vince takes off on a drug odyssey through the city streets while his girlfriend Jacqui works in a strip club until dawn. Over one night they journey into the darkness of their own hearts to find out what really matters.

Awards:

• Best Film (Critic's Circle Awards, AFTRS Graduation 2001)
• Best Director, Antony Krawitz (Critic's Circle Awards, AFTRS Graduation 2001)