Swinburne Film and Television School

Racing home after a bad night out, Jimmy and Peter crash in the middle of a forest. When the friends start arguing about how to deal with the situation, they descend into a nightmare from which they will never wake up.

Over dinner with his parents, a young trans writer faces the choice to stay trapped within the bounds of conditional love or seek freedom.

Jealous of the affection her mum gives her younger brother, Lily starts believing she has flowers growing inside her that make her hay-feverish mum allergic to her.

A stubborn old woman builds a mechanical bird, whilst losing her house.

A wrestling fanatic organises a club with like-minded enthusiasts to prove to his girlfriend that wrestling is a sophisticated high art, but his plan for intellectual discussion is quickly thwarted by his guests’ antics.

Fourteen-year-old Bernie must convince her religious mother that her repeated attempts to explore her body are natural, not depraved.

Cindy, a not-so-normal teenager who, whilst grappling with the hormonal changes of puberty, finds that she has the unexpected ability to create a voodoo doll which she uses against her unfaithful boyfriend. She decides to embrace this new-found occult power as she continues to fiercely torture any boy who does her wrong.

Desperate for independence, mother, Helena secretly applies to university, uncertain of the response she will get from her conservative family. Her goal is sidetracked when she learns that her son is hiding a terrible secret.

A shy teenager attempts to manipulate a game of seven minutes in heaven so he can confess his feelings to the boy he is infatuated with.

One Two is a short drama film which centres around the protagonist Maddy, a shy and introverted first generation migrant who wants to pursue her passion for AFL.

BONNIE, barely a teenager working passionately in her father’s Chinese restaurant runs off with the most popular girls in school; but when they begin to insult her father, she must fight back and return to the restaurant she calls home.

17-year-old Jane begins to embrace her background and rekindle her relationship with her mother when she becomes immersed in Chinese culture at her younger sister's new language school.

When Devan’s ex-girlfriend, Skye, knocks on his door with unmerited forgiveness and sexual desire, his naive lust leaves him too late to discover the monster which lies beneath her skin.

Billie, a 17-year-old non-binary teenager, prepares to attend a formal for underage queer youth for the first time. As they choose their outfit and get their hair dyed, they reveal how they navigate the awkwardness of adolescence while also dealing with the anxieties that come with being young and queer.

A bunch of true blue Aussie tradies struggle to accept the new female plumber on the job, yet as sparks begin to fly between her and an electrician, they discover a spark that might be too huge to handle...

Adapting to her new home in Melbourne, Vietnam War immigrant Hanh (9 years old) mistakes the cunningness of her new “friends” as an act of kindness, forcing her to come to terms with the reality of human betrayal through the loving and tender guide of her family - especially her father, Quan.

At The Middle of Nowhere, a rough truck-stop brothel, Billie, a young sex worker, becomes obsessed with the mystical tale of the Wild Woman of Nowhere and convinces her friend Rosie to escape with her.

The morning after sleeping together for the first time, Mia and Will are forced to confront their conflicted feelings for each other when Will accidentally stabs Mia.

A resilient crop-farmer endeavours to preserve his land, legacy and way of life in the face of Australia’s ongoing ‘big dry’.