Curtin University

Katie is an 11-year-old girl, being held for questioning by police in an interrogation room. She is silent and scared. But after being pushed, the details of her story are slowly revealed. Perceptions of reality are tested, as Katie details her encounter with a Stranger, at a playground, at night.

Living in an apocalyptic world, a family of three fight for survival. Michael, determined to protect his family, pushes ten-year-old son Josh into manhood when a routine scavenger hunt goes awry.

In a rural town, the shock death of a teenage boy devastates his family. As his sense of home and belonging is eroded, the boy's father Tom seeks a way to come to terms with his son's death - one which can only come from true acceptance of all that his son was.

Alcohol, drugs and filth all do their best to ruin the plans of two burnout losers. Friendship and the desire to change one's circumstances drive the pair in their frantic hunt for their car keys. Will this drunken pair find the keys to their new life?

Jean, a reclusive housewife who is terrified of the outside world, begins to descend into madness when she suspects that her husband is a serial killer. In her escape, she must decide whose version of reality she chooses to believe.

Warwick is a radio DJ who battles with his depression to perform live on air during the world’s premiere apocalyptic event. But Warwick’s demons aren’t the only thing he has to contend with; something is outside and wants to be let in…

When a nationwide lockdown threatens the progress of James' budding romance with local barista, Leila, he is faced with a hard decision to avoid being alone.

A young woman seduces an older man and reveals her sinister intentions over a dinner date.

Travelling back home to South Sudan via the Juba-Nimule Highway, Makuer and his peers have their bus attacked by two gunmen. Makuer escapes with two other students but decides to turn back and save the rest left behind. The story is based on true events.

Megan, a young girl on her way home from school, waits for the bus before she encounters Death, who has come to take her into the afterlife. As luck would have it, Death neglected to account for daylight savings, which means he arrived an hour early for Megan’s death. Megan and Death must endure the awkward time between the present and her untimely death.

When Jasmine, a runaway teen, accepts a lift from a stranger, Mick, an older man searching for reconnection and forgiveness within his own family, she finds herself caught up in a messy situation and very far from home, coming to realise that running away is not always the solution.

In 2005, two 7th grade high school students discover an urban legend called the “Duval Dare” that has been passed down to many year groups of students who attended Pitchford High. Thinking it's a refreshing way to spend their school break, the boys accept the dare, but they begin to receive cryptic text messages from a mysterious person named, Ben Duval.

Novak, a young man with depression, is thrust into a position where he must make a decision that could change his perspective on life.

Anna dreams of her life after high school, to move away and become an actress, despite her mother Jaya's expectations for her to become a doctor. On the day of Anna's big audition, Jaya organises Anna a scholarship interview, forcing her to choose between family or ambition.

The story of Christina Lau and her relationship with her parents as she recounts the happy and traumatic memories of her childhood and adolescence. She shares the ways in which the tragic demise of her father and mother have affected her and shaped who she is today. Her story is powerful, tragic, and demonstrates the importance of strong family ties when overcoming hardship. The documentary is directed by her eldest daughter, Robyn Mae, and includes stunning animations created by her youngest daughter, Tammy-Ann.

In a subterranean bunker, a man - rescued from the wasteland above - must lie about being a doctor in order to be deemed worthy of saving.

Set in an isolated dystopian Perth, Australia, corporate empires rule globally and civil liberty has become a distant memory. When a bio-chemical weapon attacks the city, a Baltic woman is forced to take a desperate passage through the dry Australian outback.

Benjamin lives his best life alone in his parents' 1970s-style home. This all changes when an astronaut appears in his backyard, and he receives a call instructing him to kill his new guest.

9-year-old Jewish boy Jimmy dresses up as a Sheep for a school play, much to the chagrin of his mother. On their way to school, Jimmy and his mother suffer through a series of unfortunate mishaps that see them in a state of stress and pushing for time.

When George's suspicions get him fired from the observatory, there is only one path he can seek to fulfil his retribution. The new order is upon us!