Australian Film Television and Radio School

Explore the lives of Rylea, Scott, and Stephanie as they grapple with sensory overload. This poignant documentary reveals their daily struggles, coping mechanisms, and the transformative power of the arts in managing overwhelming sensations. An intimate journey that advocates for inclusive environments and heightened empathy towards those with sensory challenges.

Everyone loves Babyface and everyone loves to hate the Heel. However, feelings are not so clear inside the wrestling ring. As the final showdown unfolds our two favourite personas must grapple with their feelings in an attempt to rewrite their own storyline.

Desperate for power, ambitious tech nerd Robbie is keen to hack into her high school’s anonymous gossip page to garner popularity. Robbie enlists her loyal friend Ruth to help, but as tensions grow between Ruth’s moral compass and Robbie’s unconscionable actions, Ruth reveals a secret that blows their project (and friendship) wide open.

On the eve of his brain-damaged daughter's 18th birthday, Daniel Shaw must find a way to reconnect with his family.

Bullying is taken to unimaginable extremes at an exclusive private boys school.

A young support worker spends one final shift with her longtime client living with younger-onset dementia and must face the complicated feelings that come with letting go.

A short educational film addressing sexting for young adults with intellectual disability (ID). It follows the story of River and Avery, two individuals navigating intimacy and online communication in a long-distance relationship.

When a student secretly living out of her car is confronted by a watchful security guard, survival and compassion collide.

Dreams. What are they? Is it possible they can be used by strange beings from another planet to manipulate man? This man is dreaming. Could it be that at this very moment his dreams are being structured by a beam from outer space?

An adolescent girl's journey of self-discovery set in the garish twilight world of Sydney's late night shopping malls and rooftops.

When distance keeps her from her grandmother’s bedside, Lookpla — a young Thai mother — longs for a goodbye left unsaid. Through staged, improvised scenes shaped by the cast’s actual memories, this meditative hybrid short examines how we revisit and reinterpret our memories to move forward through loss.

When neurodiverse couple Sarah and Nick decide to try for a baby, they turn to their family for support. When their parents do not react how they hoped, Sarah and Nick must dig deep to discover if they have the strength to do it alone.

After giving into temptation, a young woman attempts to conceal her sins from her family.

An elderly sea captain invites a spirited retiree on a date aboard his boat, desperately hoping she doesn't discover his crippling fear of land.

A poetic retelling of the experiences of Joseph Murakami, a fourteen-year-old boy from Darwin, who is summarily rounded up and interned by his government on the basis of his ethnicity, leaving wounds unhealed to this day.

After losing contact with an interstellar probe, a group of eccentric and hungover scientists inadvertently make contact with a Lovecraftian cosmic being. They bluff for money, status, vengeance and most alarmingly - world domination.

When a man faking a leg injury meets a woman pretending to be pregnant, they strike an unusual connection based on shared dysfunction and a reluctance to face their past.

In a world where imagination meets reality, Sam, a neurodivergent student is excluded from the school play but dares to dream bigger.

After a night at the bar, a guy invites a girl home to see his angelfish. Over the course of just a few minutes, a promising connection is cut off and a fish is no longer a fish. A taut exchange that examines acceptable behavior in dating and mating rituals.

Trapped in the care of her lonely uncle, a young girl’s nightmares about a bizarre kitchen appliance manifest into reality.