Victorian College of the Arts

A love story about angry youth, sex, drugs and rock n' roll.

Two goofy Australian musicians take to the American Blues Trail to confront the mysterious legend of the crossroads. A search for the true soul of the Blues begins, as two friends discover they are facing a crossroads in their own lives.

Acacia, 20, is in the midst of a messy break-up after cheating on her girlfriend. Since moving out of home three years earlier, she has grown apart from her father, 55-year-old Rob, who longs for a stronger relationship with her. The two agree to go camping together to catch up, but there’s one major barrier to their emotional reconnection: Acacia hasn’t yet come out to him. Halfway through the trip, Rob takes a walk on his own and stumbles upon a young boy by himself – an encounter that takes him on a journey of self-reflection, enabling father and daughter to finally open up to one another.

The Surrogate.

A nephew recalls the sometimes-lonely and often-eccentric life of his beloved uncle.

Traffic is delayed on the edge of a roadwork site, but what are the council workers doing? A privileged encounter with a secret somber ritual of working men. This is the second in Andrew Kavanagh’s trilogy (after the successful "At The Formal’) exploring tribalism and ritual in contemporary society.

An illicit affair, a mysterious illness, a birth, a death and a reunion. Tony narrates from beyond the grave the strange tragedy of his life.

A late-night call to a train station's Lost & Found sends a woman spiralling through memory, regret, and the fragile hope of reconnection.

Follows the mental breakdown of a young man obsessed with horror movies and special effects.

A porn addict's life falls apart.

Ruby has nothing in Melbourne: no home, no job, no friends, no contacts.

A brother takes his younger ten-year-old sister, who is doubting her dream, to "The Box", where you can meet your future self. How will her future self turn out?

A middle-aged drug dealer and her teenage partner-in-crime raise hell in the suburbs.

Carer follows Mitch, a kind but wayward disability support worker, and Connor, a funny and sensitive young man he works with. Mitch’s professionalism is tested by his erratic nature and ongoing struggles with a mental health condition. While Connor is bright, confident and well liked, he has anxiety about his place in the world as a person living with Down syndrome. The film explores the nuances of their relationship, which is at once transactional and yet a genuine friendship.

The theatre company of a forgotten town puts on one last performance to escape the reality of their home fading away into nothingness.

On the Anniversary of her husband's death, Vanessa and her sister Julie glance at her security monitor and are shocked to see him standing outside. Vanessa needs to know why he has returned and the heartbreaking reason will be more than she can bear.

An elderly postman lives alone and lonely following the death of his wife. An act of kindness towards a young boy opens up his life again through the game of chess. But when the boy moves away, the post takes on a new significance for the postman.

Doug and Phil are mates from way back growing up on the edge of a knife in rural Australia. Doug is the local up and coming football hero, Phil is the different one, who doesn't fit in. One very drunken evening in front of the TV something happens and the code is broken and inevitable crash must happen.

A short film about yearning, and wanting to act on a love you know you can't.

A young Chinese celebrity is called into an emergency meeting after a fan of his commits suicide.