Victorian College of the Arts

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.

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

A porn addict's life falls apart.

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

The Surrogate.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

An aging man recounts his experiences as a pilot during the war. – Victorian College of the Arts

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.

Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, struggles to tell his partner Tam he loves them after a random encounter with a stranger shakes his self-confidence. But as he finds himself pushed and pulled in all directions by the perceptions of others, can Lindani reconnect with himself enough to figure out how he really feels?

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

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

Cinema clerks Silva and Felix work the final night before their beloved cinema is demolished by private investors. An empty final screening allows them to reflect on the meaning of cinema in an age wherein art no longer occupies physical space.

A hitman encounters opposition from the organisation he works for when he decides to leave his job for the woman he loves. Fists, feet and bullets fly in the explosive finale.

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.