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While suffering through a creative block, DP is on the verge of quitting photography. Until she recalls a day where her view of the medium changed.
An emotionally damaged father must deal with the Afterbirth.
A student director struggles to shoot the opening scene of her film.
An unlucky dachshund goes about a normal working day.
An experimental short film created for Year 12 VCE Media, exploring how different editing styles can accentuate vastly different atmospheres, even when using the same footage.
Set against the Yi cultural backdrop, the film follows a young girl, Li, struggling between traditional beliefs and personal awakening. Through surreal imagery and Yi rituals, the film explores the complex relationships between women, nature, maternal identity, and mythological narratives. It questions whether women are destined to be bound by “motherhood”, seeking alternative possibilities within ancient legends.
A director suffering from a lack of inspiration is working on a story. The protagonist in his mind does not want to end up starring in a terrible short film, and thus embarks on a journey to help the director find inspiration.
"wanna go to Alaska?" - "ok" That's how this whole adventure started. Where it got us, is a totally different story. Rain, Camping on the side of the road or under the pipeline, walking trough the tundra, cycling for days and days with no other people then each other, eating pasta with sardines for 2 months, going trough rollercoasters of emotions, and sharing those with a person you barely know, that was Alaska for us.
115th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video" film series.
In a tightly regulated utopian society, two inquisitive children stumble upon their parents' hidden lives-unraveling a dark truth that threatens to dismantle the illusion of their perfect world.
A girl who had been kidnapped for two months escapes from her rapist. On the sidewalk, she begs a stranger for help, not knowing that she is signing her own death sentence.
