AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM TODAY
IS BACK!
Asia Society, May 3, 2016
Injury Time
(dir. Jack Sheridan)
Featuring some of the most exciting and eclectic short films from Down Under, this annual program returns to the Asia Society in memory of its creator, Susan Talbot, Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Join us for an evening of live action, documentary and animated shorts, including Joel Loxton's The Kangaroo Guy, a cautionary tale about a politician and the media, where honesty might occasionally be the best policy, and Jack Sheridan's Injury Time, about a soccer team's manager's desperate struggle to win "The Game" on his terms.
This 24th Annual Screening of Australian Short Film Today is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend Susan Talbot AM, who created this event in 1992 and curated it for 23 consecutive years.
Tonight's program is curated by Paul Thompson, Associate Professor, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and former Head of Film and Television at Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). His assistant curators are Udora Weihang Wang and Harris B. Pacey, NYU Tisch film students.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Reception to Follow
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue
at 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Tickets include reception
$8 Asia Society members
$10 students/ seniors
$12 nonmembers
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Order of Films
Drawcard
7 minutes, Comedy
Director: Antonio Oreña-Barlin
Producers: Monica Hyde and Adam Dunn
If a picture is worth a thousand words, sometimes it might be better to let the picture do the talking
Tropfest 2014: Finalist
Injury Time
13 minutes, Drama
Director: Jack Sheridan
Producers: Julie Byrne and Jennifer Jones
A soccer team's manager's desperate struggle to win The Game on his own terms
South Australian Screen Awards 2015: Best Drama
Touch
3 minutes, Animation
Director: Lauren Edson
Producer: Haggard P. Mallow
A detached, quiet soul slowly learns to reconnect with the world
Victorian College of the Arts student film
Cherokee
10 minutes, Dark Comedy
Director: Jem Rankin
Producer: Frances Wang-Ward
Fascinated by Native Americans, a young Australian girl inadvertently takes on her mother's anger, which lands them both in a sticky situation
Melbourne International Film Festival 2015: Accelerator Program
Sydney Film Festival 2015: Finalist
Flickerfest 2016: Official Selection
Tribeca Film Festival 2016: International premiere
Goorrandalng: Brolga Dreaming
10 minutes, Documentary
Director: Ju Ju Wilson
Producer: Robyn Marais
Granny Sheba Dignari travels to Goorrandalng, the dreaming place in Keep River National Park, Northern Territory, to share her mother’s song with the local aboriginal children
Sydney Film Festival 2015: Premiere
Tay Man
7 minutes, Mockumentary
Director: Angela McCormack
Producers: Jessica Campbell and Joel Perlgut
Three Aussie blokes share the same closeted obsession: Taylor Swift
Tropfest 2014: Finalist
Fatigue
2 minutes, Animation
Director: Caroline Jiang
Producers: Paul Fletcher and Robert Stepherson,
Victorian College of the Arts student film
A delightfully expressive vignette of life without love and without coffee
All God’s Creatures
19 minutes, Drama
Director: Brendon McDonall
Producer:Taylor Litton-Strain
AFTRS student film
A tough and tender drama about two young brothers with wildly different personalities who learn to make peace with each other after an act of mindless cruelty
Nicolas Baudin Award for Best Short Film, Festival des Antipodes, St Tropez (2015)
Audience Choice Award - Best Australian Short Film, Melbourne Queer Film Festival (2015)
Best Film: Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival (2014)
Best Film: Canberra Short Film Festival (2014)
Special Jury Award for Ed Oxenbould's performance: Flickerfest 2014
Mr. Stylish
3 minutes, Animation
Director: Kathy Sarpi
Producers: Paul Fletcher, Robert Stepherson, and Rosalie Osman
Victorian College of the Arts student film
A young girl with romantic aspirations unfortunately meets the man of her dreams
The Kangaroo Guy
15 minutes, Drama/Comedy
Director: Joel Loxton
Producers: Eleanor Winkler and Raquelle David
A TV interview spins out of control, and a politician gets caught in a cover up; even in politics, honesty might be the best policy
AFTRS student film
Montreal World Film Festival 2015: Jury Prize Winner, Short Film
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