WHY WE TRADE
director: MICHAEL MCLENNAN
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A manifesto of unbridled self interest. Nothing is sacred in the film as an unorthodox economist explores how human interaction is governed by the notion of trade.

   

PACIFICA
director: DAVID YOUNG

A man goes to the beach and dies. Do you notice?

   

PERSONNEL
director: KATHARINE THORNTON
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Out of the cold, robotic world of a supermarket, two workers find a moment of relief from their monotony.

   

CARRY ME HOME
director: BRIAN LYE
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Buster Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth >

A young girl combines cardboard boxes, music, and love to deal with a family tragedy.

 

   

LIMINAL
director: KAREN CRESPO
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An expressive dance piece that explores our struggle for identity and the conflicts we face between how we perceive ourselves and wish to be perceived by others.

   

TGIF
director: BRIAN LIEN
Dungog Film Festival 2011>
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The story of Claire, a girl in love, lost amidst the uncertainties of modern communication.

   

MAGPIE
director: MICHAEL MCLENNAN
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Magpie is an individual who delights in making mischief. From far above, we observe his provocations and their consequences.

   

THE FALL
director: JUHYUN PAK
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Dungog Film Festival 2011>

A light-hearted piece about a woman and a man who cross paths on the steepest set of stairs carved into the face of a cliff. Their encounter is brief but for at least one of them, it may become an everlasting memory

   

AUGUSTINE CONFESSIONS
director: GIOVANNI C. LORUSSO
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Perth Revelation International Film Festival
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I've Seen Films International Film Festival
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What is time? Has it always existed? If so, there would be no reason to talk about it; but if it hasn't, then what happened before it? Could something have existed before time? Wouldn't it then been in time?

   

STILL
director: GUSTAVO FARACO
2011 Canberra Film Festival >
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A moving series of portraits in black and white, shot on 16mm film, showing us that we are each unique but maybe also the same.

   

THE SECRET FILM SOCIETY: THE 10 FILM PROJECT
Edited by Karen Crespo; Produced by Michael McLennan
Dungog Film Festival 2011>
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In 2009, a group of young independent filmmakers formed a production collective in Sydney to make the films they wanted to make. They reflect on the ten films that resulted.