A selection of short films by secondary students

Don’t Burn the Toast animation
Dir. Lucas A. Taylor
Australia 4:04
In order to eat breakfast, a teenager must confront the absurd fantasies of the kitchen.

Glow adventure
Dir. Valentina Plisko
Australia 3:33
We spend too many hours day after day in front of our screens, their luminescent light beaming on our faces like a torch.

Sticky Notes youth
Dir. Jorja Kavellaris
Australia 4:51
Sticky Notes is a Drama, Coming of Age short film, that follows the friendship of two best friends, Florence and Anisa, as they pursue their dreams from child to young adult.

Larceny Crime action
Dir. Chase Bradshaw
Australia 16:29
Three teenage boys have had a bad upbringing and one of them called Eric works at a tyre shop and they decided to rob his shop, but stuff goes wrong.

BAD CHICKEN comedy
Dir. Rebecca Murphy
Australia 7:29
Following a typical school day, two teenage girls, Darcy and Evie, travel to their local chicken shop for an after school snack. However, upon receiving their food, they notice there might be something wrong with their chicken.

L’ecole de Cirque doco youth
Dir. Matilda Judith Deeble
Australia 9:59
L’ecole de Cirque is a passionate and visually dynamic documentary about Australia’s only tertiary institution for circus (NICA) following 6 participants explaining why circus is important to them and society at large.

TAPE 108 crime
Dir. Tom Caulfield
Australia 9:23 
An obsessive audio surveillance expert accepts a deadly mission to infiltrate and record a meeting at the infamous Cobra Club.

Aged Santa Claus Melon comedy
Dir. Spike Angwin, Mila Poddine, Ella Shewry
Australia 7:23
A life of crime can have hilarious outcomes.

Providence drama
Dir. River Massey
Australia 6:07
A young man seeks redemption.

Blue Light
Dir. Josh McInerny
Australia 3.35
A suspenseful short exploring physiological struggles with hallucinations and insomnia. An auditory and visual experience of hopelessness, worry, bewilderment leading to a viewer interpreted ending.