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Voyeurnet
2010 // 9 mins // HD Cam
Writer & Director: Stuart Parkyn

Trent likes Kate, who rides the same tram as him from school. Trent  is becoming addicted to internet porn and the longer he surfs the more extreme his interests are getting. Trent finally talks with Kate on the tram, but his motives are more than just simple flirting.

// Screening - Sedicicorto Film Festival, Italy
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Jerrycan
 2008 // 13 mins // 35mm
Writer & Director: Julius Avery

Five bored kids with nothing to do decide to blow something up. Paper, scissors, rocks seals the fate of Nathan, who risks everything after he is bullied, into making a life and death decision.

// Winner - Special Mention, Berlin Film Festival 2009
// Winner - Honourable Mention, Sundance Film Festival 2009
// Winner - Jury Prize, 61st Cannes Film Festival 2008
// Winner - AFI Award, Best Short Fiction 2008
 // Winner - Best Film, Bondi Short Film Festival 2009
 // Winner - Arte Short Film Award, 25th Hamburg Int. Short Film Festival 2009
 // Winner - Best Short Film, "Pacific Meridian" Vladivostok Int. Film Festival 2009
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Piranha
2007 // 13 mins // HD Cam
Writer & Director: Irina Goundortseva

It's strange that Katie pushes away charismatic Andy. After all, she's new in town and they are obviously attracted to each other. But Katie's reluctance may be justified. Disaster looms as they start their tentative relationship.

 // Screened at St Kilda Film Festival 2008
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The Saviour
2005 // 18 mins // 35mm
Writer & Director: Peter Templeman

Malcolm is a gentle, effective door-to-door evangelist who's in love with a married woman. With pressure mounting from his church to convert her, Malcolm decides his bible is the very weapon he needs to destroy the marriage that's keeping him from his true love.

// Nominee 79th Academy Awards, Best Live Action Short Film
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Turn
2005 // 10 mins // Super 16mm
Writer & Director: Michael Lucas

Two drivers - ambitious Christine and struggling Leo - find themselves stuck in a side alley as they attempt to turn on to an impenetrable motorway. As minutes turn to hours, and hours turn to days, Christine and Leo realise they are completely trapped together, and must find a way to survive ...
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The Instructional Guide To Dating
2005 // 7 mins // 35mm
Director: Siobhan Bowers

There are many hazards to avoid in the airport of love. How do you choose a co-pilot to take on your journey? What is the best way to eject from a date that's in a tailspin? How do you avoid excess emotional baggage? "The Instructional Guide to Dating" is essential for every modern girl and hipster guy to navigate through the turbulent modern dating scene.

 // Winner Best Animation - Manhattan Short Film Festival
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Splintered
2004 // 8 mins // Super 16mm
Director: Peter Templeman

When a robbery goes wrong teenager Gavin runs, leaving his best mate to be beaten then sentenced to a detention centre. Gavin tries to repair their shattered friendship, but soon realises he needs more than visiting hours to restore his mate's trust.

 // Grand Jury Winner Best Narrative Short - Slamdance Film Festival
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Blandville
2003 // 6 mins // Digibeta
Director: Tahnee McGuire

Blandville Court, a Sydney housing estate built in the 1960s, stands high on a hill in Gladesville. Once inside the building kindness, loneliness, humour, colour and eccentricity abound in the stories of its elderly residents. Their passions and beliefs build another structure, the structure that has supported them through their lives. 

 //  Winner Best Documentary - St Kilda Film Festival
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