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Venue
Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood Blvd
List of Shorts:
1. BIRTHDAY BOY
9 mins 30 secs
Writer/Director
Sejong Park
Korean War, 1951. Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and reaming of a life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it's a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life.
2. CANE TOAD
4 mins
Writer/Director
Andrew Silke and David Clayton
A yobbo cane toad learns the dangers of being one of the less adored icons of the Aussie landscape.
3. THE TOOTH
4 mins
Writer/Director
Nathon Stone
The Tooth tells the comical story of a young alien named Xeno, who endures much pain on his quest to extract a troublesome tooth. After several attempts to extract the villainous tooth, Xeno finally finds success, but his small victory has big consequences.
4. YING
6 mins 59 secs
Writer/Producer
Costa Avgoustinos
'Yin' is a cartoon about a world made up of yin's and yang's where each is destined to hook up with the other to create the stars. This all works like clockwork until a pair is left mismatched.
5. MARCO SOLO
8 mins 17 secs
Writer/Director
Adrian Bosich
Poor Marco. Accidentally born into an overcrowded Australian-Italian household; he is relegated to his parents bedroom. Nine years later; armed with a vivid imagination; an obsession with Dame Edna Everage; and a warped sense of Catholicism; Marco fights for a space of his own.
6. SELF SERVE
6 mins 50 secs
Director/Producer
Frazer Bailey
When Griff pulls into a remote country service station he didn't realize how difficult it would be to get good service. After an awkward realization shop assistant Danny slowly pulls himself out of a very sticky situation.
7. SUMMER ANGST
6 mins 40 secs
Director
Elissa Down
Felicity is fifteen, braless and boyfriendless. She has been praying to God, that by the end of the summer holidays she would be wearing a bra and has her first kiss. Things were looking promising. Her chest had already grown seven millimeters and her family were staying with the Hookes family, which meant Matthew Hookes.
8. THE LITTLE WOMEN
7 mins
Director / Co-Producer
Greg Williams
When his wife leaves him and takes the kids, Ted turns to the police in desperation. But from what the police discover in Ted's flat, they decide that he is more than desperate; he is nuts. It's only as they leave that they come across something, which suggests Ted's little woman maybe more than just a fantasy.
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