SHORTS
SHORTS BEFORE FEATURE
SWEET JUICES
Directed by Will Suen
2023 | 15 | Australia
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Screening with LIFE'S A BITCH
Sun 14 April 8.30pm Palace Norton St
Genius cooks Shirong and Tony face eviction and incarceration; on a mission to clear their names, they leave a trail of saucy vomit, stolen bicycles, unhinged government officials, and squirting dumplings that deliver enlightenment.
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BALD FUTURES
Michael Whyntie & Reilly Archer-Whelan
2023 | 12 | Australia
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Screening with FREMONT
Sat 20 April 4pm Palace Norton St
Brandon, a tradie, and Brenda, an ibis, meet up on a park bench in Chippo (Chippendale, Sydney) every day for smoko where they chew the fat about whatever pops up.
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ASHES
Directed by Georgina Haig
2023 | 13 | Australia
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Screening with COUP!
Sun 14 April 2pm Palace Norton St
Bereft after the loss of her beloved Dad James, Frances misses the appointment to pick up his ashes. Through a bizarre posthumous prank, can James rectify his daughter’s habitual lateness, even after he’s gone?
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LOVE LOCKDOWN
Directed by Nicole Fantl
2023 | 15 | Australia
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Screening with DRUGSTORE JUNE
Sat 13 April 6.30pm Dendy Newtown
Lonely people go to extreme lengths to find love in a disconnected world in this hilarious and provocative dark comedy propelled by a woman on the verge who is finally ready to control the narrative of her own reinvention.
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CACTUS
Directed by Milena Bennett
2023 | 18 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with KAUGERE: A PLACE WHERE NOBODY ENTERS
Tue 16 April 6pm Palace Norton St
Twenty-something Grace forms an unlikely friendship with Mr. Rodrigues, her elderly Portuguese neighbour. From arguments on the street to working together in the garden, their friendships can blossom even in the most unexpected places.a
I LIKE LONG WALKS ON PARRAMATTA ROAD
Directed by Kate McGuinness
2023 | 16 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with LESSONS OF TOLERANCE
Sat 20 April 6pm Palace Norton St
A depressed woman finds she can no longer endure life. In a desperate attempt to cure her malaise, she embarks on an expedition along Sydney’s oldest motorway.​
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ROCK SPIDER
Directed by Steven Daniel Pasvolsky
2024 | 10 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with WINTER KILLS
Sat 13 April 4pm Palace Norton St
Justice is in the wrong hands.
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BLACK WING
Directed by Tim Main
2023 | 4 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with FREMONT
Sat 13 April 6pm Palace Norton St
In rich Australian bushland, we find a Cormorant bird. She stands statuesque drying her wings and begins to guide us through her story.
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INTERRUPTED
Directed by Sam Davison
2023 | 5 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with FREMONT
Sat 13 April 6pm Palace Norton St
When Simon suddenly begins to hear a Narrator, he finds himself stuck in a horror film with a serial killer loose in his apartment.
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GREG
Directed by Calen Vanstone
2023 | 10 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with SAHELA
Mon 15 April 6pm Palace Norton St
A young man is bullied by a physical personification of his anxiety before a date.
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A SHORT JOURNEY THROUGH EXETER STATION AND ITS SURROUNDING PARTS
Directed by Terry Guannan Hou
2023 | 5 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with DRUGSTORE JUNE
Mon 15 April 8pm Palace Norton St
A disillusioned city worker travels to a rural town where his last-resort plans are waylaid by an eccentric would-be accomplice.
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SMOKO
Directed by Steven Cooper & Adam Gunn
2024 | 3 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with DRUGSTORE JUNE
Mon 15 April 8pm Palace Norton St
Brandon, a tradie, and Brenda, an ibis, meet up on a park bench in Chippo (Chippendale, Sydney) every day for smoko where they chew the fat about whatever pops up.
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TO BE SILENT
Directed by Tace Stevens
2022 | 9 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with KAUGERE: A PLACE WHERE NOBODY ENTERS
Tue 16 April 6pm Palace Norton St
Noongar and Spinifex Aboriginal woman Tace Stevens explores the impact of code-switching on her identity, before revealing what led her to embrace the power of standing firm in who she is, no matter where she is.
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PERFECT MARBLE
Directed by Ziggy Tow
2024 | 10 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with SO UNREAL
Tue 16 April 8pm Palace Norton St
Worlds collide when characters lives are split in new directions.
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SHE’S NOT YOUR TYPE
Directed by Matt Vella
2018 | 10 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with LIFE’S A BITCH
Sat 20 April 6:30pm Dendy Newtown
Sweet, innocent, Barry is on a double date to introduce his friends to his new girlfriend, Alex.
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THE DAM
Directed by Andrew Sully
2023 | 6 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with COUP!
Sat 20 April 8pm Palace Norton St
Flo likes Jesse, the boy at the neighbouring farm. Down at the dam, first love becomes a last right.
BIG CHEF, LITTLE CHEF
Directed by Kerrod Cooper
2023 | 6 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with COUP!
Sat 20 April 8pm Palace Norton St
A charismatic children’s show presenter (Danny Kim) whisks young viewers into a culinary adventure filled with laughter and learning.
PLACES, PLEASE!
Directed by Paul Keith Rye
2023 | 11 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with HEART OF THE MAN
Sun 21 April 4pm Palace Norton St
With the director stuck in traffic, first time stage manager Keith McRay faces a cascade of challenges: a missing actor, a rebellious cast member, an incompetent stage hand and a demanding lead actress.
FLAT WHITE
Directed by Stephen Shearsby
2023 | 9 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with FIGHT TO LIVE
Sun 21 April 8:30pm Palace Norton St
Not many hospitality businesses would give Patrick a second look. Awkward, shy, not exactly the kind to draw in your customers. But the day he poured a triple rosetta for the boss at St. Kai he was hired on the spot.
ASTRONOTS
Directed by Andrew John James Seaton
2023 | 11 | Australia | UNCL 15+
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Screening with FIGHT TO LIVE
Sun 21 April 8:30pm Palace Norton St
As the two astronauts sit in the cockpit awaiting launch, Major Tom Collins realises his co-pilot, Abe, is nowhere near as qualified as he should be.