MUFF Shorts

Session 1
Monday Nov 25 - 7pm
Running Time approx. 83 mins

1. FUTURE HARVEST - Dir. Carolyn Corkindale - 4:38 – AUS
An elderly woman enjoys the fruit of her orchard, but all is not as it seems.

2. EAT YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE - Dir. Matthew Collins - 6:00 - AUS
A quirky blonde gets her just deserts when no one shows up to her birthday party.

3. INFECTED - Dir. Kyle Anset - 10:54 - AUS
John must help a pregnant woman deliver her baby in the zombie apocalypse before she’s infected.

4. THE BODY - Dir. Marcus Matthews - 4:51 - AUS
Clara has killed a man and must dispose of the body, easier said than done.

5. THE BACKROAD - Dir. Jamie Wilson - 13:48 - AUS
All bets are off when a crooked cop and a junkie meet their fate on the backroad.

6. BEYOND THE POINTY HAT - Dir. Shannon Meilak - 6:13 - AUS (DOC)
Witches are often portrayed as wart faced hags on broomsticks, but have you ever met a real one?

7. WHITE WALLS - Dir. Alessandro Sedda - 14:55 - ITALY
The dissonant chant of a man forced to live within himself.

8. ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT - Dir. Russell Wyatt Roberts - 24:50 - AUS
A driver loses his grip on sanity as he travels an endless road paved with past anguish.

Session 2
Monday Nov 25 - 9pm
Running Time approx. 94 mins

1. BET THE DEMON WINS - Dir. Denise Hurley - 7:55 - AUS
A teenager battles the demons that haunt her following rejection by her gambling addicted father and betrayal by her sister.

2. STATIC - Dir. Phoebe Moore - 9:00 - AUS
A stop motion animation short exploring romantic introspection.

3. SAUSAGE - Dir. Justin Groves - 6:30 - AUS
An actor’s dreams are dashed when he takes a gig on a TV commercial.

4. FUCKED UP POINT BLANK - Dir. Shayna Connelly - 4:36 - USA
An experimental film exploring anxiety and the desire for an ending less violent to the narrator.

5. NEON - Dir. Malachy Cole - 21:15 - AUS
A lone rider sets out on a rescue mission through the smog filled streets of Hongkonoria.

6. HERE TO ETERNITY WITH THE GODZ - Dir. Jeffrey Wengrofsky - 9:55 - USA (DOC)
Here to Eternity with The Godz is a psychoactive documentary about The Godz, one of the first psychedelic rock bands.

7. MAIN COURSE - Dir. Kristina Barisic - 34:39 - CROATIA
Two stories, one teenagers at a deserted school and the other, around a dinner table when unexpected guests arrive.

Session 3
Tuesday Nov 26 - 7pm
Running Time approx. 97 mins

    1. MATTY - Dir. Lane Pitcher - 10:23 - AUS
    Will is an angsty kid who feels like he never was one and his brother Matty is the reason.

    2. LITTLE BEAUTY - Dir. Mick Lowenstein - 8:17 - AUS
    A cautionary tale about manhood, expectations, and the consequences of small-town prejudice.

    3. HAPPY LITTLE BLUEBIRDS - Dir. Nello Di Giandomenico - 14:37 - AUS
    An elderly couple battling sickness decide if they should continue suffering or go out together.

    4. VOICES - Dir. Matthew Smith - 13:16 - AUS
    A man struggles with alcohol abuse, fighting the voices inside his head. Will he sink or swim?

    5. COLD STORAGE - Dir. Thomas Freundlich - 8:45 - FINLAND
    On a desolate arctic shore, a fisherman unthaws a frozen prehistoric man and celebrates their friendship with dance.

    6. HUMDINGERS - Dir. Alex Campbell - 7:00 - AUS
    A young intelligent girl with an archaic mind struggles to escape her overbearing parents.

    7. BANANA SPLIT - Dir. Robbie Ryde - 10:00 - AUS
    Best friends Tim and Joel decide once and for all who is Batman and Robin in their dynamic duo.

    8. DO YOU WANT ME TO KISS YOU THIS TIME? - Dir. Iker Arce, Miriam Ortega - 24:55 - SPAIN
    Nerea, a 12-year-old girl experiences her first kiss, awakening a dark and disturbing nature within her.

Session 4
Tuesday Nov 26 - 9pm
Running Time approx. 99 mins

    1. KILLER LOVE - Dir. Adam Lemmey - 15:09 - AUS
    Killer Love is a comedy/horror about sour break ups. It's about the masked killer in the woods, ready to take an axe to your head if you can't sort your shit out.

    2. LARRY TIME - Dir, David Krige - 9:53 - AUS
    When buying chocolates and flowers for grandma isn’t enough.

    3. BEING ROBBED - Dir. Tim Bydder - 14:57 - AUS
    Joe and Fay catch a burglar robbing their apartment, but they act as hospitable as possible so no one gets hurts.

    4. SAC DE MERDE - Dir. Greg Chwerchak - 13:27 - USA
    Based on a true story, Mazel spends the night with the man of her dreams only to discover he might just be full of shit, literally.

    5. SHAREHOUSE INVADERS - Dir. Kevin Jayawardena - 9:12 - AUS
    An extra-terrestrial interrupts two suburban mates having drinks.

    6. GRAVE EXPECTATIONS - Dir. Andy Burkitt - 6:04 - AUS
    A grave robber discovers a recently deceased young beauty may not be as deceased as he thought.

    7. BURGERMAN - Dir. Jamie Wilson - 30:02 - AUS (DOC)
    A look inside an eclectic hamburger shop in Melbourne, Australia.

Session 5
Wednesday Nov 27 - 7pm
Running Time approx. 97 mins

    1. VALENTINE’S DAY - Dir. Marni Little, Tim Goodwin - 6:42 - AUS
    Evie is having a romantic couple’s dinner and has invited her new boyfriend. The trouble is, he doesn’t exist.

    2. THE TAME PAINTER - Dir. Dominic Dimech - 14:59 - AUS
    Lucious, an aging taboo artist, reluctantly passes the torch as he struggles to accept his slide into mediocrity.

    3. WHEN THE EYES ARE CLOSED - Dir. Zhang Xiaoan - 5:46 - AUS/CHINA
    A young girl moves into a new apartment, but every time she closes her eyes, she is not alone…

    4. PORTRAIT - Dir. Charles Le Patourel - 15:00 - AUS
    Darkness festers in a man’s mind, but preparations must be made for the arrival of a guest.

    5. SWEET LOVE - Dir. Stephen Crompton - 19:00 - USA (DOC`)
    I was thinking of writing something totally absurd; to take the genre of soft porn and marry it with the theatre of the absurd” – Alvin Bojar

    6. ANACRONTE - Dir. Raul Koler, Emiliano Sette - 14:58 - ARGENTINA
    Anacronte and the Sorcerers of Evil, test humanity’s happiness in a bitter struggle

    7. ASCENDANT - Dir. Josh Zammit - 20:49 - AUS
    In a bleak, industrial feature, a man wanders an abandoned greyhound track, only to be confronted by what he finds.