A vibrant city of singing cats is preyed upon by a mysterious, dark figure, intent on performing his own twisted feline symphony.

Production Company The People’s Republic of Animation
Executive Producer Nick Cave, Hugh Nguyen and
Sam White
Producer Jessica Brentnall
Director Eddie White and Ari Gibson
Writer Eddie White
Animator Ari Gibson, Brodie McCrossin, Makoto Koji, Alex Grigg and Benjamin Drake
Editor Jeremy Hill-Brooks
Sound Tom Huezenroeder and Robert Mackenzie
Composer Benjamin Speed
Production Designer Jason Pamment
Lead Actor Nick Cave

• AFI Award for Best Short Animation

• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available for all AFI Members to view online via AFI TV

On a drought-ravaged vineyard, Yirri is about to kill his last chicken. He’s stopped by his wife, Teresa, who claims the chicken’s comb resembles the face of Jesus. Bizarre miracles start to happen, but Yirri and Teresa look a gift chicken in the mouth, with disastrous results of biblical proportions.

Production Company Wonder Bucket Productions
Producer Jodi Satya and Frank Woodley
Director Frank Woodley
Writer Frank Woodley and Clem Stamation
Animator Clem Stamation
Sound Erin McKimm and Brian Laurence
Composer Mal Webb
Lead Actor Frank Woodley - Yirri
Lead Actress Irene Guzowski - Teresa

• AFI Award for Best Short Animation

• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available for all AFI Members to view online via AFI TV

Eugene is a strange elderly man with a simple dream – to entertain his world through the art of vocal sound effects.  The trouble is that he only possesses a very small repertoire.  Repeatedly rejected by the people around him, Euguene meets Madeleine, an equally strange woman, who shares his sense of humour.  But when Madeleine disappears from his life, Eugene realises just how alone he really is.  At the depth of his alienation, Eugene is involved in an accident which changes his life...and his repertoire.

Production Company Feather Films
Producer Melanie Brunt
Director Michael Hill
Writer Michael Hill and Jamie Messenger
Editor Jeremy Parker
Sound Markus Kellow and Doron Kipen
Composer Jamie Messenger
Animator Michael Hill, Peter Lowey and Juan Serrano
Lead Actor Ben Burt - Eugene
Lead Actoress Amanda Levy - Madeleine

• AFI Award for Best Short Animation

• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available for all AFI Members to view online via AFI TV

A tiny robot is given the gift of life with only one limitation, the length of his power cable. When a curious bird appears at the workshop window, his lust to live outside of his reach may be his demise.

Producer Luke Randall
Director Luke Randall
Writer Luke Randall
Animator Luke Randall

• AFI Award for Best Short Animation

• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available for all AFI Members to view online via AFI TV

With the speed and grace of a middle aged man, Gary navigates his golf buggy through a giant warehouse, only to encounter a defiantly misplaced box. Gary's desire to organise and neatly shelve the box leads him to discover that there is something in the box... and it's alive.

Production Company VCA & Music; Film & TV
Producer Lester Francois
Director Michael Latham
Writer Michael Latham
Cinematographer Josh Flavell
Editor Marco Treglia
Sound Wanyima Whighton
Composer Alistair Mew
Lead Actor Simon King Gary

• AFI Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film

In this groundbreaking drama from Community Prophets, 11 young adults from the inner-city streets of Sydney, improvise a confronting film about 16-year-old Tee Samuelu, whose life spins out of control when he seeks acceptance from older gang members. A searing exploration of youth identity and the dangerous rise of group offending.

Production Company Community Prophets
Producer Anna Kaplan
Director David Selvarajah Vadiveloo
Writer David Selvarajah Vadiveloo
Cinematographer Bonnie Elliott
Editor Peter Carrodus ASE
Sound Will Sheridan, Leigh Ryan and Dale Cornelius
Production Designer Luc Anthony
Lead Actor Ali Haidar - Kassem
Young Actor Sene Auelua - Tee

• AFI Award for Best Short Fiction Film

• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available for all AFI Members to view online via AFI TV

Liebermans In The Sky is an offbeat comedic journey through fatherhood, waterbeds and Cabalistic folklore. It is the story of Alan Lieberman, beleaguered waterbed salesman, on the worst day of his life. It is a story about failure and one man's journey towards realizing that, like levitation, there are some things in life we cannot achieve. Sometimes falling is just the way of the world.

Production Company Australian Film Television and Radio School
Producer Jessica Redenbach
Director Richard Vilensky
Writer Richard Vilensky
Cinematographer Zoe White
Editor Scott Walmsley
Sound Roger Middenway
Composer Pete Neville

• AFI Award for Best Short Fiction Film
•  AFI Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film

• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available for all AFI Members to view online via AFI TV

Eight year old Joe has a birthday he will never forget. After friends tease him, he sneaks off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.

Executive Producer Lucia Nicolai and Nash Edgerton
Producer Drew Bailey
Director Luke Doolan
Writer Luke Doolan
Cinematographer Brad Shield
Editor Luke Doolan
Sound François Tétaz, Mel Pesa, Richard Teague, Sam Petty and William Ward
Composer François Tétaz
Production Designer Helen Frank
Costume Designer Helen Frank
Make Up Kaori Harigae and Megan Chassay
Visual Effects Mike Seymour
Lead Actor Brendan Donoghue - Man
Young Actor Karl Beattie - Joe

• AFI Award for Best Short Fiction Film
•  AFI Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film

• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available for all AFI Members to view online via AFI TV

Whilst Anna is preparing for a first date with Henry, a man she has secretly loved for years, everything goes wrong until she discovers the impossible - to sculpt her appearance like clay to any shape she desires.

Production Company Australian Film Television and Radio School
Producer Courtney Wise
Director Sandy Widyanata
Writer Sandy Widyanata
Cinematographer Greg De Marigny
Editor Ann Foo, Vladimir Jovicic
Sound Cameron Grant
Composer Maja Petrovna Hilcisin
Animator Sandy Widyanata
Production Designer Xanthe Highfield
Costume Designer Xanthe Highfield
Make Up Rosanna Lee Davies
Visual Effects Sandy Widyanata, Eric So, Mathew Mackereth and
Christopher Jackson
Lead Actor Don Hany - Henry
Lead Actress Romy Bartz - Anna

• AFI Visual Effects Award

Toby yearns for a life like any other eight-year-old kid. But his mentally disabled father is a constant reminder that life for Toby, will never be normal.

Production Company The Everywhen
Producer Sarah Shaw
Director Corrie Jones
Writer Corrie Jones, Sarah Shaw and Ian Meadows
Cinematographer Andrew McLeod
Editor Stephen Carroll
Sound Liam Egan
Production Designer Emma Fletcher
Lead Actor Adam Booth - Sean and Ian Meadows - Ryan
Young Actor Adam Lowrie - Toby

• AFI Award for Best Short Fiction Film
•  AFI Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film

• AFI Awards Screenings, Melbourne
• AFI Awards Screenings, Sydney
• Available for all AFI Members to view online via AFI TV