FRIDAY 16 OCT – 7:00pm AEDT
Opening night with Stephen Curry
6:OOPM – QUEENSLAND
7:00PM – VICTORIA / NSW / TASMANIA / ACT
7:30PM – SOUTH AUSTRALIA / NORTHERN TERRITORY
Films will be available to watch online 16-23rd October
The Very Best Of Port Shorts – Virtual Film Festival
An emotional tsunami of gripping short films from our own backyard and around the world available to watch from the 16-23rd October.
Your exclusive Festival Pass lets you watch over 60 films and join in our 2020 Masterclass Series & Q/A Sessions.
Tune in at 16th October 7:00pm AEDT for the Opening Night hosted by Stephen Curry.
BUNNY NEW GIRL
Director: Natalie van den Dungen
Shy young Annabelle tries to avoid facing up to her first day of a new school.
AUS – 6 min
HOW MR & MRS GOCK SAVED THE KUMARA
Director: Arani Cuthbert
Meet the most endearing kumara growers in the land.
NZ – 3.4 min
SORCERESS
Director: Max Blustin
A waitress overhears a tragic conversation – but takes the order anyway.
UK – 3.4 min
1-0
Director: Saman Hosseinpuor
A boy is watching a soccer game on TV and gets so excited he forgets he’s in the middle of a haircut.
IRAN – 50 sec
HOME
Director: Charles Williams
A eulogy to those whose bones only made it to the arms of Mother Ocean.
AUS – 3.4 min
PEARL
Director: Patrick Osborne
A story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love.
USA – 5.45 min
BLACK MOON
Director: Robert Sherwood
Focus on photographer Trent Mitchell and his experimental pursuits.
AUS – 5 min
iRONY
Director: Radheya Jegatheva
Explores the relationship between man and technology told from the perspective of a phone.
AUS – 7.5 min
SLINGSHOT
An amusing analogy on modern love through the eyes of a modern ‘victim’.
AUS – 7 min
SENGATAN
Director: Frank Magree
A drifter gets caught up in the drug trade while stinting in Bali.
AUS – 10 min
JOURNEY TO THE BIKIE BAR
Director: Hayden Bevis
Lachlan tries his best to impress neighbour Jemma with some help from his best friend.
AUS – 5.3 min
NURSERY RHYMES
Director: Tom Noakes
A bizarre encounter with a metalhead takes a profound turn on the side of a rural highway.
AUS – 5 min
INCLUSION MAKES THE WORLD MORE VIBRANT
Director: Genevieve Clay-Smith
A little boy helps his blind mum experience an art gallery.
AUS – 3 min
THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU
Director: Damian McLindon
A 16-year-old Muslim refugee confronts a trio of mean girls at school.
AUS – 7 min
SAUSAGE ROLL
Director: Jake Girgenti
A hungry local gets desperate for the last sausage roll.
AUS – 3.55 min
RUN IN CIRCLES
Director: Marion Reymond
Where is she? There must be a woman like me? I do want some love too.
FRANCE – 4.1 min
WILDBOY
Director: Ain Raadik
Brando Yelavich became the first person to walk, swim and climb the NZ coastline.
AUS – 4.5 min
MRS S
Director: James Woods
Mismatched siblings get lost on their way to connect with their estranged mother.
AUS – 7 min
JOURNEY
Director: Radheya Jegatheva
Two lost astronauts set off across the universe on an epic journey to find home.
AUS – 7 min