The Very Best Of Port Shorts Film Festival

Curated by the Port Shorts Festival Crew – An emotional tsunami of gripping short films from our own backyard and around the world available to watch on TenPlay from December 8th.

HOW MR & MRS GOCK SAVED THE KUMARA

Director: Arani Cuthbert

Meet the most endearing kumara growers in the land.

NZ – 3.40 min

SORCERESS

Director: Max Blustin

A waitress overhears a tragic conversation – but takes the order anyway.

UK – 3.40 min

MRS S

Director: James Woods

Mismatched siblings get lost on their way to connect with their estranged mother.

AUS – 7 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 – 3.40 min

PEARL

Director: Patrick Osborne

A story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love.

USA – 5.45 min

SEVENTH NATURAL WONDER

Director: Dean Miller

Take a deep dive to discover what makes the Great Barrier Reef so amazing.

AUS – 4 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

ROUNDTRIP

Director: Ren Thackman</>

In the harsh Australian outback, a beast with a dark side, is trying to escape authority.

AUS – 6 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 – 5.30 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

MONOLITH

Director: Dean Miller

Legendary reef expert John Rumney is shocked to see an old friend.

AUS – 2.40 min

RUN IN CIRCLES

Director: Marion Reymond

Where is she? There must be a woman like me? I do want some love too.

FRANCE – 4.10 min

WILDBOY

Director: Ain Raadik

Brando Yelavich became the first person to walk, swim and climb the NZ coastline.

AUS – 4.50 min

JOURNEY

Director: Radheya Jegatheva

Two lost astronauts set off across the universe on an epic journey to find home.

AUS – 7 min