The pre-selection judging panel has chosen the following seven films for screening at the 2011 festival. They are listed here in alphabetical order, not programme order.
Family Values
[ Australia | DUR 7:00 | HD ]
[ WRI, DIR, ED Matthew Jenkin | PROD M. Jenkin & Oliver Leimbach | DOP Bradley J. Conomy & Max Seager | COMPOSER Johann Willenberg ]
[ CAST Oliver Leimbach, Ryan Johnson, Alan Lovell, Zoe Carides ]
One family. One lesson to be learned. One twisted way to teach it.
Moving Day
[ Australia | DUR 9:00 | RED 4K ]
[ WRI, PROD Matthew Graham | DIR Jason Wingrove | DOP Tom Gleeson | ED Richard Learoyd | COMPOSER Samantha Fonti ]
[ CAST Darcy Griffith, Kate Sherman ]
Moving into a palatial new home without any brothers or sisters, how else is a six-year-old to keep herself entertained?
Purple Flowers
[ Australia | DUR 9:37 | RED 4K ]
[ WRI, DIR Julian Ryan | PROD Drew Bailey | DOP Geoffrey Wharton ACS | PROD DESIGN Paul Finch | ED Marcus D’Arcy | COMPOSER Henrique Dib ]
[ CAST Penne Hackforth-Jones, Christian Byers, Airlie Dodds ]
Jack likes Jill. Jill likes Jack. Two kids learning about life, love, and death on a sunny afternoon. All this and chocolate biscuits!
Rumbleseat
[ Canada & USA | DUR 5:50 | Animation ]
[ CREATED BY Michael Roberts | EXEC PROD Catherine Tait | BACKGROUND PAINTING Stewart Jones | MUSIC The Sadies ]
A man wakes to find himself riding in the back of a demonic hot-rod driven by a group of mysterious ghouls who force him to examine the events that led him to this strange and unfamiliar world.
Sophie’s Luck
[ Australia | DUR 6:53 | H.264 ]
[ WRI Katie May Johnson | PROD K.M. Johnson, John Marsh | DIR, ED J. Marsh | DOP Andrew McLeod | COMPOSER Naomi Jones ]
[ CAST Katie May Johnson, Scott Timmins ]
Anxious about going on a first date, Sophie tries to calm her nerves by engaging with the stranger sitting next to her. Sensing he’s as heartbroken as she is, Sophie reaches out to the man, but in the end it is he who leaves the lasting impression.
Spoilt Broth
[ Germany & UK | DUR 4:52 | ARRI ALEXA ]
[ WRI Toby Roberts & Kate Aidley | PROD Moritz Wessendorff | DIR T. Roberts | DOP Derek Suter BSC | PROD DESIGN Jan Mixsa | ED John von Ascheraden | COMPOSERS Chris Allard & Jules Jackson ]
[ CAST Oliver Korittke, Gary Whelan, Megan Gay ]
A naïve, desperate man’s attempt to rob a post office sets him on a collision course with a tough, armed and ruthless criminal.
Wonder Boy
[ Australia | DUR 15:00 | RED 4K ]
[ WRI, DIR Corrie Chen | PROD Anna Kojevnikov | DOP Michael Latham | PROD DESIGN Christina Remnant | ED Malgorzata “Maz” Swierczak | COMPOSER Jamie Messenger ]
[ CAST Zohar Hoang, Morgan Baker, Sophia Shen, Evonne Fletcher ]
Ten-year-old Clancy is stuck between a life he doesn’t know and a life he wants to belong to. Some problems are universal.