A selection showcasing the sheer variety of WA films. This program includes animation, micro-documentaries, intimate portraits, experimental films, and all points in between
What unites these films is a sense of the potential of the moving image, a sense of possibility, imagination and the importance of making personal works.
FILMS
Wadjella Woolgar
Leon Ewing, Loretta Lincoln
Australia/2024/7min
Ceramicist, Loretta Lincoln, works clay onto her skin in situ on the banks of the Derbal Yerrigan near Ashfield Flats.
Bird Drone
Radheya Jang Jegatheva
Australia/2023/9min
A heartfelt story of unrequited love explored through a lonely seagull struggling to accept that his newfound object of affection is a human-operated drone with a limited battery life.
Chomp
Ben Nixon
Australia/2023/6min
A young boy sneaks into the kitchen to steal some chips, only to encounter some night-time monsters.
Our Wellbeing, Our Way
Luisa Mitchell, Radheya Jegatheva
Australia/2023/8min
Indigenous Australian’s holistic and interconnected ways of experiencing wellbeing is brutally disrupted by British colonisation, leading to intergenerational trauma and systemic disadvantage.
Mr Kimberly
Jake Blackburn
Australia/2023/6min
They call him Mr Kimberley, but his mates just call him Sammy.
Tee KenNg
Ella Wright
Australia/2023/7min
From freezing cold swims in the depths of winter to the wildest imaginative artistic outputs, Tee Ken Ng’s mind is one that pushes the boundaries of life and art to extremes.
Kalbarri Kid
Paulina Hobbs, Ed Hobbs
Australia/2024/20min
A maverick who defied a loveless father and turned his love of horses into a lifelong dream: a vast dude ranch in the Northwest visited by thousands from the world over.
In Conversations With Myself and Others
Lucy Messenger
Australia/2023/6min
A heart-warming profile of the life of a talented artist who defies ableist assumptions and conquers the art world with humour, creativity, and a trusty wheelchair.
Night Walks
Jacob Cvetkoski Brinkworth
Australia/2024/20min
A worker and an artist in a despondent, empty world of the night.
A Leap of Faith
Mikey Hamer
Australia/2023/10min
Observing the shared experiences of loving, losing, and ultimately transforming through the passage of time.