Exceptional, daring, and most importantly, entertaining!
World shorts brings you the best shorts from around the globe and back home. These shorts present an evocative view into topics filmmakers are tackling in a rapidly evolving digitally connected society. Including winner of the Venice Best Short Film Award, Darling by Saim Sadiq, which follows Alina, a trans woman and aspiring dancer who seeks to overcome a transphobic theatre’s policies. Highlights also include The Devil’s Harmony by Dylan Holmes Williams (Sundance Best Short Award), which follows Kira on a rampage, disrupting the equilibrium of her school in this supernatural dark comedy. World Shorts also presents the Australian premiere of In the Wake by Stephanie Jaclyn, in which Alice after a devastating car crash involving her sister, is left with only her grieving mother and buried memories. These fantastic films screen with Veronica Doesn’t Smoke by Chiara Marotta, Mthunzi by Tebogo Malebogo, Torch Song by Stephen Lance and Ayaan by Alies Sluiter.