Shorts in Cinema

Adelaide Film Festival is bringing local short films to the big screen with a new initiative, Shorts in Cinema.

Are you eager to see short films outside of the festival?

In partnership with local cinemas The Mercury and The Piccadilly and City of Adelaide, AFF presents the Shorts in Cinema initiative – screening the short films of 20 emerging filmmakers over the next 12 months.

Selected shorts will be paired with the latest feature films at The Mercury and The Piccadilly, connecting local talent with local audiences.

Shorts in Cinema will not only provide emerging filmmakers with a paid opportunity to see their work on cinema screens but will also provide career advancement opportunities through professional development workshops and industry attention.

Adelaide film-lovers are encouraged to get out to their local cinema and support these filmmakers, to keep innovative filmmaking, fresh perspectives, and passionate local storytelling at the forefront of our industry.

See below for session times.

Finding Jia

Director: Alice Yang
Australia, Short
13 mins, 2024

Discontented Mei lives with her family in the office behind their shop, reciting her times-tables and arguing with her parents. All she wants is a life more like the one she sees on television, until her mum confiscates the TV set.

Winner of the AFF 2024 Short Award Competition and Audience Short Award.

SCREENING BEFORE Ghost Cat anzu AT THE PICCADILLY.

On Film

Director: Emma Hough Hobbs
Australia, Short
6 mins, 2022

Animated digitally, On Film explores the technology behind shooting on film, how to tell when a film is shot on film and why there's an enduring passion and appreciation for the format.

SCREENING BEFORE MY FAVOURITE CAKE AT THE PICCADILLY.

Crush

Director: Leela Varghese
Australia, Short
7 mins, 2020

Lizzy has an obsession with a girl who sells novelty candles. Will she work up the courage to ask her out or will she just buy out the whole store?

SCREENED BEFORE Sidonie in Japan at the mercury.

Red Earth

Director: Bryce Kraehenbuehl
Australia, Short
10 mins, 2023

An imagined future where a rediscovered archive of photographs, sound and film captures the beauty of extinct ecosystems in South Australia.

SCREENED BEFORE Evil Does Not Exist AT THE MERCURY.

It Happened in Copley Street

Director: Guy Nelson
Australia, Short
5 mins, 2022

A tough man discovers an artistic life through poetry. This is the true story about former knock-about northern suburbs larrikin, now author, poet and orator, Geoff Goodfellow.

SCREENED BEFORE KNEECAP AT THE PICCADILLY.

Evacuation Afghanistan

Director: ANGUS RAWSON
Australia, Short
6 mins, 2023

Follows the story of Erfanullah, an interpreter for NATO Forces, who was evacuated to Australia after the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Taliban.

SCREENED BEFORE Fremont AT THE MERCURY.