2025
The Shirt Off Your Back
A dark fairytale about two brothers re-living a strange encounter with a man on Christmas Day, their memories shifting until the truth becomes something unknowable—something that quietly, irrevocably changes them.
Director
David Robinson-Smith
Runtime
9 Minutes
Country
Australia
Classification
Unclassified 15+
A dark fairytale about two brothers re-living a strange encounter with a man on Christmas Day, their memories shifting until the truth becomes something unknowable—something that quietly, irrevocably changes them.
Screening with Australian shorts:
Mates (Rory Pearson)
The Body (Louris van de Geer)
Fear of Songs (Hannah Moore)
Faceless (William Jaka & Fraser Pemberton)
Some Kind of Blue (Rae Choi)
Screening with Australian shorts:
Mates (Rory Pearson)
The Body (Louris van de Geer)
Fear of Songs (Hannah Moore)
Faceless (William Jaka & Fraser Pemberton)
Some Kind of Blue (Rae Choi)
Film Credits
Director
David Robinson-Smith
Year
2025
Country
Australia
Language
English
Type
Documentary & Short
Program Strand
Shorts
Producer
Julia Corcoran & Ari Harrison
Writer
David Robinson-Smith
Cinematographer
Jaclyn Paterson
Editor
Phoebe Taylor
Cast
Eden Wendt & Blye Hawk
Music
Wade Keighran & Joel Byrne
Film Source
Umbrella Entertainment
Genre
Coming of Age, Crime, Experimental & Short
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