SFFTV Breakthrough Talents
Drop by any day of the Festival at 12pm for a specially curated suite of acclaimed and amazing short films from Australia and around the world. There’s even complimentary popcorn so you can have the full cinema experience!
DON’T FORGET TO TAKE MEDICINES ON TIME
China | 2023 | 2 min | Xiaoxuan Han
Has the mushroom not disappeared yet?
FILANTE
France | 2024 | 9 min | Marion Jamault
Paulette wishes upon a shooting star, hoping to find her mysteriously missing pet rat.
LIGHTS
Czech Republic | 2023 | 8 min | Jitka Nemikinsova
In the town of lightbulbs, a party for small flames is taking place. This will allow them to grow up and become a part of the system which will protect them and allow them to shine forever. But one flame likes to play with fire and rebels against the system.
MY JUMPER, IT ROARS!
Australia | 2023 | 6 min | Isabella Spagnolo
Ellie spends her life channelling her frustrations into the collar of her jumper, and one day it decides to fight back…
SHUFFLE
Netherlands | 2022 | 6 min | Quita Felix
The search for a tap dance shoe leaves a building topsy-turvy.
SILENT PANORAMA
Belgium | 2024 | 5 min | Nicolas Piret
In the middle of nature, at the base of a cliff, two campers, intrigued by outside noises, cross the deserted landscape, lamp in hand.
SMELL OF THE GROUND
Poland | 2023 | 8 min | Olivia Rose
The film is an adaptation of the poem “There will come soft rains” by Sarah Teasdale. It depicts the end of the Anthropocene epoch and the beginning of a new one.
THIS IS A STORY WITHOUT A PLAN
USA | 2023 | 7 min | Cassie Shao
Two people, and an explosion.
URBAN MELODY
Poland | 2023 | 4 min | Dominika Struzik
Sounds above urban noise.