Wed. July 5 – 6:45 PM

Imagine Cinemas – Carlton Cinema – 20 Carlton Street, Toronto
College Subway Station [Map]

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Theme: Voices From Down Under – An Evening of Films From Australia and New Zealand

Home – Film – 03:41 – Canada Premiere
Dir. Charles Williams, Australia
*Nominated for Experimental Film

Home Teaser from Charles Williams on Vimeo.

Synopsis: Home is missing planes and sinking boats; a eulogy for all those whose bones only made it as far as the arms of mother ocean.

• Trailer: https://vimeo.com/202688356
• Website: https://www.home-film.com/

Keywords: #Poetry #SlamPoetry #Urban #Racism #Acceptance #HumanRights #Refugee #Australia

The Voice – Documentary – 12:00 – Canada Premiere
Dir. Leah Stewart, New Zealand
*Nominated for Best Documentary Short

The Voice Official Trailer (2016) from The Voice on Vimeo.

Synopsis: The Voice provides a small window into the lives of three vibrant individuals in different stages of their lives, all of whom have difficulty communicating because of their Cerebral Palsy.

• Trailer: https://vimeo.com/188233177
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/thevoicedoco/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thevoicedoco/

Keywords: #CerebralPalsy #Disabilities #DevelopmentalDisabilities #Communication #AppliedScience #Technology  #AugmentativeCommunication #AlternativeCommunication #NewZealand

Anchor – Film – 12:09 – Canada Premiere
Dir. Ainsley Pettitt, Australia
*Nominated for Best Thesis Film

Synopsis: A depressed teenage boy is admitted into a psychiatric unit where he struggles to come to terms with his illness and stop ignoring the fact that he needs help.

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anchorshortfilm

Keywords: #Teenager #ComingOfAge  #Depression #ClinicalDepression #Australia

25 Tracks – Documentary – 52:55 – Canada Premiere
Dir. Fiona Cochrane, Australia
*Nominated for Best Music and Dance Related Film, Best Documentary Short, Best Foreign Film, Best Sound

Synopsis: 25 are two unknown, indie songwriters in a bare bones studio on a train in the industrial West of Melbourne – Australia’s music capital. 25 plan to write, record then release a fresh song every two weeks of the year. Cath loves pop, Nick loves garage rock. She wants jazz flute, he wants a dirty guitar. Is this ever going to work, are they totally deluded, is it an impossible goal? Will anyone even care or notice in the century of information and product overload? This is not reality TV, it’s not a competition, it’s real musicians doing their own thing.

• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn1wiAKgQII
• Website: http://www.f-reel.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fiona.cochrane.10

Keywords: #Music #IndieMusic #MusicComposition #Comedy #SongWriting #Australia