Dark Heart: because every heart has a dark side 🖤
Description
Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival is inviting you to be part of something a little darker this Halloween…
DARK HEART — Friday 30 October 2026
Heart of Gold is known for films that make you feel good — but we know filmmakers make all kinds of great films, and not every brilliant story is heartwarming, uplifting or inspiring!
So, for one night only, we're turning the Heart of Gold upside down with DARK HEART — a Halloween fundraising event showcasing films that are a little darker, stranger, scarier, edgier, weirder or simply don't fit the traditional Heart of Gold program.
Friday 30 October 2026
Doors open at 6.30pm, film screening starts at 7pm
Drinks and snacks available
Where? Gympie Music Hall, 26 Channon Street Gympie Q 4570
Tickets:
$20 adult
$10 15 -18 yrs
Runtime: 90 minutes plus intermission
RATED M - not suitable for children. Horror, coarse language, violence.
Lineup
The Bunny. Directed by Isaiah Supadi, Oscar Smith. 10 min
On the anniversary of his sister’s Easter night disappearance, sixteen-year-old Johnny discovers that the town’s darkest myth may not be a myth at all. When a trail of chocolate eggs leads back to the past, Johnny is drawn into a terrifying sequence with an unthinkable cost. The Bunny is a brutal coming-of-age horror about grief, legacy, and the monsters we keep alive. SECONDARY STUDENT FILM
Trading Cards. Directed by Radheya Jang. 15 min
An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of trading cards. An exploration of identity, mental health and the erosion of childhood innocence, Trading Cards is a dark fantasy animated film about the weight of living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Ouroboros. Directed by Aaron Lenden. 14 min
On the anniversary of a decades-old train tragedy in outback Queensland, an isolated man begins to experience fractures in time and memory. As reality blurs with the past, he is drawn into a series of eerie encounters that force him to confront his buried grief.
Misery and Other Choices. Directed by Samuel Lucas Allen. 10 min.
The world sizzles with climate change. A politician lets it burn. A young couple finds out they’re pregnant. What should they do if they find that politician alone and barely breathing? ‘Misery and Other Choices’ is a darkly comic drama short that asks what will you do when the world’s on fire?
Worm. Directed by Jensen Spencer, Abigail Kay, J Smith. 11 min.
In a surreal version of our world, a narrator guides us through a story, in which a girl wakes up to find a worm on her shoulder, whispering advice into her ear. Although at first fearful, she begins to trust the worm and its wisdom, accepting it and the consequences. The worm takes increasing control over her life, until she's unsure where she ends and it begins.
Mr Adidos. Directed by Henry Stone. 16 min.
A quiet artist prone to outbursts finds himself caught in the orbit of two thrift store flipping twins, siblings whose bond is equal parts magnetic and abusive. Their strange energy, like a cryptic in-joke you’re never fully let in on, turns the artists own thrifting mission into something far weirder. As the trio spiral deeper into racks of pre-loved fashion and whispered provocations, questions of identity, brand label status, and what it means to be truly authentic start to unravel.
Bingo Man. Directed by Chris Beadnell. 18 min.
Set in Pomona, Bingo Man follows nine-year-old Kellie Handly whose vivid imagination and mysterious imaginary friend, Bingo Man, offer comfort in a troubled world. But when two young girls disappear from the close-knit community, fear and suspicion grip the town. The mystery surrounding Bingo Man deepens. Is he merely the creation of a lonely child's imagination, or is there something far more sinister lurking beneath the surface?
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