WESTRALIA SHORTS #2 - A Celebration of Miscellanea

A Celebration of Miscellanea

A selection showcasing the sheer variety of WA films. This program includes animation, micro-documentaries, intimate portraits, experimental films, and all points in between

What unites them is a sense of the potential of the moving image, a sense of possibility, imagination and the importance of making personal works.

Wadjella Woolgar

Leon Ewing and Loretta Lincoln

Australia/2024/7min

Ceramicist, Loretta Lincoln, works clay onto her skin in situ on the banks of the Derbal Yerrigan near Ashfield Flats.

Bird Drone

Radheya Jang Jegatheva

Australia/2023/9min

A heartfelt story of unrequited love explored through a lonely seagull struggling to accept that his newfound object of affection is a human-operated drone with a limited battery life.

Chomp

Ben Nixon

Australia/2023/6min

A young boy sneaks into the kitchen to steal some chips, only to encounter some night-time monsters.

Our Wellbeing, Our Way

Luisa Mitchell, Radheya Jegatheva

Australia/2023/8min

Indigenous Australian’s holistic and interconnected ways of experiencing wellbeing is brutally disrupted by British colonisation, leading to intergenerational trauma and systemic disadvantage.

Mr Kimberly

Jake Blackburn

Australia/2023/6min

They call him Mr Kimberley, but his mates just call him Sammy.

Tee KenNg

Ella Wright

Australia/2023/7min

From freezing cold swims in the depths of winter to the wildest imaginative artistic outputs, Tee Ken Ng's mind is one that pushes the boundaries of life and art to extremes.

Kalbarri Kid

Paulina Hobbs, Ed Hobbs

Australia/2024-20min

A maverick who defied a loveless father and turned his love of horses into a lifelong dream: a vast dude ranch in the Northwest visited by thousands from the world over.

In Conversations With Myself and Others

Lucy Messenger

Australia/2023/6min

A heart-warming profile of the life of a talented artist who defies ableist assumptions and conquers the art world with humour, creativity, and a trusty wheelchair.

Night Walks

Jacob Cvetkoski Brinkworth

Australia/2024/20min

A worker and an artist in a despondent, empty world of the night.

A Leap of Faith

Mikey Hamer

Australia/2023/10min

Observing the shared experiences of loving, losing, and ultimately transforming through the passage of time.