THE IFF SHORT FILM PROGRAM 2020 FEATURES SHORTS MADE ONLY BY IRISH DIASPORA.

This is the first time this has ever been done!

We have short films from talented Irish film-makers based in England, Australia and New Zealand.

Best Locally-Produced (Australia) Short Film 

Wine Lake (9m32s) 

Australia. Directed by Platon Theodoris. Produced by Ailís Logan and Platon Theodoris. Written by Ailís Logan. 

A homeless Irish alcoholic and an artistic backpacker clash on a Sydney street over a misunderstanding. 

Best-Globally Produced Short Film 

What Betty Sees (10m) 

England. Written, Directed, Produced and Edited by Colleen Forward. Director of Photography, Samuel Perry-Falvey. 

Belfast 1979, three sisters reluctantly agree to have their tealeaves read by their ill-fated aunt Betty.  

Hy_Brain (10m) 

Australia. Directed by Jessica Russell. Produced by Peter Williams. Written by Naoimh Healy.  

A woman's search for love in a technological future has dire consequences. 

Wasteland (4m11s) 

Australia. Written and Directed by Sinéad McDevitt. Produced by Séamus Waters. 

Director of Photography: Ashley Barron, Edited by Kris Rowe.

This music video short is a collaboration with award-winning Irish artist Mick Flannery – shot by London-based DoP Ashley Barron on location in Ireland and post-produced in Australia. 

A Quick Love Story (7m) 

Australia. Written and Directed by Brenden Dannaher. Produced by April Born.  

Lovable but lonely Steve finally meets a woman who understands him. Unfortunately she is an online survey. 

Frank by Bonniesongs (4m19s) 

Australia. Directed, Produced and Written by Bonnie Stewart

This music video short for ‘Frank’ is an ode to the reanimated monster from Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein. 

The Space Between Us (9m) 

England. Directed by Elaine Kennedy. Written and Produced by Emmet Kelly. 

Family-based drama between estranged siblings forced to reconnect after a tragedy occurs. 

Over the Influence (5m35s) 

New Zealand. Written and Directed by Andrew Younge. Produced by David Freeman. 

In an attempt to justify why he no longer uses social media, a prospective housemate viewing a flat unknowingly launches into a rant that goes against everything his future housemates stand for. 

Total running time (59m15s)