Melbourne International Film Festival
55th edition
2006 | 26 July - 13 August
Grand Prize for Best Short Film
Best Fiction Short Film
Best Animated Short Film
Best Experimental Short Film
Best Documentary Short Film
Best Australian Short Film
Special Recognition
Highly Commended Animation
Antonio's Breakfast
United Kingdom | 2005 | 16:00
Director: Daniel Mulloy
Unable to dress, eat, move or breathe on his own, Antonio’s father depends upon him. Fourteen floors up and desperate to escape, Antonio won’t let him...
Astronauts
United Kingdom | 2005 | 8:20
Director: Matthew Walker
Two astronauts find it increasingly difficult to get along.
Avatar
Spain | 2005 | 15:00
Director: Luis Quilez
Cool psychological drama. Power sways between a disabled husband and his carer wife. Tension builds when his plan unfolds.
Bawke
Norway | Jun 2005 | 15:00
Director: Hisham Zaman
Two Kurdish refugees from Iraq, a father and son, approach their goal after being on the run for a long time. However, it is only when they arrive at ...
Film Noir
United Kingdom | 2005 | 3:00
Director: Osbert Parker
A fantastic not-so black-and-white chase sequence made of classic film noir moments collaged into a highly imaginative series of stop motion worlds, e...
Fliegenpflicht Für Quadrat Köpfe
Bow Tie Duty for Squareheads
Germany | 2004 | 13:24
Director: Stephan-Flint Müller
My life in Berlin, including all my hobbies and an introduction to all my friends. But there's also hats weighing 10 tons and farting posters.
For Interieur
France | 2004 | 10:00
Director: Patrick Poubel
Criquet loves his grandfather, a genuine memories collector who dreams of flying away but not before leaving his grandson a pure moment of eternity.
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot
United States | Sep 2005 | 7:07
Director: David Chai
Fumi is a young girl whose left foot attracts bad luck. This affliction, which instigates infant electrocution, a shotgun barrage, and a moose attack,...
Guide Dog
United States | 2006 | 5:45
Director: Bill Plympton
An enthusiastic but unqualified hound answers an advertisment for a guide dog and finds the challenge a lot more difficult than expected.
Hayelet Bodeda
The Substitute
Israel | 2005 | 19:00
Director: Talya Lavie
Zohara is a soldier. She is sent to a remote military outpost. She hates every single minute she has to spend here and prays that she will soon be rel...
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Guide Dog
Hayelet Bodeda (The Substitute)
The Wraith of Cobble Hill
Mr Schwartz, Mr Hazen and Mr Horlocker
Astronauts
Film Noir
One Rat Short
Nocturne
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot
For Interieur
My Brother Vinnie
Small Boxes
Spitfire 944
Hayelet Bodeda (The Substitute)
The Wraith of Cobble Hill
Mr Schwartz, Mr Hazen and Mr Horlocker
Astronauts
Film Noir
One Rat Short
Nocturne
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot
For Interieur
My Brother Vinnie
Small Boxes
Spitfire 944
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