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Short Films

MOST FEATURE FILMS AT BBFF ARE PRECEDED BY SHORTS.

Short films precede most features at our festival, curated to expand the narrative and create a richer experience within a single session. World-class, surprising, and often boundary-pushing, these works frequently take you somewhere unexpected. Many of the filmmakers will be in attendance to present their films and connect with audiences.

If you’re looking for a particular short film, use the search bar above, or scroll down to see them listed in order of their screening dates.

For those who love short films, we also present four special sessions that bring these works into the spotlight: Stay Strange, a celebration of the wonderfully unconventional; Through the Local Lens, a showcase of the Northern Rivers’ own creative talent; Shaping Waves, Shaping Worlds, stories exploring our relationship with nature, culture, and the choices that shape both; and the Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year Competition, where emerging voices take centre stage.


 Granite Highway
Oct
26

Granite Highway

Set in a forgotten Australian country town, Alice, a lonely motel receptionist has a strange encounter with a guest amidst the disappearance of a young woman.

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Lizzie
Oct
26

Lizzie

When two housemates ask their third bat shit housemate to move out – the tables are turned in a diabolical way.

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Radiant & Sombre
Oct
26

Radiant & Sombre

A stark black-and-white vision where sound collides with shadow, Radiant and Sombre channels tension and transcendence in a hypnotic interplay of light, rhythm, and emotion.

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Light In Dark Places
Oct
26

Light In Dark Places

Surf teacher, Beau has a near fatal accident, triggering an out of body experience where he is forced to confront what he has been running from his entire life.

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Haunt Me
Oct
26

Haunt Me

In her whimsical universe, Charlie finds solace in daydreams and the imaginative worlds she creates in her journal.

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Our Salvage Project
Oct
26

Our Salvage Project

A documentary exploring the Shedding Community Workshop’s bold initiative - tackling waste, sustainability, and climate resilience through hands-on community action.

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Sienna and the Sit
Oct
25

Sienna and the Sit

SIENNA AND THE SIT is a story about the lengths to which we go to avoid our pain, the community that helps us through to the other side, and ultimately our own inner strength. S

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The Wild-Tempered Clavier
Oct
25

The Wild-Tempered Clavier

An artist insists on playing despite the world's disasters.
A story told through a filmmaker’s art, inspired by Bach’s timeless music and painted on rolls of toilet paper in an homage to the tradition of drawing directly on 35 mm film.

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Ali
Oct
25

Ali

In a coastal town, women are not allowed to sing.
A teenager joins a singing competition for a chance to move to the city, while hiding his true voice in a sinister way.

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Omni
Oct
25

Omni

A teenage girl creatively counters the inappropriate advances of a stranger only to spark judgement and jealousy among her peers.

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We Had Fun
Oct
25

We Had Fun

Bordeaux, 1987, Christmas Eve. Siblings, left to their own devices, see snow for the first time and put themselves in danger.

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Fireline
Oct
25

Fireline

FIRELINE tells the story of an inmate firefighter desperately trying to call home while battling a wildfire with his crew.

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Things That Matter
Oct
25

Things That Matter

Filmed during the aftermath of the 2022 Lismore flood disaster, this is an intimate series of interviews with the filmmaker's friends and community members. Reflecting on objects and things of significance leads to moments of self discovery and a constant surrender to the force of nature.

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Bőr
Oct
25

Bőr

A Hungarian mother struggles to adapt to her new life in 1950s Australia as intense homesickness drives her further away from her young son and husband.

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Strange Attractor
Oct
24

Strange Attractor

In a future dystopian Australia, nature’s hard-man, Lyll, disrupts the domestic enclosures of three unsuspecting victims connecting them with an ancient rite of passage deep within the Australian outback.

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