Accelerator Shorts 2
Short films by emerging filmmakers from Australia participating in the MIFF Accelerator Lab 2021. See the work of tomorrow’s hottest directors today.
Animation Shorts
Are You Still Watching?
Zoe Terakes voices a sex-crazed twentysomething in this lurid fever dream of queerness in lockdown.
As One
In the woods, a young woman and man scuffle as they fight for life.
Australian Shorts
The Bends
A mixed martial arts fighter discovers she’s pregnant in the lead-up to the most important fight of her career.
Bodies in Motion
Bonanza!
Commissioned by Chunky Move, this playfully experimental work traverses ritual, body modification and algorithms.
Craftsman
Isolated and maligned by her peers, a woodworker crafts a more assured self-image.
Jeanette Is the Dog
Melbourne has never looked sleeker than in this low-key mumblecore piece.
Jungle
A young woman awakens to find herself in the midst of a living nightmare.
Multiply
A 2020 large-scale participatory-dance work choreographed by the acclaimed Stephanie Lake expresses the inexpressible in lockdown.
Palazzo di Cozzo
Melbourne’s iconic baroque homewares mogul, Franco Cozzo, is the subject of this delightful portrait that offers insights into furniture, family and the migrant experience.
Poleng
Naina Sen explores the relationship between biracial identity and generational belonging through traditional Balinese dance.
The Prelude - Michelle
An exquisitely shot insight into dance, dramaturgy and performance featuring dancer Michelle Heaven.