PLACES AND PEOPLE



SESSION DETAILS
Thurs July 3rd, Luna Leederville
4pm
Wed July 9th, Luna Leederville
4pm
Six short dramas about family, loss, kinship, and place that speak to the human in us all. TRT 96 min
Border
Maria Magriel Poland/2024/30 min
Oksana has been working in Poland for 5 years, while her daughters stay in Ukraine under their grandmother's care.

Creatures
James Menelaus Rush Australia/2024/12 min
Inside the walls of a natural history museum a boy and his father struggle to understand one another's behaviour.
Maifeld
Nele Johann Germany/2024/16 min
In post-war Münstermaifeld (Germany), Hannelore meets Marina, a young Italian. They develop a friendship for which the conservative townspeople, and above all their husbands, have little understanding.
A Long Drive
Matthew Victor Pastor Australia/2025/12 min
Due to work commitments, married Filipino migrants Ria and Amos are forced to live a long drive away from each other. Struggling, Ria receives a phone call that will make the road forward much more difficult to travel.
Bőr
Dylan Ferenc Nyerges Australia/2024/15 mins
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.
Tough Love
Zoë Dubuc Australia/2024/11 min
A French-Australian story exploring the impact of family trauma and the vicious cycles of violence; through a complicated triangle relationship between mother, son, and best friend.