Victorian College of the Arts

A nephew recalls the sometimes-lonely and often-eccentric life of his beloved uncle.

A distant boy and a disturbed girl discover a blue tongue nest, but not all is as it appears.

The theatre company of a forgotten town puts on one last performance to escape the reality of their home fading away into nothingness.

A middle-aged drug dealer and her teenage partner-in-crime raise hell in the suburbs.

Cinema clerks Silva and Felix work the final night before their beloved cinema is demolished by private investors. An empty final screening allows them to reflect on the meaning of cinema in an age wherein art no longer occupies physical space.

A love story about angry youth, sex, drugs and rock n' roll.

Unable to overcome her sister's death or compete with her legacy, Lyssa risks sabotaging her own boxing career and personal life.

No Measure of Health profiles Kyle Magee, an anti-advertising activist from Melbourne, Australia, who for the past 10 years has been going out into public spaces and covering over for-profit advertising in various ways. The film is a snapshot of his latest approach, which is to black-out advertising panels in protest of the way the media system, which is funded by advertising, is dominated by for-profit interests that have taken over public spaces and discourse. Kyle’s view is that real democracy requires a democratic media system, not one funded and controlled by the rich. As this film follows Kyle on a regular day of action, he reflects on fatherhood, democracy, what drives the protest, and his struggle with depression, as we learn that “it is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

An elderly postman lives alone and lonely following the death of his wife. An act of kindness towards a young boy opens up his life again through the game of chess. But when the boy moves away, the post takes on a new significance for the postman.

Carer follows Mitch, a kind but wayward disability support worker, and Connor, a funny and sensitive young man he works with. Mitch’s professionalism is tested by his erratic nature and ongoing struggles with a mental health condition. While Connor is bright, confident and well liked, he has anxiety about his place in the world as a person living with Down syndrome. The film explores the nuances of their relationship, which is at once transactional and yet a genuine friendship.

Following the disappearance of her girlfriend, a trans filmmaker discovers EmileCam, a 24-hour livestream devoted to spying on her through her webcam.

An illicit affair, a mysterious illness, a birth, a death and a reunion. Tony narrates from beyond the grave the strange tragedy of his life.

Doug and Phil are mates from way back growing up on the edge of a knife in rural Australia. Doug is the local up and coming football hero, Phil is the different one, who doesn't fit in. One very drunken evening in front of the TV something happens and the code is broken and inevitable crash must happen.

Traffic is delayed on the edge of a roadwork site, but what are the council workers doing? A privileged encounter with a secret somber ritual of working men. This is the second in Andrew Kavanagh’s trilogy (after the successful "At The Formal’) exploring tribalism and ritual in contemporary society.

A porn addict's life falls apart.

Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, struggles to tell his partner Tam he loves them after a random encounter with a stranger shakes his self-confidence. But as he finds himself pushed and pulled in all directions by the perceptions of others, can Lindani reconnect with himself enough to figure out how he really feels?

In the wake of World War Two Ukrainian Olesya, living in a migrant camp in the Australian bush with her husband, struggles to come to terms with her pregnancy as she relives the trauma of losing her first child.

Ruby has nothing in Melbourne: no home, no job, no friends, no contacts.

A recovering drug addict's botched testimony shatters his self-worth, but Andrew's decision to quit the faith based rehab devastates the loyal teenager he's supposed to be mentoring.

A young Chinese celebrity is called into an emergency meeting after a fan of his commits suicide.