SHORTS 4
FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026 / 8PM
This screening session includes 6 short films with total running time of approximately 90 minutes.
All films are in English OR have English subtitles.​
@ Palace Central (Cinema 7), Central Park Mall (Level 3), 28 Broadway, Chippendale NSW
Tideline (United States) by Jason Harrington
Tideline is a stop-motion short film crafted from materials gathered in the intertidal zone of a small cove on an island in Maine. Using rocks, seaglass, feathers, shells, and other found objects, the film explores the natural layering of colors. Inspired by artists who transform natural materials into paintings and sculptures, I wanted to bring these patterns to life through animation, reflecting the way materials arrange themselves in nature. Tideline transforms these found objects into an animated color study, celebrating the textures and hues of the shoreline.
Running time: 00:02:21
Franck (France) by Fabio Caldironi
Franck is a soldier. He watches the streets of Paris. But one day, Franck decides to leave.
Running time: 00:18:45
Misery and Other Choices (Australia) by Samuel Lucas Allen
The world sizzles with climate change. A politician lets it burn. A young couple finds out they’re pregnant. What should they do if they find that politician alone and barely breathing? ‘Misery and Other Choices’ is a darkly comic drama short that asks what will you do when the world’s on fire?
Running time: 00:09:55
An excess baggage (France) by Myriam Garcia Marienstras
Sophie hides her unease within the intense bond she shares with her daughter, Lila. When Lila leaves for summer camp, Sophie finds herself alone for the first time, overwhelmed by separation and emotional dependency. As the day unfolds, she drifts through encounters and small gestures, trying awkwardly to fill the void. An Excess Baggage portrays a woman whose love, though sincere, becomes too heavy to carry.
Running time: 00:16:20
A Kite Killed A Plane (Israel) by Daniel Sharoni
The confrontation with the phenomenon of violence becoming embedded in the local space as a mundane and inseparable part of existence itself.
The film creates an irrational, absolute space—one that dismisses and belittles the suffering of the other. Within this space, rigid and illogical rules are imposed, which the participants are compelled to obey and uphold almost against their will. Violence is applied to everything within this space—it is ugly, opaque, and routine.
Running time: 00:05:17
Scenario (Japan) by Kazunori Miura
Set in the future shortly after singularity has happened, this is a story of a woman's decision in a world where the "scenario" has come to present optimal solutions.
Running time: 24:59