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The St Kilda Film Festival (SKFF) has crowned the winners of its 2026 Top Shorts competition, with Writers in Love taking out Best Short Film and While We Still Have Time named Best Documentary, both…
What happens when Melbourne’s biggest commitment-phobe meets its most emotionally unavailable bachelor, who also happens to be a literal demon? I Fell in Love with My Sleep Paralysis Demon follows Sar…
Storyteller Miski Omar is a multidisciplinary artist whose creative work includes writing and filmmaking, allowing her work as a speech pathologist to inform her exploration of the intricacies of comm…
here’s been a story doing the rounds in outback Queensland since 1932, that a group of local larrikins managed to rob two Cloncurry banks and get away with £14,000 - a small fortune at the time. For m…
A pulsing red glow slowly illuminating a rundown motel bedroom. A couple, physically close, yet so emotionally distant from one another. Once Ethereal follows a young couple, Ollie and Liv, through…
Lianne Mackessy is a multi-hyphenate creative whose work spans from acting in front of the camera in films like 2025's Smoke, to writing and directing her own work, like her 2026 drama shor…
Nina Buxton is a storyteller who has worked in films and TV. On the TV front, she’s been the director behind shows like The InBESTigators, Paper Dolls, and Planet Lulin, light, fun fare, while on the…
Lately, I’ve found myself drawn to the imagery of Iceland. The terrain is rugged and sparse. Snow-capped mountains far away, somehow they appear inviting yet also threatening. Then there’s the v…
The Hug shines a light on male vulnerability in a comedic yet sincere way. It follows two friends who experience a strange phenomenon when their goodbye method evolves from a handshake into a hug. Th…
For the Dear Leader is a short film inspired by the 2003 Pong Su incident, when a group of North Koreans tried to smuggle heroin into Australia on a cargo ship called the Pong Su. The crew used a smal…
PRESS RELEASE St Kilda Film Festival (SKFF) proudly announces its 2025 program, marking the 41st year of Australia’s longest-running short-film festival with its most expansive program to date. Prou…
The 2025 Stellar Film Festival line-up is, like all years, a top tier slice of some of the very best Australian short films around. We're eager to once again provide support to the festival with m…