Thursday Shorts - Q&A Event Screening

The WA Made Film Festival’s Thursday Night Shorts showcase offers a relaxed mix of comedy, drama and creative storytelling.

From light-hearted stop-motion and playful takes on modern life to thoughtful stories about family, creativity and change, this session has a bit of everything. Expect fresh ideas, relatable characters and inventive approaches to storytelling, with films that move easily between humour and heartfelt moments. It’s an easygoing, entertaining way to discover the range of talent working in short-form filmmaking across WA.

• The Hollow

A group of social media creators awaken The Hollow.

• Mango Seed

After an ordinary day at the produce markets, a Chinese working-class father is met with the announcement that his daughter is moving to another city to pursue her dreams.

• Spin Cycle

A young actress attempts to process her grief by translating it into a performance, but as the line between rehearsal and reality starts to blur, she must confront her own fear of vulnerability.

• The Wife

The Wife is a surreal short about a Man who brings his Wife to the Doctor after she “stops functioning.” She’s frozen. He wants her fixed. What he uncovers is not just her silence, but everything he’s refused to hear.

• Open

Lily, a young mother struggling to raise her daughter in near isolation, discovers a locked bus in a nearby yard. What she finds inside pulls her into a fight for survival that will change both their lives forever.

• Simon Snail Goes To Work

Two snails say farewell before a day’s work

• Tumble Dry

When she loses her beloved toy pony, a young girl must prove herself capable of recovering it on her own.

• Mother’s Tongue

A stifled young female artist, Lucy, trapped caring for her elderly criticising Mother, must discover a new way of expressing her creativity and finding her artistic voice.

• Fall

A hypno-therapist battles with morality whilst uncovering corporate secrets.

• You, Me & Karen

Iris decides to give KAREN, her AI dating coach, one last chance at finding her ideal partner, but when she bumps into Gus, a former one-night stand, human connection vs AI algorithms are put to the test.

EVENT TIMINGS

• 6.30pm pre party
• 6.50pm cinema doors open
• 9.30pm event close

TICKET INCLUSIONS

• 2x drink tickets
• WA gourmet food platter to enjoy during pre-party