We present a list of 12 Short Films worth watching at the St Kilda Film Festival that will take place from May 19th – 28th in the suburb St Linka in Melbourne (Australia).

Vacant by Elle Marsh – 4 min. | Documentary

A car park so great it should have it’s own postcode. This film explores the beauty & emptiness of Australia’s largest car park.

Schedule
05.20.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 6:15 pm

Éva by Peter Hegedus – 8 min. | Documentary

Éva Fahidi is a 90 year old Holocaust survivor who feels compelled to share her passionate perspective on the refugee crisis sweeping across Europe.

Schedule
05.20.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 6:15 pm

The Spa by Will Goodfellow – 8 min. | Fiction

The delivery of a new spa becomes an unusually intimate affair in this funny and heartfelt tale about grief and companionship.

Schedule
05.20.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 9:45 pm

The Spring by Xin Li – 3 min. | Experimental

A new life arrives in the springtime.

Schedule
05.21.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 5:45 pm

The Autumn by Xin Li – 3 min. | Experimental

An autumn leaf dances in the air. He is looking for the right place to settle but the wind keeps carrying him away.

Schedule
05.21.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 5:45 pm

Crossroads by Nicolas Hinze – 18 min. | Fiction

A stranded girl on a deadly stretch of highway.

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Schedule
05.21.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 9:30 pm

Under the Sun by Yang Qiu – 18 min. | Fiction

One incident occurs, two families tangle. There’s nothing new under the sun.

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Schedule
05.22.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 5:45 pm

Happy With Bear by Yianni Warnock – 6 min. | Fiction

A Singaporean exchange student attempts to deal with her loneliness through posting fictional images of herself online.

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Schedule
05.24.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 6:15pm

Ari by Alex Murawski – 9 min. | Fiction

After a humiliating quest to become someone else, Ari finds that he and his way of being are of surprising value.

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Schedule
05.28.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 3:45 pm

Listen by Rungano Nyoni, Hamy Ramezan – 13 min. | Fiction

A Muslim woman pleads for help in a Dutch police station, but miscommunication, knowing or otherwise, will put her and her son at risk.

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Schedule
05.28.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 5:30 pm

Foreign Bodires by Laura Wandel – 15 min. | Fiction

An intimate and haunting POV film of a war photographer adjusting to his new handicap at a swimming pool.

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Schedule
05.28.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 5:30 pm

Remembering The Pentagons by Azadeh Navai – 22 min. | Documentary

A journey into the filmmaker’s earliest childhood memories.

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Schedule
05.22.2016 – St Kilda Town Hall – 7:30pm

To confirm schedule hours and to get more information please visit the official webpage of the festival here: St Linka Film Festival