LACHLAN

Documentary short

A queer visual artist confronts his own suffering and imminent mortality, reflecting on his lived experience of the HIV Aids epidemic in 1980s Australia. He searches for answers in his grim and visceral artistic practice, using fire to both create and destroy.

RORY

Documentary Short

A young photographer smuggles his camera into hospital, where he is being treated for an insidious eating disorder. As he documents his illness on the isolating ward, he succumbs to the performance of life while finding voice in the therapeutic practice of image making.

SUMMIT

Narrative short

The leader of an isolated religious community begins a pilgrimage with his young son – one that will mark the passage of leadership. The ancient tradition is threatened when his zealous daughter catches up and vies for consideration.