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SHORT FILMS
I
made my first short film in 2004 and now try to make at least one
short film
each year.
Creek Geeks
(6 min, comedy, 2023)
Two volunteers take an unorthodox approach to deal with graffiti beside their beloved creek.
Shot at Kororoit Creek in Sunshine Melbourne.
AWARDS:
WINNER - BEST COMEDY, Blue Heeler Film Festival, Denman NSW, Australia
WINNER - BEST COMEDY (CANBERRA CATEGORY), Canberra Short Film Festival, Australia
WINNER - OVERALL PEOPLE'S CHOICE, Heathcote Film Festival, Victoria Australia
WINNER - PEOPLE'S CHOICE, Benalla Short Film Festival, Victoria, Australia
FINALIST - BEST COMEDY, Setting Sun Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
FINALIST - BEST FILM WEST, Setting Sun Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
SHORTLISTED - Stellar Short Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:
Setting Sun Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Port Shorts, Port Douglas, Australia
Perfect Light Film Festival, Broken Hill, Australia
Gold Coast Film Festival, Queensland Australia
Heathcote Film Festival, Victoria Australia
Canberra Short Film Festival, Canberra Australia
Heart of Gold Film Festival, Gympie, Australia
Benalla Short Film Festival, Victoria, Australia
Blue Heeler Film Festival, Denman NSW, Australia
North Bellarine Film Festival, Victoria, Australia
Show Us Your Shorts, Warburton, Australia
Environmental Films Australia, Melbourne, Australia
Karl Heinz
(4 min, comedy, 2022)
A grumpy driver installs a technical upgrade in his old car with unexpected results.
Shot on a phone in Sunshine Melbourne.
See how it was made: Karl Heinz - Behind The Scenes
Awards & Selections:
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - Toronto Smartphone Film Festival, Canada
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - Very Short Film Festival, Triabunna Tasmania, Australia
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - Altona Beach Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
ALL AGES AWARD - Be Bold Festival, Melboune, Australia
MOST POPULAR FILM (2nd place) - Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival, Perth, Australia
BEST FILM (3rd place) - Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival, Perth, Australia
Setting Sun Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Dublin Smartphone Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Perfect Light Film Festival, Broken Hill, Australia
Cabbagetown Short Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Cinephone Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Mobile Innovation Network and Association [MINA], Melbourne, Australia
Canberra Short Film Festival, Canberra, Australia
Down Under Berlin Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
SF3 (SmartFone Flick Fest), Sydney, Australia
YISFF (Yecheon International Smartphone Film Festival), Yecheon, Korea
KPSFF (Korean Parallel Smartphone Film Festival), Seoul, Korea
Seven Colours Arts & Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival, Perth, Australia
Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Blue Heeler Film Festival, Denman NSW, Australia
Bass Coast Shorts Film Festival, Victoria, Australia
Heathcote Film Festival, Victoria, Australia
Grand Motoring Film Festival, South Carolina, USA
North Bellarine Film Festival, Victoria, Australia
Odd
One Out
(7 min, family,
comedy, mechanical & puppetry animation, 2020)
Struggling
to fit in to a new community a lonely doll goes on a journey of
discovery.
Shot on a phone in lockdown at our home in Sunshine Melbourne.
See how it was made: Odd One Out - Behind The Scenes
Awards & Selections:
SF3 (SmartFoneFlickFest), Sydney
Winner BEST FILM
Joint Winner BEST EDITING
Show Us Your Shorts, Warburton
Winner EXCELLENCE IN ANIMATION
Altona Beach Film Festival, Melbourne
Winner BEST FILM
Joy House Film Festival, Sydney
Winner BEST FILM
Canbera Short Film Festival, Australia
Winner BEST DIRECTOR (Canberra Category)
Sunshine Short Film Festival, Melbourne
Winner BEST FILM (Lockdown category)
Cinephone Film Festival, Barcelona
Winner BEST ANIMATION
Mobile Festival, North Macedonia
Winner - MOST ORIGINAL IDEA
Toronto Smartphone Film Festival, Canada
Special Jury Mention
Warrandyte Film Feast, Melbourne, Australia
Winner PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Capricorn Film Festival, Australia
Honorable Mention
Stellar Short Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
SHORTLISTED
Official Selection:
Sunshine Short Film Festival, Melbourne
Cinephone Film Festival, Barcelona
Mobile Festival, North Macedonia
Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival, Bangladesh
Dublin Smartphone Film Festival
Setting Sun Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver Canada
Perfect Light Film Festival, Broken Hill, Australia
Toronto Smartphone Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Joy House Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
Big D Phone Fest, Dallas, USA
Canberra Short Film Festival, Australia
People of Passion International Film Festival, Australia
National Benalla Film Festival, Australia
African International Smartphone Film Festival, Nigeria
SF3 (SmartFoneFlickFest), Sydney
Cambodia International Film Festival, Cambodia
Port Shorts, Port Douglas, Australia
LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
INVITED TO BE SCREENED:
Cinematic Arts Dept, Ulster University, Northern Ireland
Australian Short Film Today 2022, St. Tropez, Paris, Austin, New York
Scone Short Film Festival, Australia
Cologne Short Film Festival, Germany
My Ghoul
(5 mins, comedy horror,
2018)
Fed up with
standing in
corners waiting to scare people, a lonely ghoul decides to leave her
desolate damp mansion and go searching suburbia for a man.
Awards & Selections:
Sunshine
Short Film Festival
Winner BEST FILM
Winner BEST COMEDY
Winner PEOPLE'S CHOICE
UNSCENE FILM FESTIVAL
Finalist
Show Us Your Shorts - Warburton Film Festival
Winner BEST FILM (Open category)
Setting Sun Film Festival
Winner BEST COMEDY and nominated for BEST FILM WEST
Nundah Film Festival
Winner BEST FILM (PEOPLE'S CHOICE)
Altona Beach Film Festival
Winner BEST FILM
Winner PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Reel Escape Film Festival
Winner BEST FILM
Bayside Film Festival
Winner PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Official Selection:
CinefestOZ
Warrandyte Film Feast
Unrestricted View Film Festival, London
Revelation Perth International Film Festival
World of Dark Comedy
Tofu Man
(5 mins,
documentary, 2013)
Tofu Man is an unexpectedly candid portrait of Duc
Nga, a
former Vietnamese refugee who came to Australia, seeking a better life
after being orphaned at fourteen years of age. Weaving Duc's story with
his tofu making business makes for a film of surprising poignancy.
Shot on a Samsung Galaxy S2 mobile
phone.
Awards and Selections:
St Kilda Film Festival
Nominated for Best Documentary
Sunshine Film Festival, Melbourne
Winner Best Film, Mobile Category
Shepparton Short Film Festival
Winner Best Documentary
Setting Sun Film Festival
Winner: Best Documentary, Best Cultural Diversity
Nominated for Best Director,
Best Screenplay
VietFest International Vietnamese Film Festival, California USA
Heathcote Film Festival
Ninja Knitters
(5 mins,
documentary, 2019)
A group of determined women give a lonely
superhero some style.
Festival Selections:
Sunshine Short Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Setting Sun Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Dog Fruit
(4 mins, comedy, 2019)
*** WARNING - Graphic content. Do not watch while eating! ***
Stepping into a very sticky situation, eco-warrior Mrs
Ticklebottom
faces her toughest challenge yet, dealing with dog poo on the streets.
Winner -
#Nucleus Jury Prize 2019, awarded
by the Goethe-Institut NZ for the best eco-tourism/ sustainability
short film shot on a mobile phone.
Official Selection - Wild By Nature Film Festival 2020
Millennium Man
(5 mins,
documentary, 2015)
A short documentary about the odd but iconic statue that
once stood in
a car park in Sunshine, west Melbourne.
WINNER:
People's Choice
award, Setting Sun Short Film Festival.
Man Cave
(5 mins, comedy,
horror, 2018)
Pete has locked himself in his shed, thinking he
might be
a werewolf.
Luckily he has his phone.
Official
Selection: Smart Fone FilmFest SF3 - screened at Sydney Opera
House.
Cook Book
(7 mins, comedy, 2011)
A no-dialogue comedy about a hapless bachelor
trying to cook the perfect meal.
A co-production with Distant Object Productions
Directed by Martin
Briggs-Watson and Andrew Robb
AWARDS
Best Open Film - Shepparton Shorts Film Festival 2012
Audience Award - Down Under Berlin Film Festival 2012
Creativity Award - Forster Film Festival 2012
Audience Award - Sandfly
Film Festival 2012
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Corte a Ponte (Italy)
Halyfest (Ireland)
Outbox (Lebanon)
Thame (UK)
DownUnder Berlin (Germany)
Witney (UK)
Abu Dhabi Environmental Film Festival
Cambridge International (UK)
Huesca (Spain)
Crystal Palace (UK)
NYC Food Film Festival (USA)
Aesthetica (UK)
Feast For The Eyes (USA)
Vermont International (USA)
Food Film Festival Amsterdam (NL)
Forster (Australia)
Sandfly (Australia)
Shepparton Shorts (Australia)
Cine Soupe (France/Belgium)
Dinner
with Donna
(5 mins, comedy, 2016)
When
Bob meets Donna for dinner he is hoping for romance
but Donna has something entirely different in mind.
A twisted tale of bad science, bad food and a very bad possum.
Inspired by the comedies of Mel Brooks, David Zucker et al.
Official Selection:
Sunshine Short Film Festival
Port Shorts Film Festival
Setting Sun Film Festival
Shepparton Short Film Festival
Creek
(5 mins, drama/horror 2013)
Walking along a lonely creek, a nervous woman falls prey to her imagination.
Leave
Me Alone
(7 mins, comedy, 2004)
Sam escapes to a tranquil Australian beach seeking solitude, lazy
sunshine and the soothing hush of the ocean. However, it's not long
before his estranged girlfriend left far behind in England tries to
track him down.
Made by Andrew Robb and Martin Briggs-Watson
Noel's Goal
(5 mins, comedy web-series pilot, 2010)
A hapless Australian backpacker zigzags around London on a quest to find the father he's never met.
*** RUNNER UP - BEST WEBSERIES - Raindance 2011 ***
Vegemite-Marmite
Taste Test
(3 mins, comedy, 2007)
A short promotional video for The Vegemite Tales stage play in London's West End 2007.
This video went viral with over 120,000 views.
Produced by ARF and directed by Bill Buckhurst.
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