Natalie Erika James, 2018

A young pianist is forced to confront her fear of motherhood when she marries into a remote island community with bizarre fertility rituals.

Julie Zhu, 2023

When a young boy is left home alone with his increasingly unwell grandmother, he is forced to come to terms with her deterioration.

Kirsty Griffin & Viv Kernick, 2020, Documentary

Jean Neshausen is determined to finish her most special korowai yet, but unfortunately, she's up against declining health.

Maddelin McKenna, 2022

Two women, at contrasting moments in their lives, cross paths one afternoon as they move into and out of an apartment block.

Lara Köse, 2018

In a remote Turkish village, an ostracised orphan girl seeks out the forbidden Alevi in her quest for faith.

Pernell Marsden, 2024

Two best friends embark on a high-stakes game of imagination, which takes a twisted turn and threatens to jeopardise their relationship.

Jalena Keane-Lee, 2019, Documentary

Standing Above the Clouds explores the relationships between native Hawaiian mothers and daughters as they go from standing in ceremony, to standing on the mountain, and in the courtroom.

Rendah Haj, 2019, Documentary

Rahma, a single mother of four, encourages her children to maintain a strong sense of family, faith and cultural identity as she navigates personal difficulties and disconnect.

Noora Niasari, 2017

A family road trip to a waterfall detours when 14-year-old Zahra cannot come to terms with her mother's new fiance.

Gabrielle Brady, 2017, Documentary

This short documentary film follows Poh Lin Lee in her work as a trauma counsellor working with asylum seekers being detained on the remote Christmas Island.

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, 2021

Thirteen-year-old Jade’s sexual awakening gets interrupted during a day at the public pools with her best friend.

Grace Tan, 2022

A visually imaginative, deeply personal story about the tensions that develop between an immigrant mother and a young woman as she prepares to head abroad.

Hannah Aimer, 2019

After discovering she is pregnant, a young, socially isolated woman attempts to seek help from her estranged father, instead finding herself introduced to his new partner.

Leticia Cáceres, 2017

Nothing's going to stand in the way of what Abby wants; not school, not her mum, and definitely not her best friends: Nina and Amiel.

Writer Libby Witheford-Smith, Dir. Michiel van Echten, 2022

K is sick to death of their roommate – a roommate who happens to be a ghost. They use what they learned in night class on exorcisms… and must cope with the aftermath.

Lucy Lakshman, 2022, Documentary

Bustard Head recounts the tragic life story of Nils Gibson during his station at Australia’s most gruesome lighthouse.

Jessica Li, 2020

17-year-old Jane begins to embrace her background and rekindle her relationship with her mother when she becomes immersed in Chinese culture at her younger sister’s new language school.

JP Piper, 2021, Documentary

A group of friends aged 69 to 99 refuse to hang up their skates and give up on fun.

Eloïse Boutry, 2018

A victim of sexual violence is traumatised by flashbacks, both real and fantasised, until an encounter with her attacker gives her the chance to confront her visions.

Lucy Knox, 2018

A close bond between two identical twins is tested when one sister rebels against their shared sense of oneness.

Sarah Ghassali, 2024

Best friends Farha and Rosa catch up on the latest gossip in town, with a round of Tabbeh and two cups of chai.

Shirin Shakhesi, 2020

A Plastic Flower is a short animation reflecting on distance, uncertainty, and the fragile threads that connect us across separation, borders, and diaspora.

Astrid Dominguez, 2018

In a country where violence against women has been normalised, a young mother will put her own life in danger to get legal justice over her daughter's brutal murder

Alana Hicks, 2019

All Barbara wants to do is watch the Simpsons, but her recently migrated mum has just been overcharged at the local shops, and it's up to Barbara to sort it out. As usual.

Erin Lau, 2018

Set in rural Hawaiʻi, a Native Hawaiian teenage girl must confront her father after he enters her beloved pet in a dog fight.

Clare Sladden & Jasmine Sladden, 2018

A group of plucky dolls initiate an emotional break-up in a last-ditch attempt to escape a toxic relationship.

Caitlin Koller & Lachlan Smith

Amateur witchcraft conjures up bloody consequences.

Jessica Sanderson, 2019

A young Māori girl tries to reconnect with her absent father. A beautiful woman, mysterious and otherworldly, comes for a visit.

Jacqueline Pelczar, 2020

A 30-something-year-old Down syndrome woman leaves her past behind, and runs away from a small country town. Along her journey, she makes an unlikely friendship, teaching us all not to be afraid to celebrate who we are.

Virginia Gay, 2018

Working late in the office one night, a guy is suddenly terrorized by a mysterious, malfunctioning office printer.

Haley Alea Erickson & Taylor Washington, 2023

A pedantic mother-to-be hires a stranger to role-play as her unborn daughter.