2016 Program
Mi e Ti

Mi e Ti

Mi e Ti // 5min// Music Video // 2016 // Italy

Writer/Director: Samuel Gottardello

Mi E Ti is the story of an Italian soldier, set during the World War I. Dispersed after an assault that turns out to be a massacre, he takes refuge in a forest and gets lost.

Not Their Boots

Not Their Boots

Not Their Boots // 6min // Drama // 2013 // Australia

Writer/Director: Jordon Prince-Wright

A student short film that was made during Year 12, based on the start of the Second World War, inspired the stories and thoughts of the director’s grandfather.

Biography

Biography

Biography // 21min // Drama // 2016 // Israel

Director: Arik Kaufman

Miriam, an elderly war widow tormented by her young husband’s death, surrounds herself with archival recordings and writes his biography in her crumbling apartment.

Forgotten Hero

Forgotten Hero

Forgotten Hero // 2min // Drama // 2016 // Australia

Writer/Director: Philip Meddows

A Veteran returns home and visits the house of a high school sweet heart to find her son fixing his old A Model Ford in the driveway.

The Ravens

The Ravens

The Ravens //  20min // Drama // 2016 // Australia

Writer/Director: Jennifer Perrott

When young Ruby’s father returns unexpectedly from war, his volatile state makes it difficult for the family to reconnect.

Darryl

Darryl

Darryl // 22min // Drama // 2016 // USA

Writer/Director: Christianna Carmine

An Iraq War Veteran is forced to face his past when his estranged daughter, fighting a battle of her own, re-enters his life.

Sarge

Sarge

Sarge // 23:26min // Drama // 2016 // USA

Writer/Director: Benjamin Dewhurst

Franklin Spencer (Sarge) is an elderly Army veteran with dementia and PTSD. He longs to escape his nursing home to be with his granddaughter for her high school graduation.

Anzac Letters

Anzac Letters

Anzac Letters // 7:37min // Documentary // 2015 // Australia

Director: Alison Rogers

Anzac Letters was created to share the experiences of the soldiers who took part in the first landing at Gallipoli, in April 1915, with a contemporary audience some 100 years later.

Patient 39

Patient 39

Patient 39 // 15min // Drama // 2014 // UK

Writer/ Director: Dan Clifton

When a soldier known only as Patient 39 awakes from a coma with no memory, so begins the search to discover his identity and past.

The Crater

The Crater

The Crater // 52min // Documentary // 2015 // Australia

Writer/Director: David Bradbury

A personal story of one’s man’s tour of duty in Vietnam and his obsessive search to locate 42 former enemy soldiers killed in action.