REV25: PLACES AND PEOPLE

Six short dramas about family, loss, kinship, and place that speak to the human in us all.

Border 
Maria Margriel
Poland | 2024 | 30 min

Oksana has been working in Poland for 5 years, while her daughters stay in Ukraine under their grandmother's care.

Creatures 
James Menelaus Rush
Australia | 2024 | 12 min

Inside the walls of a natural history museum a boy and his father struggle to understand one another's behaviour.

Maifeld
Nele Johann
Germany | 2024 | 16 min

In post-war Münstermaifeld (Germany), Hannelore meets Marina, a young Italian. They develop a friendship for which the conservative townspeople, and above all their husbands, have little understanding.

A Long Drive 
Matthew Victor Pastor
Australia | 2025 | 12 min

Due to work commitments, married Filipino migrants Ria and Amos are forced to live a long drive away from each other. Struggling, Ria receives a phone call that will make the road forward much more difficult to travel.

Bőr 
Dylan Ferenc Nyerges
Australia | 2024 | 15 mins

A Hungarian mother struggles to adapt to her new life in 1950s Australia as intense homesickness drives her further away from her young son and husband.

Tough Love 
Zoë Dubuc
Australia | 2024 | 11 min

A French-Australian story exploring the impact of family trauma and the vicious cycles of violence; through a complicated triangle relationship between mother, son, and best friend.