The program of short films featured in the 2024 ReelOzInd! Festival Reel.
These include the films awarded special mentions and judged best in each category.
Special Mention Animation | Screen Time | Yumna Taqiyyah & Darrell Aydin Bahy (directors) | Indonesia | 2024 | All Ages
Three-year-old Bobi is glued to his phone, lost in a world of cartoons. He can’t stop scrolling, his eyes glued to the screen. Bobi doesn’t even notice the real world around him anymore. Will he ever put the phone down?
Special Mention Fiction | Interlude | Nadia Syarifah (director) | Vincentta Valentino (producer) | Australia/Indonesia | 2023 | All Ages
A mother-daughter relationship is tested when the daughter makes plans to move out of home.
Special Mention Documentary | Survivors of Wadjemup | Glen Paul Stasiuk (director/producer) | Australia | 2022 | All Ages
Wadjemup or Rottnest Island is sacred to Aboriginal people. Between 1838 and 1931, Wadjemup was a prison for over 3,670 Aboriginal men and boys. More than 370 men never made it off the island and are now buried in unmarked graves. Their spirits are part of this island. The descendants of those who survived now proudly tell their story.
Jim Schiller Prize for Best Young Filmmaker | Saru Latar Biru (Azure Vacillation) | Ayyub Basya (director) | Mohammad Tegar & Tsabitul Azmi (producers) | Indonesia | 2024 | All Ages
A boy searching for his parents ends up stranded at a bus stop on the outskirts of town.
Special Mention Animation | Bubur Fight | Reuben Armena (director) | Wishlie Danuarta & Reuben Armena (producers) | Indonesia | 2024 | All Ages
Should bubur (porridge) be stirred before eating? Jaka believes it should not. Bambang disagrees. The conflict turns deadly.
Special Mention Best Young Filmmaker | Bubblegum and Bunyips | Kellyville High School Media(directors/producers) | Australia | 2024 | All Ages
The sound of bubblegum popping reminds an Indigenous woman of her childhood.
Lily Yulianti Farid Prize for Best Fiction | Tamu (I’m Happy But Not Today) | Lutfi Masduki (director) | Silmy Amjad (producer) | Indonesia | 2024 | PG
Imron is caught between two worlds. Whilst he stays within the family fold in order to protect and provide an education for his sister, he must sacrifice his own longing to be free to be who he truly is.
Best Animation | Our Wellbeing, Our Way | Luisa Mitchell & Radheya Jegatheva (directors) | Luisa Mitchell (producer) | Australia | 2023 | All Ages
Indigenous Australian’s holistic and interconnected ways of experiencing wellbeing is brutally disrupted by British colonisation, leading to intergenerational trauma and systemic disadvantage.
Best Film & Best Documentary | Superia | Rummana Yamanie (director) | Kartika Jahja (producer) | Indonesia | 2023 | All Ages
An art project explores the diverse voices and perspectives of Indonesian women through artistic storytelling on screen.
