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Down Under Australia 2

Sun, 15. 3., 13:00

Australian Key Women Animations

The Safe House

The Safe House

Lee Whitmore
2006,
26’00

It’s the summer of 1954 and seven-year-old Lee Whitmore and her friends are drifting through the holidays, exploring their quiet suburban neighborhood where nothing ever seems to happen - until the day mysterious strangers move in with the old lady next door. Based on one of the most talked about moments in Australia’s history: the real-life spy drama known as the Petrov Affair.

Down Under Australia 2

Heirlooms: Anne’s Story

Susan Danta
2009,
01’00

Anne’s mother claimed a ‘trophy’ for surviving the brutalities of a Japanese prison camp in WWII.

Ink

Justine Wallace
2009,
11’00

A lost toy, a lost childhood and a girl spray-painting the streets, in search of both.

Heirlooms: Sophie’s Story

Heirlooms: Sophie’s Story

Wendy Chandler
2009,
01’00

In outback Australia, the oldest boy in the family always inherited the land, but the youngest girl inherited something far more meaningful.

The Dressmakers Daughter

The Dressmaker‘s Daughter

Huni Bollinger
2008,
06’00

A mother’s hurtful comments flow from her daughter and then onto the girl’s doll. When the doll comes to life she decides to escape. She journeys through a magical forest, finding all the gifts she needs to create herself anew.

Down Under Australia 2

The Goat That Ate Time

Lucinda Schreiber
2007,
06‘00

A goat with an appetite for life realizes that time is dangerously delicious.

Tricky Women 2015

Small Treasures

Sarah Watt
1995,
15‘00

Pregnancy is a time of great changes. This is the story of Jane’s pregnancy – of her panic at losing her identity, her joy in her unborn child, her fears for her endangered career and how she does and doesn’t cope in her battles with both her hormones and her well-meaning partner.

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Heirlooms : Ajak’s Story

Susan Danta
2009,
01’00

Ajak is a refugee from Sudan. She arrived in Australia with only a UN bag and her music: a tradition passed down by generations of women in her homeland.

The Cartographer

The Cartographer

Jane Shadbolt
2011,
11’30

Polly has mapped the entire world. Almost. There is one last, lost city to go. But to know this place is to destroy it and this city's residents have other plans. Polly has to decide what's where, what's right and how to get out.

Tricky Women - International Animation Filmfestival Vienna