2016 Program
Empty View

Empty View

Empty View // 18:06min // Animation // 2017 // Iran

Director: Ali Zare Ghanatnowi

Mother keeps a lookout for her son to return home from war. She knits him a pair of gloves remembering how her son rubbed his cold hands together on the wintry morning he left. The war goes on. Mother waits.

TransMilitary

TransMilitary

TransMilitary // 93min // Documentary // 2018 // US

Directors: Gabe Silverman and Fiona Dawson
Writers: Jamie Coughlin and Gabriel Silverman

TransMilitary chronicles the lives of four individuals (Senior Airman Logan Ireland, Corporal Laila Villanueva, Captain Jennifer Peace and First Lieutenant El Cook) defending their country’s freedom while fighting for their own.

All the Winters I Haven’t Seen

All the Winters I Haven’t Seen

All The WInters I Haven’t Seen //  17min // Animation // 2015 // Iran

Directors: Omid Koshnazar Cast: Stella Ulm, Max Jelbart, Rowan Kennett

In New York City, a woman in the first trimester of pregnancy discovers through a long series of tests that there is a high likelihood her child will be born with severe physical defects. It turns out that she had been exposed to chemical weapons.

Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound // 8min // 2016 // Australia

Director: Miles Gibson

Based on a true story, in October of 1917 a young soldier becomes trapped in the notoriously treacherous mud of the Battle of Passchendaele. As he attempts to escape his tragic fate, the young soldier relives moments from his short life in a vain attempt to reforge the choices that had bought him there.

Miro

Miro

Miro // 23min // Drama // 2016 // Australia

Directors: Victoria Wharfe McIntye

When Miro returns home at the end of World War II he finds his land taken, his people gone, his daughter stolen and his service record treated with contempt

Silence is the Accomplice

Silence is the Accomplice

Screening of Silence is the Accomplice // Documentary // 2017 // Australia

Director: Lieutenant General Angus John Campbell

The stories of four very brave serving Army members dealings with family and domestic violence.

The film tells the stories of four very brave serving Army members with family and domestic violence.

That’s Mine

That’s Mine

That’s Mine // 6:15min // Animation // 2015 // Iran

Director: Maryam Kashkoolinia

Left in the bush in a war long ago, a landmine awaits its victim with fatal patience. We see village life, workers in the fields, children playing games … all from the perspective of the landmine.

Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart // 17min // Sci fi // 2017 // Australia

Writer/Director: Timothy Wade

A World War Two English soldier wakes from a coma to find a mysterious old man sharing his hospital room.

The Belief

The Belief

The Belief // 2min // Animation // 2016 // Iran

Director: Amir Vahedi

The enemy attacks the country and war begins. An invisible man puts on a pair of soldiers’ boots. The boots prepare to fight  the enemy, but when they see fragments of other boots in the battlefield, they refuse to go forward.

After The War

After The War

After The War // 14min // Drama // 2017  // Russia

Director: Georgij Davidov

The story of two soldiers fighting on opposing sides. They are destined to come face to face and feel crime and remorse, despair and tears. They come to the realisation that the war is ruthless and senseless and decide to leave it together.