AIFF24 - AUSTRALIA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMME RELEASE

     Located in Brisbane Australia at one of Australia's coolest venues within one of Brisbane's coolest art precincts is the internationally recognised Australia Independent Film Festival.

"Brisbane is home to so much creative talent and we're proud to be sponsoring the Australia Independent Film Festival and SEQ Future Stars, so today's students have the opportunity to be globally renowned filmmakers tomorrow." The Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Councillor Adrian Schrinner.

The 2024 programme Includes a mixture of local, national, international and world premieres, festival attendees will enjoy a fully curated program of stela short form documentaries, animations, experimental, and drama films. There is sure to be something that pleases everyone. 

Where: METRO ARTS - BRISBANE.

When: 25 - 27 October 2024

Ticket prices from FREE - $22.50 plus booking

Programme: https://www.ausindefest.com/programme

AIFF24 PROGRAMME

AROUND THE WORLD - opening night (Ages 18+)

SCREENING SESSION ONE - Adults $22.50 CONCESSION $17.50 + booking fee

Friday 25 OCTOBER - Metro arts west end

Doors @ 6.45pm

Screening @ 7pm - 9.30 pm (approx)

AIFF 2024 begins with a bang. Join the opening night celebrations as we start our film journey in Queensland, travel around the world with some of the best international shorts, and finish here at home again. The bar will be stocked, so grab a drink, sit back and enjoy traversing the globe with a stellar night of films.

THE MUSE

Director Jessica Sherlock (QLD)

Through the lens of desire, a voyeuristic artist captures more than images when she photographs her alluring neighbor.

THE COMPLAINT

Director Maria Trevis (UK)

Katy, frustrated with the institution responsible for her future career takes her complaint to the top. Through a bizarre and archaic turn of events, the world she knows unravels around her, causing her to question her reality.

I'M NOT A ROBOT

Director Victoria Warmerdam (Netherlands)

After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: could she be a robot?

MINUTES TO GO

Winner Best International (USA)

Director Rick Page (USA)

The end of a couple's life-long journey, as the love they've shared for nearly 70 years propels them into what comes next.

DIARY OF A GHOST

Director Caroline Hajny (UK)

After the loss of her first love, a young woman keeps a diary to process her grief, blurring the line between reality and imagination.

LOSER 

Director Colleen McGuinness (USA)

LOSER follows 22-year-old ALICE, who works at a frozen yogurt shop, on what turns out to be an unforgettable day of her life.

THE BIKE [vosta]

Director Joseph Boujenah (France)

Along the banks of the Seine, a young man finds himself in despair after a mechanical mishap with his bicycle. The unexpected comes to life when a mysterious young woman appears, determined to help.

BAJUDH

Director Carlos Serment (Mexico)

The vision, the struggle and the resistance of a Tének girl to be the first woman to dance the "Bixom T'iw or Dance of the Sparrowhawk" in a world where only men can fly.

YAKKA

Director Jack Shepherd (AUS)

On a secluded Australian estuary, as two young brothers grapple for their neglectful father's approval, their usual pastime of exploring empty holiday houses goes awry, and a violent mistake will shatter their fragile bond forever.

YAKKA

SEQ FUTURE STARS (ages 15+)

SCREENING SESSION TWO - Adults $17.50 CONCESSION $15 + booking fee

SATURDAY 26 October - Metro arts west end

Doors @ 10.45 pm

Screening & AWARDS @ 11am - 13.30Am (approx)

AIFF is proud to present a screening session of the very best short films from Southeast Queensland high school STUDENTS in Grades 10 to 12. In a first for a SEQ STUDENT film festival category a panel of industry professionals and respected community members will adjudicate each finalist film as it is live screened. The session will conclude with a very special awards ceremony.

Skin

Director Sol Rain  

Ghostwire

Director Congdon Harrison

Pinky Pop

Director Sol Rain Hibberd

The Last Charge

Director Andrew Lu

Arthur; A Knights Quest 

Director Scott Tamblyn

Slade's Story

Director Lucas Sebastian Measham

As Time Goes By 

Director Morgan Duckett

Day Dreamer

Director Patrick Jones

I'm Coughing Up Pink Gunk Again So Now I Need Your Money 

Director Francis Lau

Borderline 

Director Jonathan Legrand

A Quest for Inspiration

Director Gabriel Danoy-Monet

Iris

Director Sylvia Rodda

Outbound

Director Zach May

Dakoda and Daisy 

Director Talita Gitsham

Under Guise 

Director Ashley Wong

Foundation 

Director Jack Hinz

To Distill A Spirit 

Director Alan Madappatt

Spotto

Directors Luke Dunlop & Kilian Veerman

UNDER GUISE

NEW - THE SOFA SESSION (all ages)

Screening session THREE - FREE

Saturday 26 october - Metro arts west end

Doors @ 1:45PM

Screening @ 2:00PM - 3:00PM (approx)

A selection of world-class animations and short films that will bring the whole family together. We had some free time, so we thought we'd love to keep it free! This is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Brisbane City Council.

THE MAGIC VIOLET RABBIT

Director Kotoko Nakamura (Japan)

To escape from his dull life, a man wishes to become a wizard. He wants to be a "real" wizard, not a "fake" one.

CIRCLE

Director Ke Wang (China)

After failing in the ring, Bökh wrestler Temur returns to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, where he seems to catch a glimpse of his old indomitable self in the form of a younger wrestler.

THE GRACEFUL ACT

Director Jimmy Woo (NZ)

A chance meeting between an inquisitive schoolboy and a captivating bookstore employee ignites a sweet connection testament to the power of stories and the unexpected encounters life offers.

AVE MARIE

Director Celestina Sumby (NZ)

When Marie's gender-bending brother decides to take on the local BMX gang and fight back, it is up to her and dance to stand beside him and bring peace to the neighborhood.

NEXT TO ME

Director Evie Goodswen (AUS)

On a family camping trip, Dani and her cherished dog George hatch a plan to turn their dull afternoon into an action-packed adventure but first they must evade her dad's watchful eye. 

MR CHICKEN GOES TO MARS

Directors Katrina Mathers & Leigh Hobbs (AUS)

Mr Chicken goes to Mars. It's a big day.

THE MAGIC VIOLET RABBIT

KEEPING IT REAL - documentaries (ages 15+)

SCREENING SESSION FOUR - Adults $17.50 CONCESSION $15 + booking fee

SATURDAY 26 October - Metro arts west end

Doors @ 3.15 pm

Screening @ 3.30pm - 5.30pm (approx)

Documentary lovers - this session is for you. Join us for an afternoon dedicated to some amazing true stories sourced from all corners of the World, as well as a few from our own backyard. you don't want to miss this opportunity to see some unique stories on screen.

BURNT COUNTRY

Could Australia's past help secure its future? 65,000 years in the making, Burnt Country is about fighting fire, with fire. It explores the profound knowledge and wisdom of First Nations, and how we can connect to country and community.

DESIGNED BY DISASTER

Director James 'Q' Martin (USA)

An inspiring story about Danny Giovale, a passionate climber whose life-changing accident in the Dolomites compels him to address a critical safety gap in mountaineering.

ENVISION

Director Yuichi Ishida (Japan)

Yoko Arano, a legendary Japanese calligrapher has not yet completely felt satisfied with her artwork even though she has been writing for over 60 years. She how she expresses her life through calligraphy.

ENTROPY

Director Inuk Jørgensen (Greenland)

The melting of the Greenlandic ice sheet threatens the sacred connection between the land molded by ice and the Inuit who live there. Told from an Indigenous perspective the film celebrates mythology as much as it laments the loss of nature.

BORN TO HUSTLE

Director Grace Anna Cardona (AUS)

Carve open the frenzied mind of Emma Addams and you'll discover an unruly symphony of many different players. Jeweler, Artist, Entrepreneur, Born Hustler - simultaneously compromised but brilliant.

EVERYWHERE

Directors Kate Campbell & Claire Ha (AUS)

Follow the remarkable journey of The Periscope Crew, a film crew of young people living with disabilities, invited to cover the 2023 World Transplant Games.

EVERYWHERE

HOME GROWN AUSTRALIAN SHORTS and award ceremony (ages 18+)

SCREENING SESSION Five - Adults $22.50 CONCESSION $17.50 + booking fee

Saturday 26 OCTOBER - Metro arts west end

Doors @ 5:45PM

Screening @ 6:00PM - 9:00PM (approx)

AWARDS @ 9:00pm - 9:30pm (APPROX)

AFTER PARTY

The night of nights. Last but definitely not least, AIFF23 will present some of the very best shorts from Brisbane, Queensland and across this great land. With a session full of thought provoking stories, we're finishing on a high. Straight after the screening, we'll celebrate the best of the best with our awards ceremony before heading to The Boundary Hotel to send off AIFF23 in style.

ESPERANCE TO FREMANTLE

Director William Turner (AUS)

Not having seen his father for years, a wayward teenager, tracks him down in a pub. Rob resolves to approach him as if he were a stranger to discover who he really is and why he left.

UNDER THE WATER

Director Isabella Andronos (AUS)

When an eleven-year-old girl is confronted with misogynistic taunts and violence from the boys in her town, a series of strange happenings lead to her revisit a storybook about the sirens of the sea. Inspired by these strange creatures, she finds the power in herself to push back.

JASON IS MY DAD 

Director Ashley Zukerman (AUS)

An uber driver finds himself helping a private school kid with a paper route while trying to get a refund for a washing machine that he says never arrived.

ERZI

Directors Kailani D'Amour, Tin Huyen Pham (QLD)

Erzi decides to become a professional musician, but his mother's history of rejection may ultimately pull them apart.

DANCING ON A FLYING CARPET

Director Leila Honari (QLD)

A mesmerizing dance unfolds on a carpet of lights, portraying migratory seabirds trapped on its borders. The dancer channels their desires, creating a poetic fusion symbolizing the collective search for freedom in the intricate patterns of nature.

UNTETHERED

Director Alfie Faber (AUS)

Sam in a drug-fueled haze, does everything to avoid what used to bring her joy, but now the avoidance wants her to destroy herself - so she does. As her insecurity spirals into a surreal nightmare, her mother loses patience and gives her an ultimatum.

DREAMLINK

Director Kalani Gacon (AUS)

The crumbling relationship between an influencer mother and her neglected daughter finds an unexpected remedy in DreamLink, a revolutionary app merging dreams and reality that promises to connect them with the person they need most.

SONOS 

Director Anderson Shane (QLD)

A occult collector gets more than he bargained for when he buys some haunted audio cassettes.

REAR VIEW MIRROR

Director Sean Loch (QLD)

Stranded on a remote desert highway, a young couple soon discover they are not alone.

INSUFFERABLE

Director Stig Wemyss (AUS)

Losing a loved one after 60 years of marriage is never easy. For Terry letting go is not an option, so he begins mummifying his wife's body to immortalize her forever.

SMOKO

Directors Steven Cooper & Adam Gunn (AUS)

Brandon, a tradie, and Brenda, an ibis, meet up on a park bench in Chippo every day for smoko where they chew the fat about whatever pops up.

THE CAT CONUNDRUM

Director Emer Rafferty (AUS)

We claim to love them but humanity's fascination with cats has reaped disastrous consequences. What is best for these elusive creatures, and how do we go about solving The Cat Conundrum?

ERZI

Good to know  - Metro Arts is a licensed venue. Session time length is approximate. Films may contain some coarse language, implied drug usage, nudity and or some mild violence and are recommended for a mature aged audience. Please see individual sessions for age recommendations. The full 2024 programme will be released on October 1st.

Need to know - Ticket prices vary from free - $22.50 plus booking fee depending on the session. Tickets are available online, over the phone (07) 3002 7100 (during business hours 10am - 4pm weekdays) and at the box office and bar one hour prior to the event (availability permitting).

For further information contact Jeremy Rigby - contact@ausindefest.com 

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