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ReelGood Film Festival 2023 – Highlights program
August - December, Bunjil Place Outdoor Screen
Founded in 2014, The ReelGood Film Festival started as a small gathering of friends to celebrate each others’ films. It was a night of laughter, popcorn, and good company. Over its formative years, RGFF grew from this small night of short films to a full-blown festival. Since day one, RGFF’s mission has been to support Australian filmmakers, and each year showcases approximately 25 short films from some of the country's most talented and upcoming filmmakers.
Bunjil Place is proud to present a key selection from the 2023 festival as part of the Outdoor Screen program.
Header image: Freedom Swimmer, Olivia Martin McGuire, 15m, 2021, still from video
Freedom Swimmer
Olivia Martin McGuire, 15m, 2021
A beautifully animated with live action film telling the story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong that parallels his granddaughter’s own quest for a new freedom.
Ayaan
Alies Sluiter, 16 minutes, 2020
An escaped asylum seeker encounters a man on a rural beach and must decide whether to trust him or attempt the 400km journey to the nearest city on foot.
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Lachlan Pendragon, 11 minutes, 2022
A young office worker uncovers the flaws in his stop-motion universe with the help of a mysterious talking ostrich.
Lime Parfait
Pat Mooney, 8 minutes, 2022
Co-written by and starring Hannah Camilleri (Jeanette is the Dog) and featuring the voice of Maltese actress Frida Cauchi (Luzzu, MIFF 2021), Lime Parfait explores intergenerational relationships and the reliability of memories.
Onions
Emmy Clifton, 11 minutes, 2020
Over the course of the onion growing season of 2020 in a small town in regional Victoria, a daughter returns home to visit her parents and film her father growing his annual prized crop of onions.
