Daughter explores the way women are viewed in society by following three female characters on a Friday night out in St Kilda, who's lives become entwined and affected by an act of violence this fateful night. The award winning short film and an awareness project was inspired by the tragic murder cases of Jill Meagher in Brunswick and St Kilda's own Tracy Connelly, whose occupation as a sex worker was highlighted in the media, leading to her murder and personal story being sadly overshadowed. The main themes explored in the film are violence against women and victim blaming, shown through the eyes of three female leads, lead by Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why) as Scarlett, Aisha Tara (Heartbreak High) as Jemma and Carolyn Rey as Alethea.
Origami
A young woman travels abroad trying to realize her dream of being a model, but there she is deceived and subjected to prostitution at the Cabaret Tango Bar, where she experiences the horrors as a victim of a sex trafficking network.
4 stories about 4 criminal children. Two teenagers trapped in a world full of drugs and human trafficking, another two kids bring their loved ones to the limit, other two resentful kids want to fulfill their most evil desires, and one kid who has to decide between killing or loving.
Harta
A young woman struggles with living a life wherein her identity is still tied to the abuse she experienced as a child. One night, she falls victim to an episode triggered by her PTSD and is forced to confront her struggles through two strange but poignant interactions with strangers.
Rosa is tired of living without purpose. What would she do to take control of her own destiny?
Notas de Cambio
A promising student in the hood is blackmailed by his best friend into fabricating the truth about the events that unfolded on the night his girlfriend was raped.
In a context of scarcity and apathy, three souls must fight to survive hunger, each other and, if the situation requires it, they must learn to use cynicism to their advantage.
A teenager plans her own kidnapping with the help of her boyfriend and her best friend. They dream of going to live in the United States to have the baby they are expecting; however, the situation gets out of control and she becomes a victim of her own game.
Three objects are used in a manner in which they weren't supposed to be. Something unprecedented happens: armed with a voice and conscience, these objects will reflect on the absurd arguments that support domestic violence.
Joy, a mother of a 4 year-old girl, finally decides to file a case under domestic violence against her abusive husband, Dante.
Akil, a wealthy butchery mogul, has a very close relationship with his younger brother, Sharm. When Sharm is tragically murdered all signs point to Akil's wife, Madison. With no actual proof Akil turns to alcohol and unleashes his rage on his wife. Madison plots revenge on Akil by creating a poison from her repertoire of poisonous botany, the most lethal: The Blood Orchid. Domestic rivalry ensues in this gripping psychological drama.
Vivante(s)
In a world of online fame built on likes and lies, an aspiring star must uncover the darkness behind the lens—before it swallows her whole.
Paty, an employee of an advertising company, is summoned to a business dinner by Mr. Gutiérrez, a successful businessman. She cannot refuse the invitation since the signing of the contract depends on this meeting. In 1993 this film received the Ariel Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for best medium-length fiction film.
The death of the minotavr talks about the concept of the heroine's journey. Suffering, horror and exhaustion lead the protagonist to a process of transformation, abyss and expiation, because only murdering to minotaur and everything he represents is possible to return to life. From the female gaze, it shows the depth of the emotional wounds caused by domestic violence; the same one that the surrealist Dora Maar lived and that ask why, as a society, instead of killing the minotaur, we blindly continue to send him women only to be devoured and ask them why they simply did not fight, why they did not try get out of the labyrinth.
Sergio maintains a relationship with Marta, who mistreats him. Through an argument in a store, Sergio realizes that people are passing him by and imagines what would happen if he were the abuser.
A short film by Chiara Del Bove. Starring Caterina Cesari, Elisa Brunelli, Denise Del Bove and Camilla Calabrò.