Bondiwood Short Films
Synopsis:
The best of Bondi Short Films
THIS BOND I AND BONDI
10 mins
Producer/Director Carolyn Saul
(Multi award winning short by local filmmaker Carolyn Saul brings a poetic light to bear on Bondi.)
When the once familiar streets and buildings of the place you grew up in become something else, how do you reconcile your relationship with that place? What happens to your sense of ‘home’? "this bond i and Bondi" is a rumination on memories, change and a very special place.
THE MAKING OF THE DARLINGS…
11 mins
Director: Ben Ulm
Here’s the hilarious real reality of reality TV. What happens when reality doesn’t turn out the way the director intended. A halfwit film director struggles with real people who aren’t manipulated as easily as he would like. They argue when he’s not filming, are mute when he is and the crew keep walking into the shot at exactly the wrong moment.
Blood Sweat & Teeth
7 min
Director Irene Walls
Producer: Martin Simpson
Starring: Chris Piper
Chris shies away from the exorbitant cost of dentists and decides to undertake some do-it-yourself dentistry. A film that can’t be unseen. A unique and visceral cinema experience for the viewer.
SURFISH
11mins
Holly Murphy & Grayson Hinrichs
A journey across Australia to find the biggest fish and perfect waves. Australia’s gun surfer Grayson Hinrichs and The Church’s national anthem “Under The Milky Way” combine to make a memorable movie space.
The Beaches 14.07.24.
A surf film by @hotndelicious
3 mins
Director: Dan Wilkinson
Beach breaks, barrels and closeouts.... roadtrippin' to the Northern Beaches and an epic morning surf film sesh flying sky high at Manly Beach. Special thanks to Sydney funk ensemble, The Regime, for the perfect music sync for my first ever short film.
Building Bridges
7 mins
1994 - 2000
DIrected Bt Haydn Keenan
Australia’s greatest bands donate for reconciliation.
VIOLENCE IN THE CINEMA Pt 1
20 mins
Director George Miller
Producers: Byron Kennedy/George Miller
Starring: Arthur Dignam, Victoria Anoux
What is the psychological effect of watching onscreen violence. In this brilliant mockumentary George Miller and Byron Kennedy lay down the ground work for their next little project – MAD MAX