1. SHORT FILM: SLEEPING IN CIRCLES - Animation (4.26mins) ...
Cassandra Gaunson (Producer / Director / Writer / DOP)
A typical day transforms into an abstract tale of reciprocity. Two characters experience separate journeys through the same space. Their resolves tested when the landscape takes on a life of its own, reflecting the phenomena described by Freud’s, ‘Theory of the Uncanny’. Varying responses set them on separate paths, leading to a climactic culmination.
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2. SHORT FILM: SHRAPNEL - Drama (11 mins) World Premiere ...
Jesse Martin (Producer)
Mika Tran (Producer / Director / Writer)
Dawn, a young bully, is betrayed by her friends during a high school prank and finds herself trapped in an art room with her would be victim. Inside the room, the two girls discover the real power of choice.
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3. SHORT FILM: THE DRESSMAKERS DAUGHTER - Animation (6.35 mins) - World Premiere ...
Huni Melissa Bolliger (Director)
Tom Booth (Producer)
Huni Melissa Bolliger (Writer)
A mother’s hurtful comments flow through her daughter and into the girl’s doll. When the doll comes to life, she escapes and journeys through a magical forest, finding all the gifts she needs to create herself anew.
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4. SHORT FILM: MY NAN - THE NEXT CATE BLANCHETT - Comedy (5.45 mins) Sydney Premiere ...
Tresa Ponnor (Producer / Director / Writer / editor)
Charlie’s Nan loves Cate Blanchett but her obsession may lead her to loose the one thing she that she loves more than Cate.
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5. SHORT FILM: FERESHTEH - Drama (22.25 mins) World Premiere ...
Jennifer Bell (Producer)
Ayesha Arif Khan (Director / Writer / Executive Producer)
Fereshteh explores the practice of “Sigheh” practised in the Shiite sect of Islam and draws parallels with the one-night stands of the Western world. The film centers on an Iranian documentary filmmaker who has a chance meeting with her ex fiancé, David that leads to a reunion where she must question her identity to find liberation.
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6. SHORT FILM: HURIYYA & HER SISTERS - Animation (12 mins) ...
Paula Abood (Director)
Elegant, witty, and beautifully paced, the film tracks four heroine’s journey’s: Huriyya and her sisters from Sydney’s Western suburbs. Muslim girls who may or may not wear headscarves and one with a mass of tangled red hair that curls into Arabic script.
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7. WOW FORUM - At Chauvel following screening:

WOW @ WOW Film Festival
Women Filmmakers of Western Sydney
Meet some of the up and coming filmmakers from Western Sydney.
Is there anything distinctive about being a “Westie”
Animation and comedy – what a great way to tell a story!

Speakers:
Deborah Szpiro, Moderator
Paula Abood, Director of “Huriyya & Her Sisters”
and filmmaker participants of the animation.
Annette Sicari, Director of “Bruno”
Cassandra Gaunson, Director of “Sleeping in Circles”
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