SHORT FILM SESSION: LOVE/SICK

SHORT FILM SESSION This series of salacious shorts are sure to stimulate, titillate and offend in equal measure. Exploring expressions of sexuality in all its forms, Love/Sick presents twelve pint sized peccadillos of debauchery, depravity and desire, not for the faint-of-heart.

DEEP CLEAN

Dir. David Wilson | 4 mins | UK | Comedy | AUS Premiere | 2019 Cleanliness is next to godliness. A celebration of objectophilia (the love of objects) and self-pleasure. Soundtracked by Neiked and their globally charting smash hit song ‘Sexual’. Directed by GRAMMY nominated and UK Music Video Awards winner David Wilson and starring queer performance artist Harry Clayton-Wright.

DINNER FOR TWO

Dir. Finnian Williamson | 6 mins | Australia | Drama/Comedy | Sydney Premiere | 2020 A man returns home from the grocery with a chicken to prepare for a date. He gets the chicken ready, freshens up and waits eagerly for his date. But there’s no date – well, turns out chicken is the date. He’s going to have sex with a roast chicken on the kitchen table with an Obama mask on. And he does, and it’s disgusting in every way.

F*CKING GHOSTS

Dir. Jason Cook | 3 mins | USA | Comedy | World Premiere | 2020 What if a family bought a new house that was haunted by ghosts... that had sex all over the place? What if the ghosts were just people under sheets? What if there was a Scottish priest involved? I set out to find some answers.

HEATSTROKE

Dir. Edgar Morais | 9 mins | USA, Portugal | Drama | AUS Premiere | 2019 On a hot and febrile day, teenage Claire ditches school to meet some friends in the woods where her memories, traumas and desires merge into tears, sweat, and sperm.

I LOVE YOUR GUTS

Dir. David Janove | 17 mins | USA | Comedy | AUS Premiere | 2019 Follow fast food workers Kristina and Jacqui as they work the graveyard shift and find themselves having to fend off a belligerent drunk guy trying to break in. Starring Allie McCarthy, Danielle Kay and Scott Shilstone.

KARAOKE NIGHT

Dir. Francisco Lacerda | 8 mins | Portugal/Finland | Comedy/Horror | AUS Premiere | 2019 Two sleazy tourists have the night of their lives at a Karaoke bar in the Azores.

LOVESONG

Dir. Michael Sanders | 7 mins | Canada | Horror | AUS Premiere | 2019 A couple struggling in the depths of their marriage. A strange woman tossed up like driftwood at the water’s edge.

NAILBITER

Dir. Jono Freedrix | 4 mins | USA | Comedy | AUS Premiere | 2019 Vomica has very unique tastes in men. In fact, she suffers from early onset cannibalism. When her cravings get the best of her, she hopes her date can read between the lines and offer a suitable appetizer. Nailbiter is a twisted gross-out comedy about hunger, kink, love and ultimately acceptance.

SOME KIND OF HUMANITY

Dir. Rock Brenner | 9 mins | France | Drama | World Premiere | 2020 A shy thirty-something receives shocking videos from his best friend.

SMILES

Dir. Javier Chavanel | 13 mins | Spain | Horror | 2019 Borja is about to meet his girlfriend´s parents. This is meant to be a tricky moment and even awkward. However, he hasn´t even imagined what he´s going to suffer next. The best way to overcome the situation: to

give smile and wait.

STREAM (LE JET)

Dir. Eve Dufaud | 5 mins | Canada | Drama/Comedy | AUS Premiere | 2019 When they piss standing, all men are works of art.

THE PLUNGE

Dir. Simon Ryninks | 10 mins | UK | Comedy | AUS Premiere | 2019 After a night of passion, Emily tells Jay that she’d like to use a strap-on. Scared of losing a girl he has a connection with, Jay reluctantly agrees.