VERY SHORT
FILM FESTIVAL

The shortlist for the Open and Junior Categories are (in no particular order):

Open Category (22 years and over)

Fenella Edwards and Brendan Kays (Tas): Claire; Ainsley Halbmeijer (Vic): The Hotline; Thomas Herbert (Vic): Complete and Utter Garbage; Matthew Newton and Anna Brozek (Tas): They say I’m a terrorist; Eva Justine Torkkola (Vic): Bound

Junior Category (21 years of age and under)

Olivia Buonopane (Age 21, ACT): Sweet Dreams; Fletcher Kamino (Age 14, Tas): Little Tassie – The Librarian; Flynn Kamino (Age 12, Tas): Little Tassie – The Architect; Chloe Kealy (Age 16, Tas): Chloe’s World; Jongmin Lee (Age 17, Qld): BRICKS; Luca Yi (Age 16, NSW): The Waiting Room

Casey Bennetto is an award-winning writer, musician and radio broadcaster. He wrote the musical KEATING!, hosts the program Superfluity on Melbourne’s 3RRR, and has appeared in places as diverse as ABCTV’s Spicks and Specks, the Melbourne International Arts Festival and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at Sydney Opera House.

Hobart based singer songwriter Jay Jarome comes with a unique blend of Soul, R&B, Funk and Rock. Born and raised on Bribie Island in Southeast Queensland, this young artist made the move to Hobart on a scholarship to study songwriting at the UTAS Conservatorium. Jay is currently working around Tasmania with his band, solo and in various musical lineups as either a vocalist, instrumentalist, songwriter or all of the above.