Across three chapters, a young woman traverses overlapping familiar and dissociative realities as her identity erodes—exposing the dangers of aestheticised pain through media-glorified mental illness.

Creators:

• Emi Ciccarelli

• Jina Zhang

• Cleo Durosomo

As social media and technology reshape society, Ben, Grace, Marrissa, Sasha and Toby investigate the fading art of social connection with strangers.

Creators:

• Ben Sheppard

• Toby Murfet, Sasha Fitzpatrick

• Grace Postill Pink

• Marissa Marcos

A student walks through the gritty streets of Melbourne city. Vivid flashes of memories confront her, spiraling her into discomfort and isolation.

Creators:

• Saif Mosafeer

• Charli Martin

• Daniel Cowley

• Mason Moon

Recovered evidence relating to the disappearance of Max McLeish on April 15, 2025. Found footage audio horror-ish.

Creators:

• Marissa Chu (Writer, Sound/Editor) Max McLeish (Voice)

After finding a lost wallet, a lonely young woman projects her hopes onto its owner, confronting the line between her own comfort, fantasies and reality.

Creators:

• Harriett Minty

• Ruben Gonzalez

• Emma Boyce

• Ben Vincent-Rykers

On their second anniversary, Marc and Arwin share a final date before his planned move to America.

Creators:

• Jacky Lin

• Eliza Lo Presti

This is a showcase of the live radio shows that were beamed across Melbourne Live on RRR radio every Tuesday morning this semester.

Creators:

Heidi, Neave, Christian, Charlotte, Ava, Ruby, Beth, Annabelle, Alette, Raja, Leo, Eamonn, Caylee, Renee, Ivan, Luna, Luciene and Albert

When an anonymous AI revenge porn site launches and targets her university campus, 22-year-old student Frances, an obsessive hacker, launches her own investigation to uncover the developer. At risk of arrest and losing custody of her younger sister, her pursuit of vengeance could destroy their fragile new life after shattering their old one.

Creators:

• Beth Cavalli-Forbes

• Zahra Kader

• Jessica Davies

• Mykaela Briggs

Jonah a meek nerdy man decides to kidnap the man that his girlfriend has been cheating on him with...the only catch is that he's terrible at it!

Creators:

• Jarell Gan

• Levi Reid

• Shani Grubisic

• Ian Ryosuke Tsuji

June’s everyday routine is mundane and repetitive. She cooks for Him before work and watches as he finishes his food, waiting for her turn to eat. Then she is fed and examined, often not at her own accord. He then goes to work and she waits by the phone, eager to listen and reminisce of the love that is no longer there.

Creators:

• Mikaela Ellery

• Liberty Thomas

• Ashley Foot

• Morgan Finnigan

• Jackson Robinson

Alive. Consuming. Relentless. One man's descent into the only world left available to him, the one inside his head.

Creator:

• Zac Cullen

After losing communication in space, astronaut Hailey returns to Earth to find herself in a parallel world where she's remembered as a famous astronaut but forgotten as a person.

Creators:

• Charlotte Wong

• Danae Davey-Milne

• Emily Zantuck

• Indigo Schutzinger

• Ivy Peng

At TomorrowFest, this studio presents short excerpts from five of their short films: March of the Publicans, Beach Goers, Sound Searching, Tipper, and Drama!

Directors (in order of titles above):

• Charlotte Fels

• Jacinta Bonett

• Jas Ellis

• Phoebe Lawlor

• Selina Lokan

A documentary exploring audience engagement and cultural perspectives through the experiences of a local Melbourne viewer and an international student engaging with Australian cinema.

Creators:

• Yuxuan Chen

• Jiale Yuan

• Zixuan Wang

This studio is dedicated to experimentation in the development and realisation of film content that sits somewhere between documentary and fiction. They have created highly individual short film pieces from an experience or observation with an emphasis on the subjective essence of the observation. 

Creators:

• Jonathon Dimitropoulos

• Gene Kim

• Sarah Basham

• Nikola Wood

• Tara Hendy