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CAPS SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Capricorn Film Festival brings you 12 Queensland and Australian Premieres from Australian and international filmmakers providing thought provoking, socially conscious, family centric journeys, comedic, relationship challenging films. Welcome to CAPS Short Film Competition.

SCREENING SCHEDULE
1530 - 1700 Sunday 19th January 2025
SCREENING LOCATION
Yeppoon Town Hall
SESSION RATING 
M15+

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ALMA

DRAMA - 7 MIN
DIRECTED BY SEBASTIAN CLARO


Alma is in charge of her brother's care in her loneliness. An unfortunate accident will leave her true reality exposed.

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BIRD DRONE

ANIMATION - 9 MIN
DIRECTED BY RADHEYA JANG JEGATHEVA


A lonely seagull struggling to accept that his newfound object of affection is a human-operated drone with a limited battery life.

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BLOOD SISTERS

DRAMA - 12 MIN
DIRECTED BY MURAYA MOORE


Summer is invited to a sleepover with a new group of friends, but when their makeover starts to take a dark turn, Summer is tested just how far she will go to fit in.

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DAD

DOCUMENTARY - 9 MIN
DIRECTED BY RILEY ELI JONES


A documentary featuring three children who talk about a family tragedy - when their dad was diagnosed with brain cancer.

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DONT COME IN YET

COMEDY - 10 MIN
DIRECTED BY ISAAC DEAN ELLIOTT


Wheelchair bond Jake just tuned 18 and without supervision plans to have sex.

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JASON IS MY DAD

DRAMA - 16 MIN
DIRECTED BY ASHLEY ZUKERMAN


An uber driver finds himself helping a private school kid with a paper route while trying to get a refund for a washing machine that he says never arrived.

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ROE

DRAMA - 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY ALISON STANTON-COOK


A ride along in the day of the life of Jenna, a teacher at a public college.

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ROSTRUM

DRAMA - 8 MIN
DIRECTED BY DANIEL KUBEREK


A former Olympic athlete and "recovered" heroine user gives an addiction recovery group more than they bargained for.

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THE GHOST THAT WALKS

SPOKEN WORD - 3 MIN
DIRECTED BY JAY JAY & RADHEYA


What will you do if you captured the ghost...the entity... the creature... the monstrosity... that haunted your very existence?

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THE REALTOR

COMEDY - 2 MIN
DIRECTED BY ADRIAN EPPEL


The Realtor explores Melbourne's current rental crisis through a Western lens.

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WHEN THE GRASS GROWS

DRAMA - 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY MARIA MONREAL OTANO


To wonder is to grow. Because not everything is easy to understand... even when you've grown up.

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LA BOUTEILLE

DRAMA - 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY XAVIER MESME


A runner sees the empty water bottle he throws into the wheat fields mysteriously come back onto the trail.

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cq shorts

Presented by Screen Queensland and viewed as part of the CAPS Short FIlm Competition, CQ Shorts is an exclusive selection of short films by Central Queensland filmmakers. 

SCREENING TIME
1430 - 1525
SCREENING DATE
Sunday 19th January 2025

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ANALOGOUS SOUL

THRILLER - 8 MIN
DIRECTED BY CALLUM
 MATEER

A woman paints a portrait of a man as she reminisces on their past.

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DEARY ME NURSERY RHYMES

MUSICAL - 8 MIN
DIRECTED BY MARK DEERE 

Three siblings discuss their favourite nursery rhymes.

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ONE IN A THOUSAND

DOCUMENTARY - 2 MIN
DIRECTED BY AMY LAWSON

The life cycle of a turtle on Heron Island. 

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PREDATOR NIGHTFALL

ACTION - 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY KASEY DEETH
 
The Predator arrives in Central Queensland to start his hunt. 

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THE PURSUER

THE SILVER BULLET

SHORT - 5 MIN
DIRECTED BY SOREN JOCUMSEN
 

A lone mechanic’s quiet night in the shed spirals into terror as an unknown force stalks

him on his way home.

DRAMA - 10 MIN
DIRECTED BY GASTON BOULANGER

When the heat becomes unbearable our heroine finds a solution with a silver lining.

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WHERE AM I?

DRAMA - 11 MIN
DIRECTED BY JACOB WILLIAM MCGUIRE


In a world where behind every door lies a different potential of yourself, is a teen lost in his anxieties trying to figure out who’s hand he will take.

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YOU'LL NEVER SEE MY FACE

EXPERIMENTAL - 4 MIN
DIRECTED BY JADE LEE 

This film in response to my own late diagnosis.

CAPS Short Film Competition & CQ Shorts screens short film premieres competing for cash and prizes on Sunday from 1430 to 1700 at the Yeppoon Town Hall.

Screen Queensland supports film and TV production across the state and is a proud partner of events like Capricorn Film Festival.

We Are Still Here, produced by Queensland’s No Coincidence Media

with Mārama Productions

Learn more

screenqueensland.com.au

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