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2024 Shorts

2024 Shorts

JIFF 2024 is proud to present the following Australian short film premieres.

Everything There Is to Know About Me
Australia, 2024, 10 mins
Director: Yael Grunseit
World Premiere

Miriam is participating in a scientific trial aiming to teach a humanoid robot named Austin how to best sexually pleasure women. All of Miriam’s memories are implanted into Austin to enhance their connection. For the trial to succeed, Miriam has to lay bare her deepest desires by confronting memories of her mother, the rabbi.

Soft Gaze
Australia, 2024, 25 mins
Director: Melissa Anastasi
Festival preview

Georgie, a lonely cop, becomes enamoured with a couple she meets at the beach. She begins to study them, searching for the intimacy she lacks in her own life.

Singing up the Past
Australia, United States, 2024, 28 mins
Director: Tim Slade
World Premiere

Guta Goldstein is a Polish-Australian Holocaust survivor who has kept alive a repertoire of songs from the Lódz ghetto and camps that she continues to perform in private. Through the songs, Guta can vividly 'sing up' her past. A film about memory, survival, and the power of music to sustain.

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