MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday July 12, 1.10pm. Join the filmmakers live in-cinema for a post-screening Q&A.

GOING COASTAL (16:15, Henry Smith) — Couple's simple life climbing, gardening, and birding on remote Flinders Island.

LA PIAZZA (05:34, Tahlia Sciarrone) — Enduring Italian community at Sydney's Italian Forum despite changes.

REEFS OF RESILIENCE: The Shellfish Reef Restoration Story (15:10, Jarrod Boord) — Scale restoration of Australian shellfish reefs and community benefits.

FINAL HOURS - A PASSIONATE JOURNEY (39:29, Phil Dickson) — 35-year tradition of a teacher re-enacting Christ's final hours at an Australian school.

IT'S MICCA'S WORLD (19:53, Janna Saige Wong) — Surrealist painter Micca: faith, ex-stripper past, and creative identity.

STEAM ON THE RANGE (12:32) – Exploring the lives of Puffing Billy Railway’s dedicated volunteers, this short follows the personal journeys that led them to volunteering and reveals how a diverse group of individuals are united by a shared passion and sense of purpose.

WHERE THE CITY LISTENS (5mins) – Set in the shadows of Kuala Lumpur’s newest financial district, the film listens closely to ordinary conversations that persist beneath rising glass towers and political silence. Blending documentary filmmaking with speculative architecture, it imagines civic spaces as places of listening, memory, and lived experience rather than monuments of authority.

SHEESH, A TAYLOR LOVE STORY (16mins) – In a country where drag is both art and survival, Filipino impersonator Taylor Sheesh transforms Taylor Swift fandom into a movement of joy, belonging, and empowerment. The film celebrates queer performance as a force that helps people feel seen, beautiful, and free.

JOY (8mins) – A quiet, observational short about the lotus birth of a third child at home. Through the perspectives of parents and siblings, the film captures a deeply intimate family moment as a family of four carefully negotiates becoming a family of five.

GLENROY: SURVIVING AND SURPASSING (9mins) – A local cricket club in northwest Melbourne turns to its migrant community to rebuild after a significant walkout, revealing the resilience and community spirit at the heart of grassroots sport.