Bass Coast Shorts 2025 @ Berninneit

Bass Coast Shorts 2025
Berninneit Cinema | Thompson Ave | Cowes

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Now in its third year, the Bass Coast Shorts film festival is spreading its wings, screening over the Anzac Weekend.

Bass Coast Shire Council and Australian Short Film Festivals have once again come together to support this initiative, spearheaded by festival director John Frohlich.

Bass Coast Shorts is a competition-based festival with submissions coming in throughout the year and awards in three categories: schools (under 18), local (South Gippsland), and open (everywhere else).

“The judges have been impressed by the quality of the entries so far,” says Frohlich. “Local film makers like Steve Dunn – an Inverloch-based diver and expert in marine flora and fauna – and Jess McGuirk– an award-winning Wonthaggi student – have produced thought-provoking documentaries of particular interest to the Bass Coast community.”

The program will feature award-winning national and international films and animations. As part of the festival there will also be forums and Q & As with filmmakers and screen industry guests.

Each screening is a different program of short films showcasing selected entries.
Tickets are $20 per session ($14 concession) 

Screening times
•     Friday April 25, 6-9pm (Opening night screening) – BERNINNEIT
•     Saturday April 26, 2-4pm (Screening) – BERNINNEIT
•     Saturday April 26, 4.30-5.30pm (Free festival forum) – BERNINNEIT
•     Saturday April 26, 6.30pm - 9.30pm (Screening and awards) – BERNINNEIT
 

The Festival Forum is free and features Q & A with an industry guest. All welcome.

For more information email basscoastshorts@gmail.com or phone 0428 138 382.

This is an exciting opportunity for established and emerging filmmakers both local, national and international, and a chance for local audiences to experience the best of contemporary short form filmmaking.

Friday 25 April 6-9pm

Program

• Laugh With Me, Open, Vic, Karen Liebau McPherson

• Steel Reborn, Local, Local, Jessica McGuirk

• The Ranch Motel, Doc, Vic, Damian McLindon

• Smokescreen, Open, Vic, Harrison Rook

• Martyr, Schools/U18, ACT, Oscar Rosauer

• Lemon, Open, Vic, James Freemantle

• The Lure, Open, UK, Toni Hipwell

• 2024 Année Qualconque, Open, France, Virgile Texier

• The Gap, Doc, NSW, Ada Tuna

Saturday 26 April 2-4pm

Program

• The Endless Tide, Doc, Vic, Michael Portway, Timothy Brown

• The Last time I Saw You, Open, Damian McLindon

• Left to Cool, Animation, Christopher Mansfield

• Bunarong Coast, Local, Local, Robin Lowe, Terry Melvin

• The Briefcase Gambit, Schools/U18, local, Hayden Mervyn Schmidt

• Taking comfort, Local, Local, Janine Roberts, Mick Green

• Poultry Parade, Animation, Angelina Abdilla

• Beautiful Storm, Open, Vic, Yanni Dellaportas

• The Job, Open, Vic, Tatiana Wanda Doroshenko

• Winter's Heart, Local/MV, Brent Granger Kerr

• Fleeting Moments, Open, ACT, Benjamin Nunney

• Home. Animation, Vic, Mark Bernard

• West Shore, Doc/First Nation, Canada/USA, Jordan Riber

Saturday 26 April 4:30-6pm

Film Makers Forum featuring Anna Grieve and Tony Stevens. Free to attend.

The guests for the forum on Saturday afternoon are Tony Stevens, long time Australian editor whose credits include music videos for Midnight Oil and INXS recently Tony edited the very successful Australian film about the Ttriffids called Life in Bright Colours. 

Anna Grieve is an established producer with many credits including the Netflix series The Family, SBS series Kutcha's Koorioke and a number of internationally award winning documentaries including a United Nations award for her documentary on Eddie Mabo.

Saturday 26 April 6:30-9:30pm

Awards with post screening celebration.

Program

• Loser, Open, USA

• Entropy, Open/Doc, Norway, Inuk Jørgensen

• The Punt, Open, Vic, Rob La Terra

• Vanishing Seaweeds, Local/Doc, Local

• Burnt Country, Open, UK, Kirsten Slemint

• Get Home Safe, Open, January Jones

• Small, Open, Vic, Sarah Hegge-Taylor

• Dusty, Open, NSW, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor

• Hooba, Animation, Netherland, Sem Assink

Sunday 27 April Archie’s Creek 3-5pm

Program

• Returning Our Ancestors, Doc/First nations, Michael Woods

• Battered, Open, Jack James Ralph

• Working Holiday, Doc, Yebin Kim

• Cancer Alley, Doc, USA, Pamela Falkenberg, Jack Cochran

• Broken Homes, Animation/MV, ACT, Eleanor Evans, Giovanni Aguilar

• Haguaa, Doc, Mexico/USA, Marc Antony Chavez, Octavio Aceves Coutiño

• River, Local, local, Nicky De Gruchy

• Beehives and Bottom Turns, Doc, Vic, Brad Coetzee

• The Light Behind Us, Local/Music Video, Mark Howard

• Just Beneath the Surface, Doc, Tiwi Islands, Jimmy John Thaiday

• Memorabilia, Open, Ceridwen Dovey, Rowena Potts

TRAILER link: Bass Coast Shorts trailer

Australian Short Film Festivals website: asff.net.au/bass-coast-shorts

 

Bass Coast Cultural Venues

Berninneit Cinema

Tickets: $11 - $17
Berninneit Cinema is located within the Berninneit cultural centre at 91-97 Thompson Ave, Cowes.
Open caption sessions for the hearing impaired (OCAP) are offered on select screenings and labeled within the session description. 

Please arrive early to ensure you have time to purchase drinks and snacks and find a seat. Limited accessible and wheelchair seating available.
Companion tickets available via box-office with valid companion card.
All tickets are non-refundable. Children aged 12 and over can attend Bass Coast Cultural Venues unaccompanied.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by a responsible adult or guardian (18+) while on the premises.

Visit our Website for all Cinema Screenings and Live Events at Berninneit and Wonthaggi Union
https://www.basscoastculturalvenues.com/

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