Pleasure-Seeking
Pleasure-Seeking

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Australian Shorts
Australian Shorts
2025 | English | Australia | Shorts | New Zealand | Short Fiction | BUFF | Tilly Robba | Phoebe Taylor | James Peter Brown | Kate Cornish | Steph Jowett, Tilly Robba | Tahira Donohoe-Bales, Jake Harvey | 2026 | The Squatters and the Fairy Princess | Jake James Whitford | Jake James Whitford | Ben Keller | James Mountain | Elliott Brown | Clementine Kennon, Liam Mollica, Lily Laurence, Daniela Rene Fink | Flesh Fruit | Madison Hislop-Stoessel | Sam Fraser & Claire Weller Price | Madison Hislop-Stoessel | Eleanor Somerville | Callum Moore | Milton Man Gogh | Felix Lovell | On Wild Horse Plains | Kyle Davis | Andrew Phillips | Huon Pisoni | Gere Fuss | Gere Fuss | Bridget McDonald, Michael Harpas | Short Documentary | Third Space | Baeley Amalfi | Sydney Austen | Baeley Amalfi | Tim Count | Ben L’Aiguille | English | First Nations | Maŋutji | Siena Mayutu Wurmarri Stubbs | Yolŋu Matha | Siena Mayutu Wurmarri Stubbs | Libby Collins | Ahmad Halimi | Andrew Grimes | Eric Murray Lui | Cindy Rostron, Denzel Dhurrtjiyurrtji Marika | Flame | Katrina Channells | Lilly King & Di Adams | Katrina Channells | Georgia Powell & Joe Hinchliffe | Katrina Channells | Louis Frere-Harvey | Julian Panetta | Pleasure-Seeking | Michaela Holmes | Charlotte Friels, Will McNeill, Alfie Gledhill & Paul Capsis | Jessie Hildebrand | Madeleine Cocolas | Cameron Johnson
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The Mercury
84 Mins
Celebrating local emerging filmmakers, our Australian Shorts strand highlights innovative and passionate local storytelling.
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Flesh Fruit
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Pleasure-Seeking

Sat
24
Sat 24 Oct 5:30 PM

The Mercury
General Admission
Unclassified 15+
14 Mins
October
Sat 24 Oct
5:30 PM

Chasing a constant stream of digital dopamine, a woman deals with a bizarre physical ailment and persistent neighbour - exposing her unravelling mental state.

Screening with Australian shorts:
Flesh Fruit (Madison Hislop-Stoessel)
BUFF (Tilly Robba / Steph Jowett)
The Squatters and the Fairy Princess (Jake James Whitford)
On Wild Horse Plains (Kyle Davis)
Third Space (Baeley Amalfi)
Pleasure-Seeking (Michaela Holmes)
Maŋutji (Siena Mayutu Wurmarri Stubbs)
Flame (Katrina Channells)