We had so many incredible entries that we’ve split our Kids screening into a live and an online event. Here are our films screening live (in alphabetical order), ages 5-18 years old!

Alone by Indianna Thompson

All she wants to do is eat icrecream…

Behind a Smile by Claire D’Ortona & Aksha Harit

When the students realise they have only ever seen their teacher smiling, they make it their mission to change that.

Between the Mountains and the Sea by Students from Scarborough Public School

A documentary on how Scarborough’s School Song came to be; a song that is still sung today nearly 30 years later and by generations of local families.

Charlie’s Secret by Charlie Truong

Charlie reveals some of his biggest secrets and takes audiences on a fun, honest, and unexpected journey through his imagination and personal world.

Code Blue by Centre Stage Academy Junior Class

It’s time to return to everyone’s favourite soap opera ‘Code Blue’. Dr Matthew is still haunted by visions from a failed surgery, Dr Chelsea is having a bad time with a missing hand and the head nurse is still running triage with an iron fist. Welcome to the world of ‘Code Blue’.

COMPUNCTION by Mack Green

COMPUNCTION came from a feeling that many people are quietly falling behind. Across Australia, conversations around the cost of living are constant, and this time I listened. I really wanted to tell this story in a grounded way, focusing on natural human emotion and tension, rather than something that feels fake. I hope the film encourages people to reflect not only on the choices the characters make, but on the society that shaped them during the story. The society we live in everyday.

Dracooler by Indie Jones

When Millie has a dream about the most coolest vampire – DracCooler, a pomegranate-loving, guitar-shredding, jam-making legend—she thinks it’s just her imagination.

But when he shows up at her door, grinning with a guitar and an invite to a jam session, she realizes her dream has come to life.

A stylish, animated surreal adventure where rock ‘n’ roll, vampires, and pomegranates collide.

Hero-Man by Aston Di Donato

“Hero-Man” is a sci-fi superhero drama set across Earth and a distant alien world, that explores grief, power, and the clash between fear and hope in the aftermath of a tragedy

Humans Have Something To Teach Aliens by Students from Film By Inspiration

The Aliens have been watching the Earth Kids for weeks now and are jealous of how much fun they’re having. They sneak down to Earth, determined to bring some of that fun back to their planet.

Miss Unité by Hope St Youth & Milk Crate Theatre

When three girls decide to prank their teacher, things go horribly wrong. But when they decide to cover up their mistake instead of owning it, things go even worse for them and their prank spirals out of control.

Mission Impossible by Zac Deren

A teenage boy was mistakenly kidnapped to work at a top secret spy agency. With the promise of big money he decided to go along with it. Unfortunately he proved to be a terrible spy.

Miranda Blackmails by Madeleine and Mila

This influencer is not as sweet as she seems.

My Great Grandfather by Alexis Truong

A young girl celebrates her 101-year-old great-grandfather through memories, moments, and reflections on a life spanning more than a century.

Remote Chance by Josslyn, Marlee & Oliver

A film by students from NewtownHigh School of the Performing Arts

STOP by Tom Morfitt-White

It’s ok to stop, urgency and stress is often just a matter of perspective.

The New Prisoner by Archer, Reily, Emma and Aarav

The prison guards have been given clear instructions. Under no circumstances are they to open the door for the new prisoner.

The Weight of Water by Rosalie Robin McGrail

Mira, a teenager haunted by guilt after her father drowns in Australia’s treacherous ocean rips, must confront her trauma during a school swim test that forces her to relive the tragedy. As flashbacks reveal her Indian family’s unfamiliarity with the coastline and how it led to the accident, the test becomes a symbolic struggle between grief, fear, and responsibility. The Weight of Water ultimately invites reflection on the duality of Australia’s natural environment its beauty and its peril and the unseen consequences of its waters on migrant families.

The Wet Bandit by Aria Calbro

When $20 vanishes from the family money jar, siblings-turned-detectives Cleo and Liam follow the clues, flashbacks, and a suspicious towel — straight to their little brother Milo. But the “crime” turns out to have a sweeter motive than they expected!

Transendencia by Gia Alvarez

This short film explores the impact of the Uruguayan Great War (Guerra Grande, 1839–1851) on a young girl and how those experiences followed her throughout her life. The story is narrated through the perspective of her older self as she reflects on everything she lived through.

What Happened to Frank? by Centre Stage Academy

It’s time for drama class again and no one has seen Frank in ages, but everyone has a crazy theory exactly what happened to Frank? But is the truth stranger than fiction?

while I was away by Edan Merritt

while I was away’ follows a group of four friends spending an ordinary day together, but beneath the laughter and nostalgia, one of them feels increasingly disconnected. As the day unfolds, memories and dreamlike moments blur the line between being surrounded by people and truly feeling present. A short film about friendship, isolation and the quiet distance we can feel, even when we’re never physically alone.