ANZ FILM FESTIVAL: SHORT FILM SHOWCASE

The London Australian Film Society and the Foundation for Australian and New Zealand Arts (FANZA) present the 2nd annual ANZ Film Festival at Finsbury Park Picturehouse, on the weekend between Australia Day and Waitangi Day.

Following last year’s showcase of documentaries by UK-based Antipodean filmmakers, we are proud to present another programme of Australian and New Zealand shorts from creatives based in the UK and Europe, many of whom will join us for a post-screening Q&A.

This session will feature the collaborative Māori language poetry film Noho Mai (Sit Here); an evocative exploration of the struggles of an injured WWI soldier in Faces; a female-led drama about grief, loss and the legacies we leave in Maggie Makes A Cherry Pie; a rom-com set amid zombie-infested Melbourne in Rotting Hill; and Coach Days, a comic micro-short about British travel.

A number of the filmmakers will join us after the screening for a short Q&A to discuss their films, the importance of Antipodean stories and voices, and what it means to live and work in the UK and Europe.

Australian and New Zealand snacks and sweets will be on sale, and a raffle will take place before the screening.

FULL SCREENING DETAILS:

Noho Mai (Sit Here) 
2020 / Peta-Maria Tunui, Waitahi Aniwaniwa McGee, Shania Bailey-Edmonds, Jesse-Ana Harris, Lilián Pallares, Charles Olsen / NZ-Spain / 6 mins / Poetry Film

CAST: Shania Bailey-Edmonds, Peta-Maria Tunui, Jesse-Ana Harris, Charles Olsen

Faces
2024 / Thomas Fink-Jensen / New Zealand / 11 mins / Drama

CAST: Jack Tyler, Megan Goldsman

Maggie Makes A Cherry Pie
2025 / Maddie Grammatopoulos / Australia / 11 mins / Drama

CAST: Rachele Edson, Alexander Vlahos

Rotting Hill
2025 / Anastasia Sidorova / Australia / 15 mins / Romance-Comedy-Horror

CAST: Karli Rae Riesen, Keagan Girdlestone

Coach Days
2025 / Sue Parkhill / UK / 3 mins / Comedy

CAST: Lucas Jefcoate, Noelle Sacher