Film Index
Find all the films showing at the 2025 Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival in one place. You can sort by column by clicking on the column title.
| Film Title | Country of Production | Director | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Vision | Australia | Lisa Smithies | Chucklers Volume 2 | |
| A Family Affair | Australia | William Genat | Screener Picks and Young Filmmakers | |
| A Film About My Dad | Australia | Daniel Jeppesen-Field | Sunshine State Volume 2 and Best of Sunshine State | |
| A Message To The Author | Australia | Andrey Goulter | Solid Gold Volume 2 | |
| A Second Chance | Australia | Tahlia Ewings | Young Filmmakers | |
| À toi les oreilles | Canada | Alexandre Isabelle | Quirky, Weird & Wonderful | |
| Accoladia | Australia | Jesse Vogelaar | Quirky, Weird & Wonderful | |
| Afterglow | Australia | Vicky Wanless | Love Hearts (romance) | |
| All The Babies Are Born Naked In Cachoeira do Sul (Todos os Bebês Nascem Pelados em Cachoeira do Sul) | Brazil | Thiago Beckenkamp, Eduarda Rodrigues | Late Night Laughs | |
| AMOK | Australia | Kahli Gaskin | Love Hearts (romance) | |
| And The Ocean Agreed | Australia | Tanya Modini | Sunshine State Volume 2 and Heartstrings | |
| APY Ranger Visit | Australia | Imogen Thomas | Solid Gold Volume 1 | |
| Archipelago | Australia | Clayton D. Moss | Screener Picks | |
| Audio Description | United States of America | Luke J. Salewski | Quirky, Weird & Wonderful | |
| Babka | United States of America | Serena Dykman | Around the Globe (world stories) | |
| Ballerina | Iran | Soheil Babaei and Farima Khalili | Around the Globe (world stories) | |
| Bear's Biscuits | Australia | Lucia Mette | Young Filmmakers | |
| Bedtime Story | United States of America | Rachael Hansil | Family Gold | |
| Before the Dawn | Ukraine, Poland, Switzerland, Canada, Portugal | Alexander Denysenko | Quirky, Weird & Wonderful | |
| Behind the Smile | Australia | Rebecca Kirwan | Reel Stories (doco) | |
| Bernice | Australia | Madeleine Wighton and Tony Gardiner | Chucklers Volume 1 and Best of Chucklers | |
| Beyond Measure | Australia | David Ferrier | Heartstrings | |
| Beyond the Waves | Australia | Oliver Marsden, Karen Jackson | Sunshine State Volume 2 and Best of Sunshine State | |
| Bingo | Australia | Joe Wilkie | Chucklers Volume 1 | |
| Booked | United Kingdom | Tyson Green | Late Night Laughs | |
| Breath | India | Arishmita Manna | Animation | |
| Burden of Light | Egypt | Salma Orabi | Family Gold | |
| Call Your Mom | United Kingdom | Ravenna Tran | Heart & Soul (connections) | |
| Cell Buddies | The Netherlands | Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miguel Reyes, Arjen van der Plas, Jurgen de Smit | Animation | |
| Chairs | United Kingdom | James Hughes | Late Night Gold | |
| Choice | Australia | Cate Commisso | Heartstrings | |
| Clockwork | Australia | Ross Luttrell | Sunshine State Volume 1 | |
| Collage | Spain | Màrius Conrotto Díaz | Love Hearts (romance) | |
| Colour | Australia | Caleb Nolan | Young Filmmakers | |
| Contracting the Cooties | United States of America | Skylar Levine, Maya Bayewitch | Family Gold | |
| Cordelia, Daughter Of The Sea | Australia | Maddie Grammatopoulos | Heartstrings | |
| Cups | Spain | David Casals-Roma | Love Hearts (romance) | |
| Cut Short | Australia | Tim Ross | Late Night Gold | |
| Dad | Australia | Riley Eli Jones | Heartstrings | |
| Dancing In The Rain | Taiwan, Japan | Chao-chun Yeh | Family Gold | |
| Dear Imelda | Ireland | Árón Holden | Short & Stout | |
| Don't Feed the Unicorn | United States of America | Kimberly Peh, Katherine Hogan | Family Gold | |
| Donkey Bat | Iran | Mostafa Ghorbanpour | Animation | |
| Dusty | Australia | Jeremy Lindsay Taylor | Late Night Laughs | |
| Eat Up! | Australia | Yuxin Cao | Heart & Soul (connections) | |
| Eddie Ray - That Guy Without a Smart Phone | Australia | Mark Gray, Aimee Gray | Comedy Gold | |
| Elephant | Australia | Mia Innocenti | Animation | |
| Fading Dream | Iran | Armin Etemadi | Solid Gold Volume 2 | |
| Finding Jia | Australia | Alice Yang | Heart & Soul (connections) | |
| Fool's Gold | Australia | Alex Wright | Family Gold | |
| Fourteen and Nine Months | Australia | Yvette Turnbull | Chucklers Volume 2 | |
| Fundbox - A love Story | Austria | Miles Merritt, Gail Kemplar | Solid Gold Volume 1 | |
| Opa-Pappou (Grandfather) | Australia | Katharina Crisanthi Keil | Screener Picks | |
| Grandpa's Stamps | United States of America | Yunqing Pan | Family Gold | |
| Guy's Night | Australia | Matthew Nunn | Late Night Laughs | |
| Happy Death Day | United Kingdom | Shay Kuehlmann and Kate Roxburgh | Short & Stout | |
| Happy Tape | Iran | Arshia Zeinali | Solid Gold Volume 2 | |
| Hot Mess | United Kingdom | Tortor Smith | Animation | |
| In The Doghouse | Australia | Aron Attiwell | Screener Picks | |
| ingrained | Australia | Mark Bernard | Animation | |
| Kick in the Teeth | Australia | Paulie Bird | Sunshine State Volume 1 | |
| Lady | Australia | Elliot Grace | Young Filmmakers | |
| Lets Live for Tonight | Australia | Chase Bradshaw | Young Filmmakers and Heartstrings | |
| Little Light | Australia | Lionel Seah | Heart & Soul (connections) | |
| Live From the Alice | Australia | Damon van der Schuit | Chucklers Volume 1 and Best of Chucklers | |
| Lollipops | Australia | Hannah Moon | Family Gold | |
| LOLO | Mexico | Ana Gabriela Gutiérrez Salgado | Late Night Gold | |
| Loose Strands | United Kingdom | Panayiota Panteli | Heart & Soul (connections) | |
| Love Shack 99 | Australia | Abigail Hargrave | Reel Stories (doco) | |
| Lovebirds | United Kingdom | Christian Azzola | Family Gold | |
| Mates | Australia | Rory Pearson | Late Night Gold | |
| Melody of seeds | Australia | Jiayun Zhang | Animation | |
| Musikill | Australia | Martha Goddard | Comedy Gold and Best of Chucklers | |
| Myself and My Enemyz | Australia | Mark Bernard | Animation | |
| Not In the Mood | Australia | Cameron Tyler | Chucklers Volume 2 and Best of Chucklers | |
| Not Yet | Australia | Holly Fraser | Heartstrings | |
| Over (or how to save the world) | Australia | Duncan Ragg and Anna Phillips | Solid Gold Volume 2 | |
| Percebes | Portugal | Alexandra Ramires | Animation | |
| Place Under the Sun | Moldova | Vlad Bolgarin | Around the Globe (world stories) | |
| Plus(symbol) One | Australia | Duncan Ragg | Chucklers Volume 2 | |
| Quiescence | Australia | Daniel Su | Young Filmmakers | |
| Remote Strutting | Ireland | Lorna Fitsimons | Quirky, Weird & Wonderful | |
| Resaca | United Kingdom | Joe Borg | Short & Stout | |
| Reunion | Ireland | Maura Foley | Solid Gold Volume 2 | |
| Rochelle | NZ | Tom Furniss | Late Night Laughs | |
| Romchyk | Ukranian | Alexis Bicât | Around the Globe (world stories) | |
| Room Taken | Ireland | TJ O'Grady Penton | Short & Stout | |
| Running Away | Australia | Dari Justin | Young Filmmakers | |
| Ruth | Australia | Sophie Lai | Young Filmmakers | |
| Ryan Can't Read | United Kingdom | Rhys Chapman | Short & Stout | |
| S The Wolf | France | Sameh Alaa | Chucklers Volume 1 | |
| Scapegoat | Réunion | Nicolas Séry | Around the Globe (world stories) | |
| Secret Handshakes | Canada | Jenna Marks | Animation | |
| Selfmade Solace | Australia | Owen Liu | Family Gold | |
| Smiley | Australia | Beverley Marcusson | Sunshine State Volume 2 | |
| Solid Ground | Australia | Timothy Grubisic | Chucklers Volume 2 and Best of Chucklers | |
| Stand By Me | The Netherlands, Iran | Parisa Zandbaf | Love Hearts (romance) | |
| Stone of Destiny | Czech Republic | Julie Černá | Quirky, Weird & Wonderful | |
| Strawberry Cheesecake | Australia | Sean L. McParland | Sunshine State Volume 1 and Best of Sunshine State | |
| Suddenly a Bird | Iran | Elaheh Farnia | Animation | |
| Teddy On The Edge | United Kingdom | Paul Liam Kerr | Family Gold | |
| The Art Side Of The Moon | Australia | Kim Jean Ingles | Sunshine State Volume 2 | |
| The Ceremony | Canada | Maxime Divier | Love Hearts (romance) | |
| The Cop From Wagga | Australia | Lina Talib | Reel Stories (doco) | |
| The Doodle | Australia | Laura Walls | Chucklers Volume 1 | |
| The Devil You Know | Australia | Frankie Codd | Late Night Gold | |
| The Elevator | Australia | Jay Ferguson | Young Filmmakers | |
| The Future Can Be Yours | United Kingdom | Simon Ball | Quirky, Weird & Wonderful | |
| The Lifeguard | Australia | Eleanor Swan | Family Gold | |
| The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste | Australia | Pernell Marsden | Chucklers Volume 2 and Best of Chucklers | |
| The Mooning | United States of America | Mason Klesch, Vivian Osness | Chucklers Volume 1 and Best of Chucklers | |
| The Oldest Heart | Australia | Jessica Sherlock | Sunshine State Volume 1 and Best of Sunshine State | |
| The Porcelain Bus | Australia | Frazier Brockett | Sunshine State Volume 2 and Best of Sunshine State | |
| The Pumpkin | Australia | Lucia Mette | Family Gold | |
| The Quarantine Redemption | Iran | Bahar Dorabadi | Solid Gold Volume 1 | |
| The Ranch Motel | Australia | Damian McLindon | Reel Stories (doco) | |
| The Sax | Australia | Naomi Fryer | Solid Gold Volume 1 | |
| The Sharks | Australia | Stuart Clegg | Reel Stories (doco) | |
| The Solo | Australia | Ryan Ma | Young Filmmakers | |
| This Land | Australia | Master Kapow | Family Gold | |
| Between Then and Now | Australia | Remi Leclercq | An Afternoon With Those Folk | |
| Two Windows, Two People | Australia | Bruke Hintsa | Animation | |
| Vinny | Ireland | Declan Boyle | Animation | |
| Waiting | Iran | Amir Rooini | Solid Gold Volume 1 | |
| Wargs in the Wallum | Australia | Jon Coghill | Sunshine State Volume 1 | |
| Wax On Wax Off | Australia | Hudson Dyer | Young Filmmakers | |
| Wax Rat | Australia | Nicholas Price, Kirsty Eagar | Screener Picks | |
| Where The Girls Are | Australia | Zion Poy and Lukas Schulz | Sunshine State Volume 1 and Best of Sunshine State | |
| Where The Stars Rest | India | Vedanga Nag | Family Gold | |
| Where To? | United Kingdom | Jill Worsley | Chucklers Volume 2 and Best of Chucklers | |
| While We Still Have Time | Australia | Ava Grimshaw-Hall | Reel Stories (doco) | |
| Wonderbot | Australia | Alegra Delannoy Iturra | Young Filmmakers | |
| Jingle Man | Australia | Catherine Prosser & Paul Bissett | Comedy Gold |