2PM Cinema 5 - Retrospective (SHORT COLLISIONS)

Please note, the order on this page does not necessarily represent the order in which films will play.

This session spotlights RGFF alumni writer/director Andrew Kavanagh. Immerse yourself in his trilogy SHORT COLLISIONS, three dark and absurd short films that blend time and juxtapose ritual, told through Kavanagh's signature long takes.

Welcome Home Allen (Retrospective)
Andrew Kavanagh
Comedy
A group of soldiers return home from war, to a world that may no longer recognise them.
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At the Formal
Andrew Kavanagh
Comedy
Modern and ancient rituals collide in this macabre depiction of a high school formal.
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Men of the Earth
Andrew Kavanagh
Comedy
The second in director Andrew Kavanagh’s filmic observations of tribalism and ritual in contemporary society, MEN OF THE EARTH follows on from AT THE FORMAL, taking us behind the stop sign of a roadworks site to observe a secret ceremony of working men.
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We acknowledge the sovereignty of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation whose unceded land will always be a home of storytelling and culture.