The Short+Sweet Illawarra film festival returns with for a fifth year with 25 of this year's best screened for one night only.
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The shorts will include a range of local, national and international films - including the Wollongong made documentary The Weedy One, which follows food forager Diego Bonetto's passion for eating weeds; What Time Is It, an animated film following a man who travels back in time ten years to meet his younger self; and Bloody Wars, an Illawarra-made film about a ritual to summon a demon that goes awry.
Other films to be shown include the Wildcard winners: Flight of the Living Planes (best film), Silent Smile (best film runner up), In Search of Woolen-gong (best Illawarra film), Rat Paradise & The Interview (tied best Australian Film), and Sight (best International film).
The Bridge Street Theatre in Coniston will screen the finalists of the competition on Sunday August 27.
Beginning as a small festival of 10 minute plays in Sydney, Short + Sweet has grown into a global organisation and covers theatre, film, dance, cabaret and song.
Tickets are $22 for concession, $27 for adults, through Trybooking.com.
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