The Nillumbeats Short Film Festival is an annual film making competition for high school students aged 12-18 who live, work, study or play in Nillumbik. Entries are assessed by a panel of film industry experts and selected films are played on the big screen at Hoyts Greensborough in December each year! Prizes are also awarded across a range of categories.
On Tuesday 25 we hosted the 2025 Short Film Festival. 14 amazing films made by 22 talented filmmakers were screened.
The films were judged by the Nillumbeats Committee with the support of a screen & media student at Collarts. Congratulations to the winners:
Most Original Idea - See A Penny by Mina Fraillon
Best Cinematography - The Venus Flytrap by Hudson Dyer
Most Inspiring Film - The Turnaround by William Hand
Funniest Moment or Character - Milk Bar by Finn Conley and Marley Davis
Third place - Blues by Harrison O’Toole
Second place - Flip by Flynn Jewell
First place - A Family Affair by William Genat
'Quick Change' By J Smith
Hot-shot performer Naomi Crichton thinks of herself as a professional. Every week for the last month she has appeared in a new wave musical interpretation of Frankenstein, in which she has roughly four minutes and thirty seconds to completely change her costume and makeup, which is not a problem at all. Usually. Naomi is about to have a very bad day.
'Unified Intellect' by Clay Scalzo
A new teacher discovers that his seemingly perfect school is controlled by a sinister hive mind, leading him to a struggle for his autonomy and sanity.
'The Hellscape Company' by Kael Crawford
A man discovers that his mind is under the control of an evil company.