Our projects
These are some of the many films which hartflicker's enfant terrible, Phoebe Hart, has directed, produced and/or written. Don't forget to also check out hartflicker's pages for Downunder Grads and Roller Derby Dolls. Many projects are available to view on Vimeo.
ORCHIDS: MY INTERSEX ADVENTURE
Documentary filmmaker, Phoebe Hart, comes clean on a journey of self-discovery around her hidden intersex variation. Official Website.
Genre: Documentary Duration: 56/60 minutes Format: 16:9 PAL Language: English
2010 Winner, Showtime Top Ten, Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
2010 Best Documentary (General), ATOM Film and Multimedia Awards
2011 Nominee, Best Documentary Under One Hour, AACTA Awards Australia
2011 Nominee, Best Documentary, IF Awards Australia
2011 Winner, John Deen Memorial Award, Spokane LGBT Film Festival USA
2011 Winner, Most Outstanding Documentary Award, Queer Fruits Film Festival Australia
2011 Winner, Best Documentary, Mix Copenhagen Denmark
2012 Winner, Best Stand Alone Documentary, Australian Directors Guild Awards Australia
2012 Winner, Gold Kahuna Award, Honolulu Film Awards USA
2012 Winner, Prix Spécial du Jury du Film Documentaire, Chéries-Chéris Film Festival France
2013 Winner, Best Documentary, MUJERdoc International Festival of Documentary Cinema on Gender Spain
Duncan Norris is the last friend of the dead. In this probing, insightful and humourous documentary, hartflicker and Fury Productions find out why Duncan chooses to work as an embalmer and prepare the deceased for their final public appearance. Broadcast nationally in 2004 on George Negus Tonight, ABC TV. (Check out this cool radio story on ABC Brisbane featuring our favourite mortician.)
Genre: Documentary Duration: 5 minutes Format: 16:9 PAL Language: English
2004 George Negus Tonight, ABC TV, Australia
2004 Into the Light, QPix Project Screenings, Dendy Cinema, Australia
OUR PLACE
Our Place examines the concepts of family, place and space as experienced by Aboriginal children living in Brisbane, Australia. Our Place follows kids from three different families all with links to 'country' but now all living in an urban setting. Fun, thought-provoking and at times philosophical, Our Place is a portrait of indigenous children living, loving and learning. Produced with the support of the Ceridwen Greenfield Scholarship.
Genre: Documentary Duration: 14 minutes Format: 4:3 PAL Language: English
DANCING HANDS
At the 2005/06 Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland, Australia, AUSLAN deaf teachers and communicators impart an understanding of their world to members of the general public through a series of workshops, culminating in a New Years Day performance of the Dancing Hands Deaf Choir.
Genre: Community Duration: 12 & 41 minutes Format: 4:3 PAL Language: English
DISCO PUPPIES. A collaboration with art collective kuuki's kid-friendly interactive installation (featuring disco-mad mutts DJ Foxie, Pup Daddy and Miss Kitty) designed for galleries and festivals. The Disco Puppies have entertained thousands of children and parents since their debut at the Ipswich Gallery in November 2005, with over 14 000 visitors to the exhibition at Ipswich Art Gallery, and 34 000 visitors at the Warrnambool Fun 4 Kids Children's Festival.
Genre: Interactive Installation Duration: 2 minutes Format: 4:3 PAL Language: English
2008-9 Ipswich Art Gallery, Australia
2007 Warrnambool Fun 4 Kids Children's Festival, Australia
2006 Kick Arts in Cairns, Australia
2006 Townsville City Library, Australia
2005-6 Ipswich Art Gallery, Australia
MEMOIRS OF A TRAVELLING ARCHITECT. As globalisation increases and urban sprawl spreads, cities are gradually becoming more and more homogenised, losing any sense of character and cultural difference. This highly experimental film explores the relationship between place and memory as experienced by architect James Davidson, for whom the memory of the many metropolises he has visited around the globe merge as one in his mind's eye. The video can be viewed on the JDA website.
Genre: Experimental Duration: 12 minutes Format: 4:3 PAL Language: English
TEAM PLASTIQUE VS UGGMAN AND SHAZZA
When saucy art-trash band members Legs Akimbo, Miss Dish and Psy-Cat discover Monsieur Peacock (AKA Axel Dankeschon) has been kidnapped by bogans Ugg-Man and Shazza, they go into overdrive to rescue their hero. Band website.
Genre: Mockumentary Duration: 7 minutes Format: 4:3 PAL Language: English
Nat and John are activists that bypass the food on supermarket shelves and wait for nightfall to raid the bins out the back of the stores. 'Dumpsters' are full of 'just past the use-by date' produce - food that is a day or two too old but still perfectly edible. Dumpster Divers reveals an inventive way to find a meal and deal with the serious problem of waste. This mini-doc is a useful 'how to' with instant audience appeal.
Genre: Documentary Duration: 5 minutes Format: 16:9 PAL Language: English
2006 Other Worlds are Breathing (Australian leg)
2004 Other Worlds are Breathing, World Social Forum, India
2004 Green Film Festival, Korea
2004 Green Lens, Woodford Folk Festival, Australia
2003 Wild Spaces Film Festival,
Australia (Finalist for ProCam Award)
This is Deet’s story – a portrait of an eccentric and outspoken Jewish grandmother from Chicago now living on her own and far away from her family as an ex-pat in Antigua, Guatemala. Although it's cheaper living in Central America than the States, Deet is struggling to make ends meet. She brazenly approaches travelers and backpackers in the town square and offers her services as a masseuse. However, it's lonely only mixing with people who are 'passing through' and Deet yearns for somebody special in her life.
Genre: Documentary Duration: 5 minutes Format: 4:3 PAL Language: English & Spanish
2003 Suck, Straight Out of Brisbane, Australia
True to the mock-umentary format, Melvin's Disbability follows the story of a man with fictitious disability... Melvin has 'pipes' for arms. The film focuses on the small and big things that make his life unique... whether it's the differences in the daily routine or the difficulties of relating to family and friends. Using black humour, Melvin (played by Robert Mullins) shows us all that, when it comes down to it, everyone just wants to belong and be loved.
Genre: Mockumentary Duration: 2 minutes Format: 4:3 PAL Language: English
2005 Fake Film Festival, Adelaide International Film Festival, Australia
This frenetic and fun mini-doc explores the culture of pitching a tent and spending the night 'outdoors' in one of the world's most built-up and heavily populated cities. There are many parks and open spaces in and around Tokyo... the perfect place to pitch camp. The economic downturn throughout Asia in the 90s has seen these public areas become makeshift townships made of canvas and debris - a very unusual sight in Japan where homelessness is a taboo subject. However, the question remains: can a cheeky Aussie backpacker save the money he'd normally spend on expensive hostels, and cash in on the authorities reluctance to confront squatters camping in the park?
Genre: Documentary Duration: 5 minutes Format: 16:9 PAL Language: English & Japanese
2003 Suck, Straight Out of Brisbane, Australia
SHANGRI-LA
Shangri-La tells the stories of two volunteer masseurs at the Shangri-La Massage and Rest Area. Nick and Harmony work with their hands and hearts to heal the aches and pains, cares and troubles of exhausted festival-goers at the 2005/06 Woodford Folk Festival. As they work, they recount their life stories, which are funny, poignant, and magical. For more information... click here.
Genre: Documentary Duration: 10 minutes Format: 16:9 PAL Language: English
2006/07 Finalist, Spirit of Woodford Competition
TRAJE
The weaving traditions of Mayan women and the threats to the survival of this ancient craft are explored in this documentary shot entirely in Central America. For more information... click here.
Genre: Documentary Duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds Format: 4:3 PAL Language: Spanish with English subtitles
2006 India Social Forum, New Dehli, India
2006 Other Worlds are Breathing Australia, Brisbane, Australia
2006 TRI Continental Film Festival, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata, India
2005 Other Worlds are Breathing, Porto Allegre, Brazil and Travelling Package
2005 Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
