MASIFF - Sweet Milk Lake

Director: Harvey Zielinski | Year: 2025 | Rating: Unclassified 15+ | Runtime: 94 mins | Country: Australia | Genre: Drama, LGBTQIA+ | Language: English

Two films asking how identity shapes the way we are seen, treated and accepted.

After being mistaken for his twin brother by his estranged and dying dad, a self-loathing trans man relishes the opportunity to be one of the boys, until the weight of the lie becomes heavier than his need for the truth.

Starring Harvey Zielinski, Hunter Page-Lochard, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Nic Cassim, Ngaire Pigram, Dave Howell and Belinda McClory.

Content warning: Contains sex scenes

 

 

Accompanying Short: Faceless

Director: William Jaka and Fraser Pemberton | Year: 2025 | Rating: Unclassified 15+ | Runtime: 28 mins | Country: Australia | Genre: Drama, First Nations | Language: English

William Jaka plays an Indigenous man across three parallel realities — as a rough sleeper, an aspiring actor, and an employee of a mining corporation — asking whether changing class/status allows him to belong, or whether he remains an outsider in his own Country.

Best Live Action Short at Sydney Film Festival 2025

Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award at MIFF 2025

2025 AFTRS Craft Award for Music & Sound Design at Sydney Film Festival

 

Doors Open: 5:30 pm | Screening Starts: 6 pm