Footy Shorts

After their premiere at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), these five short documentaries centring Australia's game will light up the Big Screen on Grand Final Eve.

A group of young Chinese Australian footballers come together; the first openly queer ex-AFL player steps back onto the field; a community fights for the safety and dignity of its children; a former AFLW player traces a path from her heroes to the new generation of African Australian stars; and cheer squad members prepare to face a club they haven’t beaten in a decade.

Films include Carn the Chinese! (dir. Angela How), For the Boys (dir. Mitchell Withers), Invincible Spirit (dir. Mark Thomson, David Callow), KURA: An African AFL Story (dir. Akec Makur Chuot, Meg Duncan) and North Melbourne Cheer Squad (dir. Jasper Caverly, Andrew Goode).

Presented by Fed Square in partnership with MIFF and the AFL, supported by VicScreen.