Max Boutwell Draper

The documented gig of Pick 'N' Mix feels like what happens when three friends re-meet and reimagine the familiar, with goals of unpacking their particular sets of data brought with them. And then talk about it all; Halloween, old friends, the tooth fairy, the onset of the dark winter. The short film spans the invite, the party, and the can-you-stay? (Yes, those are all Billie Eilish songs) and reconsiders the unconsidered conditionings of a queercoded stranger-danger Australian public education curriculum.

Struck by lightning in the middle of preparing an oven-roast chicken, a woman (Anna Dooley) goes through a period of displacement in the city with a hint of iPhone-induced mental disturbance. Ringing sound triggers her so much she unintentionally uses oranges as noise-canceling headphones. Having moved somewhere quieter and separated her body from technology, she picks said citric fruit and assures her tranquility. - Innas Tsuroiya