A 23-minute Australian fever dream where romance curdles like milk in Brisbane heat.
Set in working class Brisbane in 1953, Stations is an evocative short drama featuring Noni Hazelhurst as a young woman coning to terms with her romantic illusions. “A sensual piting of black-and-white social realism against memory-hazed fantasy sequences . . . It is a film of immediate and engaging feel for human weakness and strength”
Cinematography
Stark B&W realism bleeding into soft-focus dream sequences.
Acting
Hazelhurst's face does the heavy lifting—no dialogue needed.
Director
Jackie McKimmie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of only a handful of Australian shorts from this era directed by a woman, made with AFC funding when female filmmakers were fighting for visibility.
The title refers to both train stations and life's stations—McKimmie uses the 1953 setting to explore how women's choices were as limited as the rail lines.
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