
Adisha Bansal | Editor

Editing Narrative Films

Proof of Concept - AACTA Top 5 Finalist
Boy On The Roof (2024)
Dir: Robin Klaus
This genre-bending short was developed under the guidance of AACTA mentors and created as a part of their Pitch Focus Program for student filmmakers. A coming of age story combined with magical realism.

Proof of Concept - AACTA Top 5 Finalist
Life As Usual (2024)
Dir: Lianne Mackessy
Life As Usual is an intimate and honest social-realist drama. It explores themes of trauma, resilience in the face of hardship, and the helplessness that comes with institutional oppression while reflecting some of the complexities of maintaining a marriage through incarceration. This, too, was developed under the mentorship of AACTA.

Short Film
Smoke (2024)
Dir: Katie Fitzgerald
Smoke is an honest portrayal of a certain type of modern-day long-term relationship. It’s the confusion and disillusionment of sex. The secret people carry with them going about their day-to-day lives.
Official Selection: St. Kilda's Film Festival 2025 (Melbourne)

Short Film
Tuesday Tuesday (2024)
Dir: Lianne Mackessy
A young support worker spends one final shift with her longtime client living with younger-onset dementia and must face the complicated feelings that come with letting go.
World Premiere FlickerFest 2026
Opening Night

Short Film
Listen, Carefully (2024)
Dir: Miki Clarke
Listen, Carefully! is a child-centred drama. An odd-ball yarn of two unlikely friends who discover their true kinship one day too late.

Short Film
Zeest (2024)
Dir: Annapurna Disha Mukherjee
Zeest is a visual poem shot in the winter landscapes of Ladakh at -20°C. Inspired by the mystic poetry of Baba Sheikh Farid, it explores longing and transformation through image, instinct, and elemental stillness.

Short Film
Passage of Time (2024)
Dir: Devamanikandan Kannaya Somu
This quiet, gentle short explores grief in its most raw form

Short Film
Little Light (2023)
Dir: Lionel Sean
Proof of Concept for a feature showcasing anItalian immigrant family and their hardships.
