Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Quiet Night Thought follows a couple paired together by a matchmaker, who ponder love, marriage and longing through letters exchanged from afar. The film is based on a personal love story set during the Great Leap Forward in 1950s China.

The Master of Arts Screen short has been awarded gold in the Short Film category at the 2023 ACS QLD & NT Awards. Its successful festival run includes screenings at Flickerfest, Shanghai International Short Week, Rhode Island Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, CinefestOZ, Chinese New Year Southport Chinatown Festival, Darwin International Film Festival, Canada China International Film Festival, Westpac OpenAir Cinema, the Aussie & Kiwi Film Fest in Prague and the Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival.

Watch Quiet Night Thought on ABC iView:

↳ https://iview.abc.net.au/collection/1403

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Writer – Celeste Franklin
Director – Yuxin Cao
Producer – Denis Curnow
Cinematographer – Kevin Nguyen
Editor – Sophie Daulby
Production Designer – Anthony Catanzariti
Sound Supervisor – Luke O’Loughlin
Music – Madeleine Mallis

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