Strung Up, 16 mm, 9 mins 47 secs, 1996. Writer/director C Johnstone. Photo: Natalie Poole.

Catherine has written short screenplays, which she has also directed. Details about these short films are in the Screen Guide, Screen Australia. They have been selected for screening on SBS, the Classic Cinema and many international and national film festivals, including the following.

• Disappeared screened on Eat Carpet on SBS, 2002

• Disappeared screened with a feature film for six weeks at the Classic Cinema in Elsternwick, Melbourne, 2002

• Melbourne Queer Film and Video Festival, winner of the Turtle Cove Award for Best Australian Short Film, 1997

• Melbourne Fringe Festival of Film and Video, Special Commendation Award, 1995

• Atom Award nominations for for Best Experimental Film, 2002, and Best Tertiary Student Production, 1996

• St Kilda Film Festival, 2002

• Melbourne International Film Festival, 2001

• National Student Film and Video Festival, 3rd Prize for Narrative Film, 1997

• Seattle International Film Festival, 1997

• Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, 1997

• Manchester International Short Film and Video Festival, 1997

• Frameline San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 1997

• Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 1997

• International Festival of Cinema, Figuera Da Foz, Portugal, 1997

• Image and Nation International Film Festival, Montreal, 1997

• Reel Affirmations Film Festival, Washington, USA, 1997

• Verzaubert Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 1997

• Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival, 1997

• Flickerfest International Outdoor Short Film Festival, 1996

• Hawaii International Film Festival, 1995

Directing Migisook, 1995. Photo: Naomi Herzog.