Southern Lakes film-makers showing their work include Guillaume Charton, Frederique Gulcher, Andrew Hillman, Robert Holt, Scott Kennedy, Clees Lambridis, Margaret O'Hanlon, Greg Parker, Tim Pierce, Trey Ratcliff, Darren Simmonds, Daisy Thor-Poet and Finlay Woods.
Society president Tanya Surrey said a wide range of genres were represented this year - documentary, action sport, drama, comedy, horror, visual poetry and much more.
"The film-makers we are showcasing are among the best our region has to offer with many of them showing work on the international stage.
"To give you a sense of the quality of films we have on show this year, five of the films were finalists or winners of other national or international film festivals," she said.
The "Encore Presentation of our Local Short Film Night" will be held in the Front Room Gallery at Fluid Visual Communications, Queenstown, on October 5 at 7pm.
The public is asked to bring their own snacks, drinks and chair to the event in the gallery in Memorial St..
Admission is $5 towards the Wakatipu Youth Trust, which is behind the Youth Booth.
After a two-week break for the school holidays, the society returns to its 2012 programme of screenings for members with Five Days in September: The Rebirth of an Orchestra on October 16.
The 2005 Canadian film depicts how the struggling Toronto Symphony Orchestra gets one last chance as charismatic new maestro Peter Oundjian takes the rostrum.
New Zealander John Mandelberg's documentary about Palestinian music and dance, Watani Habibi, is screened as the opener at 8.30pm.
New members can join on the night of screenings in Dorothy Brown's Cinema, Arrowtown.
