Call for Entries 2025
FLiCKERFEST 34th International Short Film Festival
Friday 17 – Sunday 26, January 2025
Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
Flickerfest is an Academy® Award Qualifying and BAFTA Qualifying festival.
FLiCKERFEST, Australia’s premier international short film festival, will be held at the Bondi Pavilion on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach in January 2025. The Festival in 2025 will celebrate 34 years of screening the best short films from Australia and around the world in competitions and special showcases. Following the Festival in Sydney, a selection of films will go on tour to 50+ capital cities and regional centres around Australia.
FLiCKERFEST 2025 Entries
FLiCKERFEST 2025 Official entries for our International, Australian & Documentary (Academy Award® & BAFTA Qualifying) competitions, and FlickerUp, and Specsavers TVC competitions are Now Open!
To submit your film you acknowledge & must fulfill the Eligibility Criteria & abide by the Terms & Conditions on the How To Enter page for each category below.
The 2025 Festival will include the following competitions:
Click the Competition below for Eligibility, Online Entry, T&C’s.
International, Australian & Documentary (Academy Award® & BAFTA Qualifying) competitions – Deadlines
Regular Entries deadline: Wednesday 11th September 2024
Late Entries deadline: Wednesday 9th October 2024
International competition: Open to films from anywhere in the world (outside of Australia); under 35mins, completed in the last 2 years.
Australian competition: Open to films made in Australia or by Australian residents; under 35mins, completed in the last 2 years.
Documentary competition: Open to Australian & International short documentaries; under 35mins, completed in the last 2 years.
FlickerUp Youth competition – Deadline
FlickerUp deadline: Wednesday 20th November 2024
FlickerUp competition: Australian National Youth Competition – open to films from students enrolled in secondary schools in Australia, & individuals 18 and under. Films to be under 35mins, completed in the last 2 years.
Specsavers TVC Competition – Deadline
Specsavers deadline: Monday 12th August 2024
Specsavers TVC competition: is open to Australian filmmakers only; view the creative brief and T&C’s.
Please email: [email protected] with any enquiries.
We can’t wait to announce our Flickerfest 2025 programme in December 2024 for our Academy Award® Qualifying and BAFTA Qualifying festival.
2025 is promising to be a bumper programme with FLiCKERFEST celebrating our 34th year of screening the best short films from Australia and around the world, across 10 days & nights of our competition and special showcase programmes once again on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach.
Join us on the red carpet in Bondi next January!
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Flickerfest Award for Best Short Film (Academy Award® Qualifying)
Flickerfest Special Jury Award
Yoram Gross Award for Best Short Animation (Academy Award® Qualifying)
Flickerfest Award for Best Short Documentary (Academy Award® Qualifying)
EU In Australia Award for Best EU Short Film
Azure Productions Award for Best Rainbow LGBTQi Short Film
AUSTRALIAN AWARDS
Panasonic Lumix Award for Best Australian Short Film (Academy Award® Qualifying)
Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation
Spectrum Films Award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film
AFTRS Award for Best Screenplay in an Australian Short Film
John Barry Award for Best Cinematography in an Australian Short Film
Avid Award for Best Editing in an Australian Short Film
Avid Award For Best Original Music In An Australian Short Film
Rebel8 Award for Outstanding Emerging Female Director
Specsavers Award for Best Australian Comedy Short Film
FLiCKERUP AWARDS
Flickerfest Award for Best Australian Youth Short Film
Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Youth Animation
Avid Award for Best Editing in an Australian Youth Short Film
SPECSAVERS AWARD
Opportunity to direct a fully funded TVC with mentorship and production from the Specsavers Australia Creative Agency and team; plus $5000 AUD
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Industry and cash prizes will be awarded in the above categories of approx $30,000 AUD in value.
(please email [email protected] with any enquiries)