Flickering into the New Year | Take A Trip Around The World
As we launch into 2023 we want to wish you all, our film-loving friends, a healthy, happy & film-filled year ahead.
With just under 2 weeks until Flickerfest hits the big screen we cant wait for you to join us at the stunningly, revamped Bondi Pavilion, both in our palm fringed lawn cinema under the stars and in the comfy indoor theatre, offering an enticing summer festival venue befitting the incredible cinema on offer.
With over 200 shorts screening across 29 competitive programmes and showcase sessions, Flickerfest 2023 features a glittering line-up in an astounding programme of the best short films from at home and the world selected from a record 3200 entries.
Tickets are very limited so get in quick to secure yours now at www.flickerfest.com.au
FLiCKERFEST 2023 OPENING NIGHT GALA!
Join the filmmakers and stars on the red carpet under the stars at iconic Bondi Beach for the Flickerfest 2023 Opening Night Gala. Choose a screening only ticket to catch an eclectic and inspiring preview screening of festival highlights or grab a very limited ticket to both the screening and fully catered opening night after party and relax after the screening in our panoramic beachside bar and balcony in the stunningly revamped Bondi Pavilion, overlooking Bondi Beach.
DJ extraordinaire and Vivid Music director Stephen Ferris will be pumping out his legendary tunes and you can savour the delicious catering from Glory Days Bondi whilst enjoying an amazing selection of beverages from our generous sponsors Rosnay Organic Wine, Gage Roads Brewing Co., PS Organic Beveragesand delicious cocktails from Four Pillars Gin.
Get your tickets now and come and join us for what promises to be a superstar opening night of shorts to launch Flickerfest’s inspiring festival of shorts for 2023!
FLiCKERKIDS SHOWCASE PROGRAMME!
Our delightful programme of 10 animated shorts for shorties and families will be appeal to the kid in everyone, through a programme of charming shorts from across the world. Highlights include include the magical Paolo’s Happiness where a man and his cat create a flower filled world and the delightful Australian animation, Bellysaurus where a small dinosaur dreams of being a big dinosaur, until danger strikes and she learns its whats inside that counts ! Head here to check out the full FlickerKids programme.
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION IN OUR DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION PROGRAMMES
Catch two inspiring programmes featuring 13 amazing real stories from at home and across the world, all vying for the prestigious Academy® qualifying award for Best Documentary Short, including the moving and intimate Away, recent winner of the IDFA award for best short documentary, that gives personal and heartfelt insight into two Ukrainian teenagers, trying to forge a new life for themselves and a host of fellow refugee kids, far from their war torn home.
JOURNEY ACROSS EUROPE WITH THE EU SHORT FILM SHOWCASE!
Don’t miss this incredible cinematic celebration of all things Euro and Flickerfest in this programme showcasing the best of moving and entertaining shorts from the European Union countries, all competing for the EU Delegation to Australia Award for Best EU Short Film. Highlights include the moving Danish short Ivalu from the Academy® Award winning writer/director Anders Walters, a mesmerising and heartfelt drama/thriller where the viewer is transported to the stunning landscapes of Greenland and the life of an inuit family, based on the award winning Danish graphic novel “Ivalu” by Morten Dürr and Lars Horneman.
CATCH THE BEST SHORT FILMS FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA!
An incredible 64 shorts from across Oz will be in the running for the Academy® Qualifying Panasonic Australia LUMIX Award for Best Australian Short Film.Highlights include the world premieres of Six Of One starring Isobel Lucas (Transformers, Bosch & Rocket) from Writer/Director Minka Bleakley; Waves starring Susie Porter, filmed locally at Tamarama Beach; kooky comedy The Fritz, starring Trevor Jamieson (Rabbit Proof Fence, Storm Boy); plus Too Many Ethnics by award winning writer Vonne Patiag, (Here Out West, The Usual Suspects).
TRAVEL ACROSS THE GLOBE THIS FLiCKERFEST !
Thirty-seven hot shorts from countries far and wide that will make you shed a tear, laugh-out-loud or inspire you in our Academy® Qualifying International competition including Man To Man, a hard-hitting, emotional rollercoaster by UK director Sheroze Khan starring SAG/Independent Spirit Award-nominated David Harewood MBE (Homeland, Blood Diamond)and the hilarious award-winning Swedish comedy The Diamond, in which a lonely man goes to extraordinary lengths to find a new friend.
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