One week to go – Grab your tix now! | Meet the Jury
JUST OVER ONE WEEK TO GO TIL WE HIT THE BIG SCREEN!
With just over one week to go until Flickerfest hits our Bondi big screens we are getting so excited to share an extraordinary programme of 200 of the worlds best short films with you. From hilarious comedy to moving social drama, amazing real life documentary tales, to the joy of love, films for families and much, much more, this exceptional programme will take you on a journey across Australia and the world from the comfort of your cinema seat!
Our alfresco festival lawn cinema, comfy indoor theatre and panoramic festival bar overlooking Bondi Beach are the perfect venues for the worlds best short cinema and summer destination to chill out pre and post screening. And, with delicious and substantial food options from Glory Days, and refreshing beverages from our fabulous partners Four Pillars Gin, Gage Roads Brewing, Rosnay Organic Wines and PS Organic, you won’t want to leave!
SPOTLIGHT ON INDIGENOUS FILMMAKING TALENT!
We honour Survival-day at Flickerfest with our Indigenous Spotlight, showcasing on an incredible collection of fresh indigenous shorts handpicked from across Flickerfest 2023, recognising our most talented indigenous creatives, both in front of and behind the camera. Highlights include the world premieres of haunting TSI cultural drama Katele (Mudskipper) from talented team Wri/Dir John Harvey and Prod Gillian Moody, screening alongside the sweet coming of age drama The Dress and up and coming regional NSW filmmaker Jahvis Loveday’s personal look at his cultural practise and the impacts of contemporary western society Bangay Lore.
CELEBRATE TRUE STORIES WITH OUR DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION PROGRAMMES
What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than catching the most remarkable true tales from around the globe. The second of our incredible Academy® Qualifying competition programmes, Best of Documentary Shorts 2, features the multi-award winning Long Line Of Ladies from the USA, in which agirl and her community prepare for her Ihuk, the once-dormant coming of age ceremony of the Karuk tribe of Northern Californias. Along with the fabulously unique Backflip, in which an AI is trained to do a backflip in place of its creator.
TRAVEL THE GLOBE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SHORTS COMPETITION PROGRAMMES
We kick off the first Saturday at Flickerfest with the first of five incredible international competition programmes featuring 37 of the very best short films from across the globe. What would you do if you found out you could control the world (and your boss) via a model railway after being passed over for a big promotion at work? Well, find out what Miranda does in the UK film Dream Big, and maybe take some inspiration too!
Born to Cry is a delightfully quirky comedy-romance that takes you to highly unexpected places, in only the way great short film can! It is one of the Festival Director’s favourites, and will be sure to impress on both Opening Night and in Best of International Shorts 3.
JOIN IN THE FLiCKERFEST OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATIONS!
Opening night here we come! Grab a screening only ticket, or join us for the screening and party, walk the red carpet and enjoy a complimentary welcome drink on arrival.
Before we light up the big screen meet the filmmakers, then view an incredible selection of 8 short film highlights, including the world premieres of Tarneit, which won the 2022 Iris Prize and The Fritz, starring Trevor Jamieson, who will be along on the night to introduce the film!
Stay on after the screening and make a night of it at our Opening Night Screening & Party. Rub shoulders with the film industry, grab a cocktail, organic wine or delicious Gage Road brew from our generously stocked bar, and enjoy delicious snacks from Glory Days Bondi. Enjoy great company on our panoramic balcony overlooking Bondi Beach and dance the night away to legendary DJ Stephen Ferris on the decks.
Tickets to our Flickerfest 2023 Opening Night are limited and selling fast so jump in now to secure yours today!
MEET THE FLiCKERFEST 2023 JURY!
As Australia’s only Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA recognised short film festival we are thrilled to welcome an exceptional team of industry experts on our jury this year.
Joining the jury for our Academy® Qualifying Best Australian Short are esteemed industry members Bjorn Stewart, director of the AACTA award-winning mini series All My Friends are Racist, Sacha Horler, one of Australia’s most loved and respected actors, and Del Kathryn Barton, a Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist and director.
Actor, screenwriter and producer Krew Boylan (Seriously Red) will join fellow jurors Dean Francis, multi-award winning director, producer and cinematographer, plus writer/ associate producer/ star of Here Out West Arka Das to make the big decisions in our International Competition programmes.
Our Documentary Jury will be helmed by Maya Newell, critically acclaimed director, Alex West, who has produced and directed over 40 factual documentary series and specials across the world, and Luke Cornish, who’s debut feature doco. won the Jury prize at SFF 2022, and is in consideration for the 2023 Academy Awards.
Our Rainbow Shorts competition boasts a fabulous jury made up of award-winning Sydney based writer, director and producer Craig Boreham, alongside Margaret McHugh, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and creative practice researcher. Liam Heyen, a passionate producer (Cleverman) and Beson Wu, founder of the Taiwan Film Festival in Australia, will join them to find the creme-de-la-creme of queer film.
Celebrating the young filmmakers of tomorrow, our SAE FlickerUp competition awards will be in the hands of James Majors, breakout star of Netflix sensation Heartbreak High, Renee Black, journalist, writer and screen professional and Australian actress Julia Savage, who received an AACTA nomination for best actress in feature film Blaze.
We wish all our esteemed jury members the very best in making some very big decisions over the coming weeks! The awards will be presented at our Closing Night Awards Screening and Party on Sunday the 29th of January.
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