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A family arm-wrestling battle and a strange radio program lead a father and son to profound realisations about their place in the world.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: James Weir
- Writer: James Weir
- Producer: Erin Friedman
- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
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Pyrocene responds to the catastrophic Australian bushfires of the summer of 2019/2020, imagining the event in retrospect, as a catalyst, and force that would bring the ending of the world as we know it.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Johnny Milner
- Writer: Johnny Milner, Dave Dexter
- Producer: Johnny Milner
- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
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As the world goes into lockdown, a budding filmmaker documents a young couple struggling with the decision to become parents.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Benjamin Ryan
- Writer: Matt Lausch
- Producer: Nicolas Nalbandian
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
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Based in the world which Aristophanes created in Plato’s The Symposium, where humans were separated by Zeus into two halves, “The Missing Half” explores one’s obsession with finding his other half and what that obsession might lead to.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Sang Lam
- Writer: Sang Lam
- Producer: Tony Plicha
- Runtime: 11min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
25th January 2022
…-com that takes an unexpected turn when the leading lady’s sardonic best friend is called out for hiding behind the ‘quirky sidekick’ role and the world premiere of the dramatic and masterful Run South. GET TICKETS…
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29th January 2022
…th our FlickerKids Shorts for families. From tiny goblins to best friends running a cake shop and a pudgy pug in love…there is something for everyone in this delightfully entertaining programme of shorts that will appeal to the kid in everyone. Then at 4:pm come see our filmmakers of tomorrow with our national SAE FlickerUp Youth Shorts for filmmakers 18 years and under and be amazed at what super clever young filmmakers have to offer in terms o…
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9th March 2022
…e Dating Violet in 2020, during lockdown inspired by the idea of the soul-crushing heartache of being repetitively dumped by waves and in relationships when you’re finding yourself in a small town. Holly was the recipient of a scriptwriting competition through Screen Illawarra, which was a cash prize donated by Lynette Walworth, that made shooting Dating Violet possible. Holly will be present at Flickerfest Huskisson on Saturday night to introduce…
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2nd December 2022
…ntries recieved, with many outstanding entries from at home and around the world. Thanks to all of our entrants and to our wonderful selection committee & programmers who have been glued to their screens considering the feast of entries for our Flickerfest 2023 programme. We are so excited to be returning to the newly renovated Bondi Pavilion venue, and really look forward to welcoming our filmakers, guests & audiences to Flickerfest 2023 at Bondi…
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Based on a true story, a young soldier suspects a man on an Israeli bus of being a suicide bomber. She must now choose between the other passengers’ lives and a potentially innocent man, with the world watching via live-streams.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Neer Shelter
- Writer: Neer Shelter
- Producer: Kristen Hodges, Ran Pasternak
- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Australia, Israel
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After witnessing a traumatic family event, a young boy must choose: tell his mother the truth but destroy his brother’s trust, or stay silent, break from his childhood world and his mother, and join his brother with their dirty secret.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Oskar Weimar
- Writer: Oskar Weimar
- Producer: Weixue Wang, Sam McSweeney
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia