7th January 2022
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE FLiCKERFEST TEAM! As we launch into 2022 we want to wish you all, our film-loving friends, a healthy, happy and film-filled year ahead. With just under 2 weeks until Flickerfest hits the big screen we cant wait for you to join us in our bespoke and glam festival garden, including The Famous Spiegeltent indoor cinema, outdoor lawn cinema and breezy festival garden bar, creating an enticing summer venue befitting the incredi…
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Luna, a young transfeminine woman, attends her family’s annual Chinese New Year gathering for the first time since her transition. Already prepared to be compared to her other cousins for her career choices and lack of motivation, she must also explain to her conservative family her decision to transition into being a woman at the request of her mother.
- Director: Andy Diep
- Writer: Andy Diep
- Producer: Michelle Ny, Vada Gock, Yingna Lu
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
26th January 2023
…check out Flickerfest’s Rainbow Shorts programme, which celebrates LGBTIQ+ stories from around the world. For the sixth year curator Craig Boreham takes us around the world and on an amazing journey through the best of contemporary queer cinema. Direct from Cannes and TIFF check out the haunting The Pass from the USA . Get Tickets LOVE BITES SHORTS At 9PM, if you’re looking for the perfect date night or just a programme of upbeat and heartwarming…
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Setsuko, a 55-year-old single ‘office lady’ in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, “Lucy,” by her young unconventional English instructor. “Lucy” awakens desires Setsuko never knew she had. When the instructor suddenly disappears, Setsuko must come to terms with what remains – herself.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi
- Writer: Atsuko Hirayanagi
- Producer: Atsuko Hirayanagi
- Running Time: 21 min
- Year: 2014
- Country: Japan
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Adèle, an english teacher is about to board in Saint-Malo with her class on a ferry to England. But this time she needs to put up with the arrival of a new pupil who is about to disrupt the crossing and push the professor to reevaluate herself…
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Director: Paul Marques Duarte
- Writer: Blandine Jet, Paul Marques Duarte
- Producer: Thomas Guentch
- Runtime: 24min
- Year: 2018
- Country: France
24th January 2024
…TRS AFTRS FlickerLab Tickets . RAINBOW SHORTS At 6.30pm, celebrate LGBTQI+ stories from around the world at our Rainbow Shorts competition. Be the first to see the beautiful German award-winning short Slow Down the Fall from talented filmmaker Camille Tricaud, don’t miss out on the lovely Australian short Happy New Year, Ms. Luna and follow Luna, a young transfeminine woman, attending her family’s annual Chinese New Year gathering for the first ti…
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On a stark mountain highway, troubled teen hitchhiker Hester Black’s radio begins to receive phantom news signals bearing news of impending disaster. When a strange couple and their two children stop to pick Hester up, she hopes to be taken to safety. But fate has other plans for Hester.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Director: Vanessa Gazy
- Writer: Vanessa Gazy
- Producer: Tim Russell, Michael Wark
- Runtime: 10 min
- Year: 2016
- Country: Australia
23rd September 2021
…gain this year in what has been a trying time impacting so many across the world. With over 2500 entries received so far we are super excited about this years bumper crop and we can’t wait to share news with you regarding next years programme selections over the coming months. Entries Now Open via Film Freeway General submissions close: 8th October FlickerUp Youth and Schools competition close: 5th November Be a part of the fun and celebrate your…
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3rd March 2020
…ch includes The Egg, the story of a young girl, who, bored and lonely in a world of foreign suburbia, becomes determined to claim a larger Easter egg as her own. Directed by Jane Cho, this charming short received a Special Mention in the Best Australian Short Film Awards at Flickerfest Bondi. The Short Laughs Comedy programme follows up on Saturday evening featuring the side-splitting School’s Out from The Netherlands. This Festival favourite blac…
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11th January 2020
…n & International jury will be in house to sample some of the world’s top true stories and our International and Australian Programmes continue when filmmakers will be fighting it out for the Flickerfest grand prizes. Last night saw the Electrifying opening night of Flickerfest 2020 under the stars of the Bondi Pavilion. Guests dined, danced and feasted on a selection of some of the best shorts to hit Bondi this summer and were treated with fab tu…
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