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In a quiet coastal town, a young, disabled boy with superhero aspirations meets a curious young girl. Afraid she’ll see him for who he is, the boy does his best to avoid her at all costs, escaping to the word of his imagination.
- Director: Stephen de Villiers
- Writer: Stephen de Villiers
- Producer: Chloe Gardner
- Running Time: 13 min
- Year: 2014
- Country: Australia
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A remote, and a bit crazy, psychiatric hospital receives a curious patient — he doesn’t move nor speak but spends his days standing with his hands up. The only thing known is his nickname — “The Atlas”. In a word, he is a riddle and a riveting one at that.
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
- Director: Maciej Kawalski
- Writer: Maciej Kawalski
- Producer: Ewa Jastrzębska
- Runtime: 28min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Poland
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‘Widowers’ is a meditation on suburban masculinity as two aging men negotiate grief, rage and forgiveness without exchanging a word.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Director: Julian Tuna
- Writer: Julian Tuna
- Producer: Sarah Christie
- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
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Boolyaka, a traditional Noongar word meaning ‘leaving/going’, follows the journey of Jess, whose life has been destroyed after a terrifying bushfire tore through her property. The film explores her internal conflict over the decision to leave and start a new life or to stay and rebuild.
- Director: Daisy Fairhurst
- Writer: Daisy Fairhurst
- Producer: Daisy Fairhurst, Steve McCleod
- Runtime: 5min
- Year: 2021
- Country: Australia
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Yeah the Boys follows six young Aussie men as they sink beers over an afternoon and well into the night. Emoting only through movement; lewd gestures, chokeholds, crowd surfs, and chugging shoeys, they somehow say everything without uttering a single word. Equal parts larrikin, brutal, and tender, this choreographic short film scored by The Avalanches is an observation of Australian masculine identity and our nation’s relationship with drinking culture.
WORLD PREMIERE
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- Director: Stefan Hunt
- Writer: Vanessa Marian Varghese
- Producer: Alex Taussig
- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
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Poet Hanna Asefaw grew up in a municipal flat in Oslo with her Eritrean family in the late 90s. Through an electrifying spoken word performance, she visits her childhood universe reimagined in miniature, and reflects on community, diversity, and belonging – and the political indifference that broke it apart.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Director: Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid
- Writer: Hanna Asefaw, Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid
- Producer: Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid
- Runtime: 11min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Norway
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Within the comforts of his home, a young man is taken on an uncomfortable yet expansive journey by his past experiences to ultimately determine a word which encompasses the entire human experience.
- Director: Dylan Jack Byron Burgess
- Writer: Dylan Jack Byron Burgess
- Producer: Dylan Jack Byron Burgess
- Runtime: 6min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
17th March 2014
…ek the Flickerfest National Tour heads into the centre to Alice Springs to share three programmes of short films over three days starting on Thursday 20 March. Also on Thursday 20 March we head to the Capital, screening our Best of Australian programme in Canberra with a glamorous after party thanks to our supporters Crystal Head Vodka, Little Creatures, Rosnay Organic Wines and Phoenix Organic Juices. Our adventures in Western Australia continue…
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20th January 2020
…th over 3,500 entries submitted for this year’s festival this was a record breaking year for entries. Check out the Flickerfest 2020 Awards here. #FLiCKERFEST2020 Hits The Road – 50 Venue National Tour! While the screenings at Bondi might be finished, the show is not over as Flickerfest hits the road for a national tour to 50 venues around Australia from January to the end of May. Come to see some of the best short films the world has to offer in…
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28th January 2021
…birthday festival and we still have some amazing short film programmes to share across our final 4 days. Don’t let the rain deter you as the show goes on rain hail or shine inside our super cosy Famous Spiegeltent with spectacular shorts in keeping with this spectacular location. Today Flickerfest screens the final of our five international programmes with Best Of International 5, your chance to see the final films vying for that highly coveted A…
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