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Best of Australian Shorts – 2023 Tour Canberra

This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from Flickerfest’s Australian Academy® Qualifying competition programmes in Bondi 2023.

Flickerfest, celebrating 32 years bringing you the Best of Australian Shorts.
‘It’s Great Short Films, It’s On Tour, It’s The Vibe’!

*This programme contains mature themes & is not recommended for children under 15.
Classification: Children under 15yrs must be accompanied by an adult.
*Times & Prices may change, please check with the venue.

Download: Best of Australian Shorts Canberra Tour programme
View: Best of Australian  Shorts Canberra Tour sizzle reel

Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 115 min | Classification: under 15yrs to be w/adult

  • An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It

    When a young telemarketer is confronted by a mysterious talking ostrich, he learns that the universe is stop motion animation. He must put aside his dwindling toaster sales and focus on convincing his colleagues of his terrifying discovery.

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  • Married At First Fleet

    Married at First Fleet follows a modern day 18th Century couple. Individuals matched together according to their common interests, attractiveness and lack of diseases.
    WORLD PREMIERE

  • White Lies

    When his well intentioned lies escalate and spiral out of control, Dave has to choose between having money and power, or being a good role model for his daughter.
    WORLD PREMIERE

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  • The Fritz

    Arriving at a party after being hit by a meteor, a nervous man (Trevor Jamieson) seeks to confront his brothers about their tumultuous past, but things don’t quite go according to plan. Also featuring Clarence Ryan and Kamahl.
    WORLD PREMIERE

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  • The Overthrow

    One sweaty Australian summer, two girls roller skate across the outback from Sydney to Parliament House in an emission-less climate change protest that tests more than their friendship.
    WORLD PREMIERE

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  • Katele (Mudskipper)

    Martha, a Torres Strait Islander woman works tirelessly in a laundromat loading machines and folding washing, ready for the collection of her boss. When a mysterious visitor arrives, Martha is reminded of the life she has left behind.
    WORLD PREMIERE

  • Marionettes (And The Virtue Of A Lotus Flower)

    The fate of marionettes is sealed as they are stuck inside a cycle of suffering: the mother questions their existence to the god and supplicates for liberation from an unfortunate tradition.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

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  • The Pleasure Of Meeting Someone

    The story of a young, ambitious man who, when faced with the loss of someone very special to him, must explore just how much of an effect she had on him.
    WORLD PREMIERE

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  • Wonder Down Under

    Barb Barrett is a superhero. Or, at least she used to be. Now she must overcome her toughest challenge yet and rejoin the workforce in her fifties.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE