Best of Australian Shorts – 2024 Tour Nth WA
This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from Flickerfest’s Australian Academy® Qualifying competition programmes in Bondi 2024.
Flickerfest, celebrating 33 years bringing you the Best of Australian Shorts.
‘Everyone’s Invited!’
*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.
**Local films may replace listed films below, in some venues.
Best of Australian Shorts Tour programme
View: Best of Australian Shorts Tour sizzle reel
Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 106 min | Classification: under 15yrs to be w/adult
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Darwin Story
Lee returns to Darwin from London when her mum is taken ill. After a chance encounter, there’s an opportunity to reflect on the past, but is she ready to think differently about the beautiful place she calls home?
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
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Cordelia, Daughter Of The Sea
A father delivers a wedding speech to his one and only offspring on her wedding day.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
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Cold Water
Inspired by true events. Set in St Kilda, Australia, an elderly woman’s peaceful retirement is interrupted when her husband takes up a bizarre new hobby.
NSW PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 20min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
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Raising Thunder
A young girl discovers a magical cloud that may hold the key to mending her father’s broken heart.
NSW PREMIERE- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
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Favourites
Two parents face an impossible choice when their family camping trip turns deadly.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 5min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
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Yeah The Boys
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
View trailer- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
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Fences
When his son sends an AI version of himself to mend the fences on the family property, an ageing farmer must adapt to the change, or else lose his relationship with his son entirely. Starring Indigenous actor Meyne Wyatt and Scottish-Australian actor Colin Friels.
WORLD PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 11min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
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The Bank Manager
Based on true events from 1932 outback Australia. Amidst drought and recession a farmer assembles a team to pull off the first phase of a bank robbery. But can a few maverick cowboys and a woman named Peach really pull off a sophisticated heist? And in their small country town, can they keep the secret?
NSW PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 18min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
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Ashes
Bereft after the loss of her beloved Dad James, Frances misses the appointment to pick up his ashes. Through a bizarre posthumous prank, can James rectify his daughter’s habitual lateness, even after he’s gone? A darkly comedic story about grief, tough love, and the unexpected ways those who have passed continue to influence us.
View trailer- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia