Best of Australian Shorts – 2025 Tour Toowoomba
This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from Flickerfest’s Australian Academy® Qualifying competition programmes in Bondi 2025.
Flickerfest, celebrating 34 years bringing you the Best of Australian Shorts.
‘Strictly Great Short Films!’
*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.
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Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 117 min | Classification: under 15yrs to be w/adult
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The Fix-It-Man And The Fix-It-Wooman
In the “bright lights, big city of Alice Springs”, two soft sculptures try to impress each other with their dance moves. But it’s an unfortunate accident that finally brings them together as they discover they both have a talent for fixing things. Artwork by the Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, renowned for their beautiful soft sculptures, comes alive in this gentle funny tale of love and connection.
NSW PREMIERE
- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Famous Last Words
A down-trodden man is given some information from his dying mother which might change the course of his life.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Made By Us
An Australian artist living in France clashes with her model while working on her latest portrait.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 10min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Rash
Set over one afternoon, Rash follows two young brothers navigating the recent death of their mother. Unsettled by their father’s inability to cope with their grief, Quinn and Max embark on a tumultuous encounter with their new babysitter. Exploring the cataclysmic disruption and instability of early experiences of grief, Rash is an unnerving yet tender portrait of two children struggling with an unthinkable loss and the unwitting outsider inadvertently caught in the crossfire.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Baggage
Three girlfriends check in their baggage at the airport, but one is carrying a little more than the others. As they travel along the conveyor belt to security, can she hide what’s inside? AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 5min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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And The Ocean Agreed
Vina is fading away, lost to dementia, but on a rare outing to the ocean, she finds herself and a chance for freedom.
NSW PREMIERE
- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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The Dog
A sick dog mysteriously appears in the clinic of a struggling vet (Kate Walsh, GREY’S ANATOMY) and tries to negotiate their own death, leading both on a surreal journey through life and mortality.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Locked In
Gemma’s first shift at a trendy Bondi bar starts off simple until she finds herself in an initiation game she didn’t realise she was a part of.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 11min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Marcia And The Shark
Following a shark attack, Marcia comes back to life with something wild inside her, testing her doting fiancee Frank as they take to the road in his mustang. Based on the true story of Sydney Harbour’s last fatal shark attack in 1963.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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The Hoist
Based on an outrageously true story, we follow local inventor, Bill, in his efforts to protect the most important thing at the annual bush dance… the supper. But will the chaotic entrance of an uninvited guest ruin everything?
NSW PREMIERE
- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia