Best Of EU Shorts Showcase 2025
A programme showcasing moving and entertaining shorts selected from the European Union countries in the running for the EU Delegation to Australia Award for Best EU Short Film, celebrating all things Euro and Flickerfest!
Screening: Thur 23 Jan, 6.30pm | Runtime: 109 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult
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Zarko, You Will Spoil The Child!
The film recounts the memories of a childhood in Split in the 1980s. These are stories retold after Sunday lunch when everyone is in a good mood, stories filled with emotions we can easily relate to. But above all, the film is a moving tribute to the love of a grandpa and grandma who did their best to keep their granddaughter smiling.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Croatia
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Me And Dad
A boy struggles in his attempts to bond with his oblivious father at a bar. All efforts are ignored. The barman is the boy’s only soft ear. He empties everything in one final push to break dad.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View Trailer- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Ireland
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Caught In 4k
Someone is captured in 4K, high definition, caught red-handed on the internet.
Eleven-year-old Ava is home alone. She skilfully presents herself online. Takes Selfies. Dances. Puts on make-up. TOM_X12 likes this.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Austria
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Spring Waltz
A man and a woman separated by a wall. However, their love doesn’t accept divisions, barriers, obstacles. They are a couple of street artists: freedom runs in their veins. Borders don’t exist. The man can’t tolerate the “death strip” that separates him from her. And day after day, with tenacity, imagination, love, he tries to return to her arms.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Italy
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Game Rules
A youth handball team is about to participate in their first major tournament. As they aim for the top, facing professional players, talent scouts and sponsors, the game is suddenly interrupted by adults questioning who’s really allowed to play.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Sweden
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Butterfly (Papillon)
In the sea, a man swims. As he does, memories come to the surface. From his early childhood to his life as a man, all his memories are linked to water. Some are happy, some glorious, some traumatic. This story will be that of his last swim. It will take us from the source to the river – from the waters of childhood pools to those of swimming pools – from a North African country to the shores of the Mediterranean – from Olympic stadiums to water retention basins – from concentration camp to the dream beaches of Reunion.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2024
- Country: France
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This Is Not A Character, This Is Betrayal
The film tells the story of mother and son. The 58-year-old hairdresser Melanie drives her son Stefan (32), a young author, to the first reading of his autobiographical debut novel DER SALON.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Germany
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Beautiful Men
Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 19min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Belgium