Best of Flickerfest Shorts – 2024 Tour Canberra
This programme is a specially curated selection of festival highlights & award winners from Flickerfest’s Australian & International Academy® Qualifying competition programmes including winners from the EU Showcase Shorts 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.
Download: Best of Flickerfest Shorts Tour programme Canberra pdf
View: Best of Australian Shorts Tour sizzle reel Canberra
Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 128 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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To Be Silent
Noongar and Spinifex Aboriginal woman Tace Stevens explores the impact of code-switching on her identity, before revealing what led her to embrace the power of standing firm in who she is, no matter where she is.
NSW PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia
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Beautiful Things
A struggling poet. A recovering addict. A resentful matriarch. A fractured family, held together by a yearly ritual. However, this year there’s an unexpected visitor.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 10min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
When 6 year old Wilfrid finds out that his 96 year old best friend Nancy has lost her memory, he sets out to see if he can get it back. A live-action adaptation of the classic children’s book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Julie Vivas, ‘Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge’ is a heartwarming story about memory loss and intergenerational connection, featuring celebrated actors Benita Collings (Play School) and Bruce Spence (Mad Max, Star Wars).
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 15min
- 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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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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Slow Down The Fall
In the light of the Alps, a great ski-jumping hill flashes metallically. Two ski jumpers synchronously rehearse movements in the valley, answer generic questions in front of a green screen, and pose on the hill while being watched by a film crew. It is the first reunion for the two athletes since their separation.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 20min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Germany
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I’m Not A Robot
After several unsuccessful attempts to complete a Captcha, feminist Lara sets out to answer the disturbing question of whether she’s a robot, and therefore bought by her boyfriend.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 22min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Netherlands
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A Study Of Empathy
Dana wants to show empathy. Penelope wants to explore empathy. Penelope’s artistic experiment unfolds and Dana’s feelings are whirled around.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Germany/Denmark