Best of International Shorts – 2023 Tour Parramatta
This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from Flickerfest’s International Academy® Qualifying competition programmes in Bondi 2023.
Flickerfest, celebrating 32 years bringing you the Best of International 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.
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Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 110 min | Classification: Under 15yrs to be w/adult
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The Flying Sailor
Two ships collide in a harbour, an explosion shatters a city, and a sailor is blasted skyward. With ears ringing, blood pulsing and guts heaving, he soars high above the mayhem and towards the great unknown.
- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Canada
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The Daughter
When a fantasy phone line operator receives the deathbed confessions of a regretful father she must unknot her own traumatic past to heal their family-inflicted wounds.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2022
- Country: New Zealand
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IVALU
Ivalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her and her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. Where is Ivalu…?
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Denmark
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Uprooted
Displacement crisis has reached 100 million people globally. 60+ Ukrainian refugees were involved in making the film, sending a message of support to all refugees.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 3min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Ukraine
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Dream Big
After being passed over for a big promotion at work, Miranda discovers that she can control the world via her model railway. A bittersweet comedy about a derailed woman, trying to mould herself to the institution but ultimately finding the power within to create her own.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2022
- Country: United Kingdom
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A Lullaby For Yellow Roses
A migrant working-class couple, after losing their daughter to an ill-fated destiny, seeks friends in each other.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 18min
- Year: 2022
- Country: India
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Southern Afternoon
An Uyghur father living in Southern China accidentally discovers that his 14 year old daughter has received a possible love letter. Desperate to resolve his doubt, but unable to read Chinese mandarin, he can only ask his younger daughter to help read the letter.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2022
- Country: China
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Brodeo
After a relapse, Jildou has to live at home again with her dominant mother. Confined to a wheelchair, she is determined to focus on her freedom.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2022
- Country: The Netherlands