Best of International Shorts – 2024 Tour
This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from Flickerfest’s International Academy® Qualifying competition programmes in Bondi 2024.
Flickerfest, celebrating 33 years bringing you the Best of International 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.
Download: Best of International Shorts Tour programme pdf
View: Best of international Shorts Tour sizzle reel – National
Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 120 min | Classification: Under 15yrs to be w/adult
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On The 8th Day
It took 7 days to create the world, it only took one to disrupt its balance.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2023
- Country: France
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Clodagh
A lonely priest’s housekeeper encounters a young Irish girl of exceptional promise.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Ireland
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Stella
Stella is out for a special date with her husband Stanley, whose health and mind are failing. She yearns for connection, capturing brief moments of lucidity before he slips away, again. One final dance recalls memories of their first, and Stella accepts that their life together is ending.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2023
- Country: New Zealand
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The Masterpiece
Leo and Diana, a rich couple, bring a broken TV to a recycle point. They meet Salif and his son, two scrap dealers. Diana asks them to come to their house to get more objects. Once there, Leo looks at them collecting objects with mistrust, until they see the scrap dealers have something they want.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 20min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Spain
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A Day In The Life Of A Female Frame
While a large painting of a naked woman is being transported from the studio to the exhibition, she seems to fall victim to a harsh and masculine outside world.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Netherlands
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My Name is Edgar and I Have a Cow
Edgar’s ordinary life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a tourist trip to a slaughterhouse.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Czech Republic
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My Week With Maisy
Mrs Foster, a retired, middle-class Daily Mail reader, whose cup is half empty, is starting chemotherapy and is understandably anxious. The last thing she needs is to have to share the treatment room with a ‘know-it-all child’ who wants to grow up to be a lesbian. But through their unexpected friendship, Maisy gives Mrs Foster much more than just a glimmer of hope.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 18min
- Year: 2023
- Country: United Kingdom
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Last Days Of Summer
A recurring mysterious sound from mountains in the Himalaya is heard only by two curious young shepherds. Unable to convince the villagers of the scary nature of such sound, they journey into the unknown to unravel the mystery.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2023
- Country: India
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The Film Might Be White
A final feedback meeting is being held before the release of an art school’s new commercial. Everyone is happy, but then a thought arises as to whether the commercial can be perceived as too white. The meeting suddenly escalates into a debate about how it happened, if it can be solved, and above all – whose fault it is.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
View trailer- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Sweden