Best of International Shorts – 2026 Tour
This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from Flickerfest’s International Academy Award® Qualifying competition programmes in Bondi 2026.
Flickerfest, celebrating 35 years bringing you the Best of International Shorts.
‘The Cream Of 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.
Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 116 min | Classification: Under 15yrs to be w/adult
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A Sisyphean Task
Follows Lucy, a 23 year old newly qualified teacher, through her first year of teaching. A bright yet unflinching glimpse into the British school system, all set within the walls of Lucy’s classroom.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2025
- Country: UK
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Katti
In a vibrant, multi-generational Indian household, 8-year-old Bittoo finds herself sidelined after the birth of her baby brother. A tender, unsettling portrait of girlhood, sibling bonds, and the first sting of systemic gender bias. It explores how children absorb silence, how they internalize worth, and how, despite everything, they still reach for love.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2025
- Country: India, US
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A Friend Of Dorothy
A lonely widow’s quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 21min
- Year: 2025
- Country: UK
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My Plastic Mother
Eki, living by the landfill, searches for a memento to honor his late mother. Battling the relentless rain, landslides, and looming threats from scavengers and machinery, he fears her memory could be lost beneath the waste forever.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 19min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Indonesia
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The Singers
A genre-bending film adaptation of a 19th-century short story written by Ivan Turgenev, in which a lowly pub full of downtrodden men connect unexpectedly through an impromptu sing-off. With a cast comprised of first-time actors from the unlikeliest corners of TikTok and YouTube, the film is a celebration of diamonds in the rough and a testament to the power of vulnerability through art.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 18min
- Year: 2025
- Country: US
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They
As townsfolk rage in their fog of negativity, our hero and his dog aim to encourage a return to better days! The opposite effect leads to an unexpected calamity which galvanizes the masses.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2025
- Country: UK
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Dancing Sober
Bullied by wife and daughter and mistreated at work, Herman escapes with boozed up dancing alone in the middle of the night…until a drunken dance floor takeover at an office party turns him into a viral sensation and sparks a long overdue rebellion.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Sweden
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Radix
Two creatures meet on a tree. Their encounter goes deep down to the roots and beyond.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 4min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Germany
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Hugs
Join us on the luggage rack of my bike for a sensory roller-coaster through a land full of cuddles..
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2025
- Country: France