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Best of Melbourne Shorts – 2023 Tour

This highlights programme is a curated selection of shorts from Victorian filmmakers selected for screening at Flickerfest 2023 Bondi.

Flickerfest, celebrating 32 years bringing you the Best of Melbourne 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.

Download: Best of Melbourne Shorts Tour programme pdf
View: Best of Melbourne Shorts Tour sizzle reel

Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 123min | Classification: under 15 years to be w/adult

  • Decorum

    A man is on a first date and is suddenly inspired by the motivational quotes that are throughout the house.
    WORLD PREMIERE

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  • Don’t Come In… Yet!

    Paraplegic Jake and his best friend June plan to have sex, but an overbearing Dad, a rather large spider and an ageing football superstar present some minor complications!
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

  • Follow For Follow

    When an aspiring, narcissistic social media influencer gets lost in the woods, she meets a once powerful, ancient demigod fading into obscurity, who must take advantage of her manipulative social skills to get new followers, or he will cease to exist.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

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  • Speech

    Year 6 student, Lloyd, is given an assignment to read a speech from a historical figure to his class. Then he learns that his speech was written by a dictator. 

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  • Laugh With Me

    A recently divorced man’s longing for isolation is tested when he has to share his solitary life with a noisy kookaburra and his deceitful brother comes to visit..
    WORLD PREMIERE

  • Tarneit

    Inspired by stories of a distant place, best friends Tyrone and Clinton must fight to find a way out of the harsh violence that swirls around them. Winner of the 2022 Iris Prize.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

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  • Ragdoll

    Lucy drags Max to a nightclub to test the water of their relationship and get him out of his comfort zone, but as they settle in, Max is hit with a desire that comes from an unexpected place.
    WORLD PREMIERE

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  • Blvck Gold

    Tormented about his past by ongoing nightmares, amateur athlete Tino uses running as a way to escape old wounds. His attempts are foiled when his childhood friend, Frederick, reconnects with him, seeking to redeem himself, and presents Tino with a plan and a mysterious object wrapped in a paper bag.
    NSW PREMIERE

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  • The Best Dumplings In Melbourne

    Three friends decide to embark on the most impossible adventure in Melbourne… to find the best dumplings.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE