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
A man is on a first date and is suddenly inspired by the motivational quotes that are throughout the house.
WORLD PREMIERE
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Three friends decide to embark on the most impossible adventure in Melbourne… to find the best dumplings.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE