Best of Melbourne Shorts – 2025 Tour
This highlights programme is a curated selection of shorts from Victorian filmmakers selected for screening at Flickerfest 2025 Bondi.
Flickerfest, celebrating 34 years bringing you the Best of Melbourne Shorts.
‘Strictly Great 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.
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Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 123 min | Classification: under 15yrs to be w/adult
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Baggage
Three girlfriends check in their baggage at the airport, but one is carrying a little more than the others. As they travel along the conveyor belt to security, can she hide what’s inside? AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 5min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Accoladia
A metal detectorist saves the life of his greatest rival. After being recognised for this brave act, his friendship with an award winning mannequin is tested.
NSW PREMIERE
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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Asian Male, 60s, Lead
63-year-old Filipino-Australian actor Alex Montes is given 48 hours to prepare for the biggest opportunity of his life. But his scattered enthusiasm takes over and the rest of his life falls apart.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Echoes
In “Echoes,” Lena, a resilient immigrant, navigates the challenges of displacement in a tent. Inside her tent, she grapples with the scars of her past, revealing the resilience and determination of those living on the margins of society.
NSW PREMIERE
- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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End Pointe
In the not-too-distant future, climate change has forever altered our way of life; a reliance on fossil fuels leads to inhospitable living conditions. An emergency shelter-in-place order traps a group of women in a scout hall during their adult ballet class. They soon discover it’s not only the outside world they need to survive, but each other.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Different Things
After a chance encounter on a dating app, two emotionally guarded thirty-somethings navigate a night of awkward connections, unresolved grief, and unexpected moments of intimacy, only to discover that sometimes, the right person comes along at the wrong time.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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The Manic Helm
A penniless father gambles on winning the Doctor’s game of mind manipulation, in order to create a better life for his son.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 6min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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This Must Be Love
Two children are caught up in their parents’ immature relationship dramas in this short musing on the nature of love. (made in collaboration with Bus Stop Films participants).
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 6min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Sisters
Jacqui’s sister Leia comes home for a week to help her decide whether to sell their late mother’s house. Leia thinks Jacqui should learn to communicate with the dead.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2024
- Country: Australia
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A Good Boy
‘A Good Boy’ is a poignant coming-of-age short film told through the perspective of Michael, who harbors a dark, shameful secret that threatens his budding relationship with Aisha. The film examines the burden of childhood trauma & the transformative power of healing through friendship.
WORLD PREMIERE
View Trailer- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Stranded
When Kelly dumps Brian, his world comes crashing down—again. Just like when their cruise ship sank, leaving them as the only two survivors stranded on a deserted island. Brian is left adrift in a sea of misery, while Kelly thrives. After several unlikely encounters, Brian realises he needs to get his life afloat. Just as it looks like their love might be rescued, an actual ship appears on the horizon. Now, Brian faces his biggest dilemma yet: sail solo or stay marooned for a second shot at love.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia