Rainbow Shorts 2019
Flickerfest is celebrating LGBTQI+ stories from around the world in our second year of Rainbow Shorts, curated by award winning queer filmmaker Craig Boreham.
Screening: Sat 19 Jan, 6.30pm | Duration: 117 min | Classification: under 15 yrs to be w/adult
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Prisoner Of Society
An intimate journey into the world and mind of a young transgender woman, locked away from the outside world for the past decade, trapped between her personal desire for freedom and traditional expectations of her parents that threaten their unity.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Georgia
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Girl Talk
A film centered around the complexities of sex, love and intimacy through the lens of the young and queer identified Mia. In the film, we follow Mia as she explores the disparity between emotional and physical intimacy, coming to a head when she meets an intriguing couple.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 17min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Unites States
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The Other Side
Felipe and Claudio form a very particular relationship, somehow destiny pulls them apart taking Claudio to the US, now Felipe must embark on a journey where he will risk everything in his pursuit of happiness, so he can finally meet Claudio at the other side of the border.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2016
- Country: Mexico
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The World Is Round So That Nobody Can Hide In The Corners – Part I: Refuge
The journey of an African gay refugee seeking for asylum in Germany.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2017
- Country: Germany
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Stille Nacht
A rigid German-Australian mother finds answers to generational secrets through her gay daughter when hard truths from both their pasts surface over a traditional tea ceremony one evening.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Australia
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Black Lips
A lonely abalone trader is awakened by a longing he’s never explored before.
NSW PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Australia
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Nosebleed
Nosebleed follows a pivotal week for long-time best friends Lilah and Coby, whose friendship is morphing into something far more venomous and toxic. A flower that once delicately bloomed proves to just as easily draw blood with its thorns…
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2018
- Country: United Kingdom
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There You Are
A trans woman must dress like a boy to say goodbye to her dying grandmother in Texas.
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2018
- Country: United States
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Last Pick-Up
A young boy gathers the courage to ask another boy to his senior prom.
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE- Runtime: 4min
- Year: 2018
- Country: United States