Best of Australian Shorts – 2023 Tour Parramatta
This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights including Western Sydney filmmakers from Flickerfest’s Australian Academy® Qualifying competition programmes in Bondi 2023.
Flickerfest, celebrating 32 years bringing you the Best of Australian Shorts.
‘It’s Great Short Films, It’s On Tour, It’s The Vibe’!
*This programme contains mature themes & is not recommended for children under 15.
Classification: Children under 15yrs must be accompanied by an adult.
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Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 113 min | Classification: under 15yrs to be w/adult
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An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It
When a young telemarketer is confronted by a mysterious talking ostrich, he learns that the universe is stop motion animation. He must put aside his dwindling toaster sales and focus on convincing his colleagues of his terrifying discovery.
- Runtime: 11min
- Year: 2021
- Country: Australia
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Married At First Fleet
Married at First Fleet follows a modern day 18th Century couple. Individuals matched together according to their common interests, attractiveness and lack of diseases.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Australia
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The Fritz
Arriving at a party after being hit by a meteor, a nervous man (Trevor Jamieson) seeks to confront his brothers about their tumultuous past, but things don’t quite go according to plan. Also featuring Clarence Ryan and Kamahl.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Australia
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The Overthrow
One sweaty Australian summer, two girls roller skate across the outback from Sydney to Parliament House in an emission-less climate change protest that tests more than their friendship.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Australia
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Teacups
For almost half a century, Don Ritchie would approach people contemplating suicide at the edge of a cliff, 100ft from his home. Teacups explores Don’s (voiced by Hugo Weaving) surreal interactions with hundreds of suicidal individuals and his journey to reconcile the suicide of his best friend.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2023
- Country: Australia / Ireland
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Too Many Ethnics
The epic quest of three best friends surviving trials of racism, love and friendship in the long line to get into an exclusive nightclub.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Australia
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Katele (Mudskipper)
Martha, a Torres Strait Islander woman works tirelessly in a laundromat loading machines and folding washing, ready for the collection of her boss. When a mysterious visitor arrives, Martha is reminded of the life she has left behind.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 14min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Australia
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Butter: A Love Story
Butter is a film about love, obsession, and finding purpose no matter the cost. At its heart, it is a twisted, yet tender love story, between a lonely woman and the greatest food of all: butter.
WORLD PREMIERE- Runtime: 19min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Australia
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Wonder Down Under
Barb Barrett is a superhero. Or, at least she used to be. Now she must overcome her toughest challenge yet and rejoin the workforce in her fifties.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 15min
- Year: 2022
- Country: Australia