4th January 2018
…ed “Kayayo”, in Ghana to support her family in Kayayo – The Living Shopping Baskets in our Best of Documentary 2 programme. Celebrating the child in all of us is our delightful FlickerKids programme which features delightful family friendly shorts from across the world including the charming Hedgehog’s Home, a world made of felt in which ‘a hedgehog is made fun of by a sly fox, a greedy bear, a wicked wolf and a muddy wild boar’. Check out the tra…
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2nd November 2016
…2017 Trailer Is Underway Each year FLiCKERFEST creates its very own short film trailer, celebrating iconic moments of cinema for our forthcoming Festival. This year we have an exciting team on board helmed by FLiCKERFEST alumni, director Dena Curtis. Dena whose film Nan And A Whole Lot Of Trouble screened at FLiCKERFEST 2016, she also directed the hit ABC TV Series 8MMM Aboriginal Radio; Dena is joined by producer Mitchell Stanley and an all star…
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4th February 2014
…This highlights programme is a curated selection of shorts made in Melbourne that screened at Flickerfest 2014. Including The Kingdom of Doug, winner of the Academy® Accredited Flickerfest Best Australian Short Film Award and Slomo, winner of the Academy® Accredited Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary Short Film….
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15th December 2016

…Bondi 2017. Flickerfest, celebrating 26 years of ‘The Home Of Great Short Film’, bringing you the Best of Australian shorts! Screening at 50+ venues nationally! Check on our Tour Info page for your local venue contacts & info. *Times & Prices may change, please check with the venue. *Note – Programme changes: ‘Spice Sisters‘ has replaced ‘Face’ (except QLD, Perth & Adelaide). ‘The Boggabilla Bus‘ replaces ‘Trespass’ ‘The Record Worlds Largest Fam…
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11th June 2017
…or the programmes screened. It’s great to see our short filmmakers & short film so warmly embraced by audiences across the country. Check out our 2017 national touring programme here. Our Tour has also been made possible by the incredible support of our major partners SAE Creative Media Institute, Screen Australia, Virgin Australia Inflight, Media Super, European Union Delegation to Australia, and Canon, major government partners Screen NSW, Scree…
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10th January 2018
…y crafted and imagined stop animation Lost Property Office which is currently short listed for an Oscar in the Best animated short film category at the 90th annual Academy Awards. Odessa Young (High Life, Wonderland) leads a pack of four wild girls race through a futuristic Australia in their electric Holden Commodore, searching for booze, drugs and reality in Cooee, in Best of Australian 5. Acclaimed Australian artist Del Kathryn Barton and Cate…
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10th December 2017
…lease (general template) pdf | doc Download: Flickerfest 2018 Tour Trailer for screening: H264 or View the Flickerfest 2018 Festival & Tour Trailers here (& get embed code for online use) Download: Flickerfest 2018 Film Stills & Film Trailers here. Download: Flickerfest 2018 Tour Key Artwork for your State. (click on appropriate images below) NSW Artwork QLD Artwork WA Artwork NT Artwork ACT, SA, TAS, VIC Artwork…
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16th January 2018
…est interracial newlyweds!! Alas their love story is hindered as their family start to intervene and a family feud threatens to tear them apart! In Kayayo, The Living Shopping Baskets we get a glimpse into the world of Bamanu, an 8 year old girl sent away from her family to work as a Kayayo (girl-carrier) in order to support her family. A must see in Best of Documentary 2, this captivating story joins Edith & Eddie on the shortlist for a Best Docu…
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19th January 2018
…y we have an amazing smorgasboard on offer that will appeal to Filmmakers, film-lovers, lovers and those in need of a good deep belly laugh! Kicking of at 10 am is the stellar Flickerlab, a one-day intensive essential for budding filmmakers who want to come and absorb some hints and tips from some of the Industry’s best! Covering scripts, direction, production and the big one – how to get your film out there and marketed to the world!! At 6.30 pm…
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21st March 2018
…ht with a stop off at the Huskisson Pictures in Huskisson, featuring short films from two local filmmakers as part of our Best of Australian Shorts programme. Coming of age short Buoy, filmed in nearby Kiama and co-directed by Justin McMillan who grew up in the area, will screen alongside the stunning Indigenous Western Miro from nearby Kangaroo Valley resident Victoria Wharfe-McInytre who will be in attendance to introduce the film. For those a l…
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