17th December 2024
…The 4th of seven programmes featuring the best of Australian short films in competition. Our home-grown talent battle it out for the prestigious Academy® qualifying award for Best Australian Short Film….
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…The 7th of seven programmes featuring the best of Australian short films in competition. Our home-grown talent battle it out for the prestigious Academy® qualifying award for Best Australian Short Film….
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…A programme showcasing moving and entertaining shorts selected from the European Union countries in the running for the EU Delegation to Australia Award for Best EU Short Film, celebrating all things Euro and Flickerfest!…
Read More19th January 2025
…to the Best Of Australian Shorts 5, featuring the best of Australian short films in competition. In the deeply reflective world premiere of Why We Fight, director Danielle Cormack lands us in an aspiring teen boxer’s life who has overcome a lot, but in a moment, he realises his biggest fight. Then we move onto yet another world premiere of Mr. Wonderful where a young man races through early adulthood as he tries to find his childhood dog and final…
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Read More7th November 2013
…lier this month we had a fun day on Bondi Beach filming our 2014 trailer. The theme this year is The Blues Brothers and the team behind the trailer are director, Alex Weinress and producer Catherine Weinress, who were awarded highly commended by the Jury for their film A FIRST DATE at Flickerfest 2013 and cinematographer Judd Overton. Watch out for our very special trailer cameo by Elwood himself (Dan Aykroyd), shot when Dan was in Australia earli…
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Read More19th December 2014
…Flickerfest 2015 programme archive Browse the 2015 programme of short films screened in competition and non-competitive showcases. Australia’s leading Academy® Accredited & BAFTA Recognised Short Film Festival. Flickerfest 2015 Programme Schedule…
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Legoland is an experimental short film; an exploration of what it’s like to live on a Housing Commission estate. Using infrared black-and-white imagery and a whispered narration, Legoland invites the viewer to find the beauty in a place they would probably prefer not to go.
Can a man embrace his mother’s killer? A film about the ultimate act of forgiveness.
The story of the Syrian struggle for freedom as experienced by a 32 year old rebel commander Mowya and a 24 year old female journalist Nour in Aleppo Syria. The film clearly and concisely shows why the Syrian people are fighting for their freedom told through the emotional words of to powerful characters whose lives have been turned upside down and torn apart by war.
Hugo Weaving and David Wenham try to muscle in as two cineastes debate the best way to take on the world of low budget film making.
