12th January 2018
…of our inaugural showcase programme Rainbow Shorts, a celebration of LGBTQI+ shorts from across the World! We extend a warm welcome to all our International filmmakers and guests and look forward to greeting them on the red carpet at Flickerfest 2018! FLICKERLAB – A ONE DAY FILMMAKING JOURNEY! For the serious film buffs and the future Martin Scorcese’s out there, our Flickerlab one day filmmaking intensive presents an amazing opportunity to come…
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22nd January 2018
…rd for Best Short Documentary Film (Academy® Accredited) HELLO SALAAM (The Netherlands) Writer/Director: Kim Brand Producer: Renko Douze, Hasse van Nunen Special Mention for Documentary KAYAYO, THE LIVING SHOPPING BASKETS (Norway) Writer/Director: Mari Bakke Riise Producer: JØrgen Lorentzen EUROPEAN DELEGATION IN AUSTRALIAN AWARD WINNER Best EU Short Film WATU WOTE (ALL OF US) (Germany) Writer: Julia Drache Director: Katja Benrath Producer: Tobi…
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2nd February 2018
…O … The 2018 Academy Award nominations were announced recently and we were super proud to see some of the incredible shorts screening at Flickerfest 2018 amongst them!! A huge congratulations to the amazing nominated International Shorts DeKalb Elementary and to Watu Wote (All Of Us) which also took home the European Union in Australia Award for Best EU Short Film at our awards ceremony in Bondi!! Watu Wote will be screening as part of the Flicker…
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11th February 2018
…AD TO MELBOURNE AND NEWCASTLE! The Flickerfest Tour is underway and we are super excited to be heading to Melbourne next week with some unique programmes! First off on Valentine’s Day, the 14th of February is our specially curated Best of Melbourne Shortsprogramme showcasing the filmmaking talents of local filmmakers drawn from our Bondi competition programme, including the stunning Oracle from Zohie Castellano and the adorable Mrs McCutcheon dire…
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Jack is an elderly widower grieving the recent loss of his wife. While cleaning out their house he discovers an old Super 8mm film projector that transports him into the world of the films it plays.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Marcus McKenzie
- Writer: Marcus McKenzie
- Producer: Marcus McKenzie, Kirsty Stark, Daniel Principe
- Runtime: 18min
- Year: 2018
- Country: Australia
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A failing teenage badminton player at a Catholic Girls School is visited by a Saint – who agrees to help her if she’ll complete three tasks for him. Dead Birds is a twisted Super Natural Black Comedy about competitive mother daughter relationships, losing your religion and learning how far you’d go to get what you want.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Director: Johnny Kenton
- Writer: Amelia Spencer
- Producer: Sabina Smitham
- Runtime: 33min
- Year: 2018
- Country: United Kingdom
13th December 2018
…c 1960’s dynamic duo themselves, Batman and Robin team up with the equally super Batgirl as they try to defeat The Joker who wants to destroy the Flickerfest Gala! starring Tai Hara, James Fraser, Chantelle Jamieson and Marcus Graham as the Joker, the official Flickerfest trailer can be seen here Following the Bondi season, Flickerfest hits the road for a massive, 4-month, national tour of the very best films from the festival. The tour will reach…
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28th January 2021
…t let the rain deter you as the show goes on rain hail or shine inside our super cosy Famous Spiegeltent with spectacular shorts in keeping with this spectacular location. Today Flickerfest screens the final of our five international programmes with Best Of International 5, your chance to see the final films vying for that highly coveted Academy® Qualifying Best International Short Film Award. At 9 pm Flickerfest will take you on a gentle stroll w…
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16th January 2020
…day! HIGHLIGHTS OF TREMENDOUS THURSDAY It might be rainy out there but its super cosy and dry in our indoor theatre and tonight at Flickerfest we add a bit of colour to the beach at 6:30pm with our fantastic Rainbow Shorts programme curated by award winning filmmaker Craig Boreham screening this year in competition for our inaugural Azure Productions Award for Best Rainbow Short. Rub Shoulders with filmmaker Alfie Dale when his film My Brother Is…
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20th January 2020
Flickerfest 2020 Wrap + 2020 Winners & National Tour! FESTIVAL WRAP UP #FLiCKERFEST2020 Its been an electrifying week of incredible films, great audiences and super talented filmmakers sharing their stories at Flickerfest 2020 with 37 International shorts and 64 Australian films vying for top honours at the BAFTA and Academy Accredited competition. This year at the festival we also had our inaugural ASEAN region competition which celebrated filmm…
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