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To prove that he’s recovering from his ice addiction, Elliot has one chance to make his estranged niece’s birthday unforgettable.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Monty Callen
- Writer: Alexander Lloyd
- Producer: Monty Callen, Alexander Lloyd
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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Claire and Anita escape an all-female cult and must make it safely through a desert allegedly full of monsters. When the traumatised teenagers find an abandoned campsite, Anita becomes so fixated on proving the existence of boys that Claire keeps the discovery of a murdered man in a tent to herself.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Siobhan Mulready
- Writer: Siobhan Mulready, Simon Taylor
- Producer: Ruby Schmidt, Ashley Burgess
- Runtime: 16min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
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No more lettuce, no more artichokes… no more broccoli! This is the future that Kid President envisions as he rolls out his most daring policy yet: a ban on all vegetables. In this 2D animated mockumentary, viewers get an inside look as Kid President attempts to strongarm his policy past his rag-tag administration and an alarmed White House press corps. Can Kid President make his vegetable-free dream a reality?
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Director: Yadid Hirschtritt Licht
- Writer: Yadid Hirschtritt Licht
- Producer: Yadid Hirschtritt Licht
- Runtime: 5min
- Year: 2025
- Country: USA
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Day in and day out, a sparrow sees images of ostriches everywhere: on posters, in ads, and on its smartphone. In awe of the ostriches, with their long necks, dazzling eyes and muscular legs, the little bird wants to be just like them. By hitting the gym to work on its leg muscles, following make-up tutorials, and paying several visits to the neck stretching studio, the sparrow comes very close to achieving its goal. But one day when a real ostrich comes to town and the sparrow meets its idol in person, one thing becomes crystal clear: try as it might, a sparrow can never truly be an ostrich.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
- Director: Marie Kenov
- Writer: Marie Kenov
- Producer: Joder von Rotz
- Runtime: 9min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Switzerland
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A short documentary on a powerful celebration of resilience, identity, and community as the La Pa Legends make history at the ‘Free To Be’ Mardi Gras parade in 2025.
- Director: Jes John Laverack
- Writer: Jes John Laverack
- Producer: Jes John Laverack, Perle Divine Isimbi
- Runtime: 10min
- Year: 2025
- Country: Australia
19th December 2025
…also feature across Flickerfest showcase sessions. Alongside the films in competition, audiences will also be delighted with programs including FlickerUp – a celebration of youth filmmaking from filmmaker 18 and under across Australia, Rainbow Shorts – amazing LGBTQI films, a First Nations Showcase celebrating First Nations talent and stories, FlickerKids – special showcases of kids and family friendly films, LoveBites – films about the trials an…
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19th December 2025
…treet Studios POST-PRODUCTION Spectrum Films TRAILER SPONSORS Spectrum Films Trackdown Panavision Dendy Cinemas Waverley Council Out trailer made possible by the generosity of Fountainhead Casting, Panavision, Spectrum Films, Trackdown Studios, Church Street Studios and Waverley Council. View our classic collection of the Flickerfest Trailers archives here!…
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14th January 2014
…year, Australia’s only Academy® Accredited and BAFTA recognised short film competition, Flickerfest, will be screening under the stars at Bondi Beach until 19 January, showcasing the best short films from Australia and around the world. The BEST OF DOCUMENTARY sessions will screen today (Tuesday Jan 14) at 4.30pm and 6.30pm. The festival still has 5 MASSIVE days of screening to go before wrapping up on Sunday evening with the much anticipated awar…
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19th January 2014
…rimary School Production: YELLOW AND BLUE Wri/Dir: Shanice Foster-Breadmore, Abbey Morris, Saffron Shrowder & Angela Woolnough Prod: Table Cape Primary School TAS FLICKERFEST’s Festival Director BRONWYN KIDD has said: We are thrilled that the 2014 festival has been such a success with record crowds and great enthusiasm expressed for the programmes screened. Its great to see short film so warmly embraced by audiences across our ten day event. I wou…
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17th December 2014
…Queen of the Desert), Development Executive Nicole Dade (Screen Australia), writer Blake Ayshford (Cut Snake, Devils Playground); DIRECTORS IN CONVERSATION WITH GARRY MADDOX:- film journalist Garry Maddox (Sydney Morning Herald), writer/director Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), writer/director Heath Davis (Broke); MAKING IT HAPPEN (Producers Panel):- producer Kath Shelper (Samson and Delilah, Ruben Guthrie), producer Lauren Edwards (Felony); MARKET…
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