4th January 2018
…isrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear them apart. Out of Africa comes the story of 8 year old girl, Bamunu who works as a real life shopping basket – called “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 ch…
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28th January 2024
…ctrum Films, Yoram Gross Films, European Union Delegation to Australia, AFTRS, Avid, John Barry Sales, Rebel8, Specsavers, SABA Premium Beverage, Azure. Our Media Partners: City Hub, Star Observer, FilmInk, The Monthy, The Saturday Paper, 7am, Concrete Playground, FBi Radio, JJ Splice Beverage Partners: Gage Roads Brew co, Matso’s, Four Pillars, Rosnay Organic, SABA Premium Beverages Accommodation partners: Adina TFE Hotels Official Technical Part…
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3rd March 2020
…story of a young girl, who, bored and lonely in a world of foreign suburbia, becomes determined to claim a larger Easter egg as her own. Directed by Jane Cho, this charming short received a Special Mention in the Best Australian Short Film Awards at Flickerfest Bondi. The Short Laughs Comedy programme follows up on Saturday evening featuring the side-splitting School’s Out from The Netherlands. This Festival favourite black comedy is the story of…
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Cannibal Story brings to life the dangerous carnivorous beings that live beneath a salt lake in the heart of the Western Desert. This is Martu artist Yunkurra Billy Atkins’ country.
- Director: Sohan Ariel Hayes & Yunkurra Billy Atkins
- Writer: John Carty
- Producer: Erin Coates & Gabrielle Sullivan
- Running Time: 6:52 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Australia
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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.
- Director: Matthew VanDyke
- Writer: Matthew VanDyke
- Producer: Matthew VanDyke & Nour Kelze
- Running Time: 15 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: USA
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While playing on stilts, young Percival Pilts vows “Never again shall my feet touch the ground!” Compelled even higher, he builds his stilts so tall that he no longer fits into normal society.
A whimsical story about the challenges and charms of living an impractical life.
- Director: Janette Goodey & John Lewis
- Writer: Janette Goodey & John Lewis
- Producer: John Lewis & Terri Dentry
- Runtime: 8 min
- Year: 2015
- Country: Australia
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An old, lonesome bear tells the story of his life through a mechanical diorama.
- Director: Gabriel Osorio
- Writer: Daniel Castro
- Producer: Pato Escala
- Runtime: 10 min
- Year: 2014
- Country: Chile
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Meryl Tankard’s intimate portrait of dancer Michelle Ryan. An uplifting story that offers insight into the world of dance and disability and the liberating power of art.
- Director: Meryl Tankard
- Writer: Meryl Tankard
- Producer: Kate Croser, Meryl Tankard
- Runtime: 29 min
- Year: 2015
- Country: Australia
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A story of loneliness in an underground car park and one small miracle.
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Set in the rural backlots of 1920s Australia, “The Story of Lee Ping” is a tale of a young Chinese woman, an imprisoned erotic dancer who plots her freedom. Lee meets Jack, an aboriginal farm hand, who changes the way she sees herself forever.
WORLD PREMIERE
- Director: Jasmin Tarasin
- Writer: John Collee
- Producer: Lucy Maclaren, Jo McNulty-Clark
- Runtime: 13min
- Year: 2020
- Country: Australia
