21st December 2023
…e 19th – 28th January. Celebrating its 33rd year, this not to be missed ten-day event will showcase a handpicked selection of Australia’s and the world’s most exciting short films under the stars and in the theatre at the Bondi Pavilion, presenting a stunning season showcasing our most exciting emerging cinema talent. The 2024 programme is now live, with over 210 of the most inspiring short films, enjoying their world and Australian premieres, han…
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18th October 2023
…this year to launch a national ad competition to uncover and support an up-and-coming filmmaker. As part of the competition, the winner will be nurtured and supported to write and direct their very own ‘Should’ve gone to Specsavers’ ad. The brief was simple: entrants had to come up with a script for a 1-minute commercial that delivered an entertaining, light-hearted eyesight gag, with the line ‘Should’ve gone to Specsavers’ as the punchline. A…
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11th February 2021
…abulous event that it was! A huge thanks to our Government Partners Screen Australia, Waverley Council, Screen NSW; Major Partners SBS On Demand and SAE Institute Australia; supporting partners MINI Garage Sydney and Time Out Sydney; our Award Partners SAE Institute Australia, Avid, Panasonic #YoramGross, John Barry Sales, Spectrum Films and Azure Productions. And we couldn’t have done it without the delicious food and drinks from Four Pillars Gin…
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23rd April 2021
…on of family friendly shorts from near and far including the surreal coming-of-age fable Tina Times Two from Ireland. We have a huge night in store for film lovers in Adelaide on the 1st of May as we descend upon The Mercury Cinema with two fabulous programmes, a Q&A and even a cool beverage thrown in! We get the evening started with our Best of Australian Shorts programme featuring a stellar collection of shorts from home-grown Adelaide film crea…
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20th December 2021
…ction to documentaries and animation. This year Flickerfest will screen 57 Australian films across the Best of Australian Competition, 39 International films across the Best of International Competition and 13 Documentaries across the Best of Documentary Competition. Year on year, entries for Flickerfest continue to increase; a testimony to the fact that Flickerfest is one of the world’s leading and most respected platforms for short film. From th…
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19th December 2022
…and the world’s most celebrated filmmakers. For further information and to secure tickets to the 2023 festival on sale now visit: www.flickerfest.com.au/ticket-info…
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18th December 2015
…re you on your own creative journey. Our panelists on the day will include Australian director Kieran Darcy-Smith (By the Way of Helena, Wish You Were Here) and USA director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, (Me And Earl and the Dying Girl, American Horror Story), streaming live to our session from the US. The FlickerLab panels will also feature writer/director Michael Petroni (Backtrack, The Book Thief (w), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Tre…
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9th July 2018
…leading Academy® Accredited and BAFTA recognised Short Film festival, and Australia’s largest short film competition, is now accepting entries from Australia and around the world for its 2019 Festival. Flickerfest will screen for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in January 2019 with selected highlights heading off after the festival around Australia to over 50 venues in our national tour. Flickerfest remains a platform for celebratin…
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27th September 2019
…n (live-action and animation) – Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA recognised * Australian competition (live-action and animation) – Academy® Qualifying * Documentary competition – Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA recognised * Best European Union Short from International Competition * SAE FlickerUp – Australian School Students Competition * ASEAN Competition – Best Shorts from the ASEAN region. * Flickerfest will also screen special showcases out of compe…
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3rd December 2015
…ogramme to showcase the very best 100 films to audiences across Australia from January until May. Launching in Sydney on January 8th until the 17th FLiCKERFEST will run in Sydney for 10 days before taking the rest of the country by storm. The festival will screen to 50 +venues across Australia between January and May. Tickets on-sale and full programme released on December 18! Head to the FLiCKERFEST website – www.flickerfest.com.au for all the de…
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