Celebrating 30 years, FLiCKERFEST is Australia’s leading Academy® Award accredited and BAFTA recognised Short Film Festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screening the best of shorts from Australia and around the world, hand-picked from 3,500 entries.
Screening Runtime: 103 min
RoborovskiDirector: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dev Patel Writer: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dev Patel, John Collee Runtime: 15 mins |
Roborovski follows an eponymous thimble sized hamster, who spends his days in Marvin’s Pet Shop, hoping to find a family. However, when he is constantly overlooked by the people and animals around him, his seething resentment and intense jealousy soon takes hold and the murderous side of little Roborovski is released |
The End, The BeginningDirector: Archie Chew Writer: Samuel Herriman Producer: Alicia Easaw-Mamutil Runtime: 15 mins |
In the picture-book town of Collector, a young girl and her gang of rogue environmentalists are trying to save the planet as the world goes into lockdown. The main target of the rebellion? The girl’s very own father. |
SparklesDirector: Jacqueline Peczar Writer: Tina Fielding Producer: Cody Greenwood Runtime: 13 mins |
A 30-something-year-old Down Syndrome woman leaves her past behind, and runs away from a small country town, heading towards the city. Along her journey, she makes an unlikely friendship with a Drag Queen from the Outback, teaching us all not to be afraid to celebrate who we are. |
This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of UsDirector: D.C. Fairhurst Writer: DC Fairhurst Producer: Lucy Green, D.C Fairhurst Runtime: 7 mins |
Two rival pickpockets clash in an increasingly risky game of cat-&-mouse.
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System ErrorDirector: Matt Vesely Writer: Matt Vesely Producer: Kristy Stark Runtime: 13 mins |
Every day, George works his job at a dingy convenience store, desperately hoping for a friend – but George is also an immobile robotic service unit, and immobile service units do not have friends. Not yet anyway. |
The Exit PlanDirector: Angus Wilkinson Writer: Ella Cook Producer: James Buckingham Runtime: 14 min |
In an overpopulated future, an elderly woman is visited by a young government official to ensure she is complying with the government’s new “Exit Plan” policy, but, when he interrogates her further he soon realizes she has her own ‘plan’ for him. |
FurloughDirector: Phoebe Tonkin Writer: Phoebe Tonkin Producer: Jessica Carrera Runtime: 17 min |
FURLOUGH follows a day-in-the-life of two sisters, 16 and 17, who embark on an adventure tiptoeing the line between freedom and responsibility. What appears to be a dangerous game of living on the edge, is really about making the most of the fleeting, precious moments we have here on this earth. |
WirunDirector: Chad O'Brien Writer: Ebony McGuire, Chad O'Brien Producer: Jemma Douglas Runtine: 9 min |
A young Indigenous girl must dig deep to own her performance of a Shakespearean sonnet for her high school drama class. |
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