Flickerfest on Tour
Australia's premier short film festival has hit the road. Across three evenings, film fans can see the best shorts plucked from over 2200 entries sent in by international and local filmmakers.
Overview
Short film festival Flickerfest is coming to Brisbane's Judith Wright Centre in late February. Across three glorious evenings, film fans can see the best shorts plucked from over 2200 entries sent in by international and local filmmakers. From German drama to Finnish comedy to English animation, there are a huge variety of stories to soak up each night.
Thursday's opening night party will feature the Best of Australian Shorts, including Nick Waterman's Vote Yes starring Miranda Tapsell (The Sapphires), a film exploring the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal rights via its impact on the lives of two women. Anyone who's backpacked through South America will probably appreciate Tango Underpants (pictured), a short following an Australian woman (Emma Booth) journeying through Buenos Aires and falling in love with tango.
Friday and Saturday nights will be a round-up of the best international shorts, including The Phone Call starring Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine, Happy Go Lucky) and Shubhashish Bhutiani's Kush, set in 1984 during a period of anti-Sikh riots following the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Danny DeVito fans will definitely want to see him star in Today's the Day, directed by Daniel 'Cloud' Campos.
If there's one Australian short film festival that has aspiring filmmakers waiting by the letterbox, biting their nails in anticipation of a 'YES!', it's this one. Having started life as a small-time shindig at Balmain High 23 years ago, the annual event is now an audiovisual extravaganza with tons of prestige, a home on Bondi Beach and a pathway to the Academy Awards for its winners. The annual tour gives people in towns across Australia a chance to see some of the best shorts around.
You can buy tickets for individual nights or buy a season ticket, which gets you into all three nights plus the afterparty.
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