Cinephiles, this one’s for you. Flickerfest – Australia’s biggest short film competition – is back for 2025, taking over Bondi Pavilion with more than 200 short film screenings across a glittering ten-day program. Known for spotlighting some of the country’s best-received short films – with a heap of Academy® and BAFTA winners among its alumni – Flickerfest is returning for its 34th year, with films screening by the beach from January 17 until January 26, 2025.
This year, the carefully selected curation of short films were chosen from a pool of more than 3,400 entries, with the official selection including 63 Australian films, 36 international films, and 15 documentaries. Audiences can expect to see 37 world premieres, 46 Australian premieres, and 5 NSW premieres, with most of the films in the running for a series of awards, including Flickerfest Award for Best International Short Film, the Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animation, the Panasonic Lumix Award for Best Australian Short Film, and the Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary.
As well as the shortlisted films, the program features a celebration of young Aussie filmmakers (FlickerUp), a showcase of LGBTQI cinema (Rainbow Shorts), a series of films about relationships (Love Bites) and exploring films about relationships, Short Laughs (a comedy series) and FlickerKids: a special program of kids and family-friendly films.
After the Bondi-based festival, Flickerfest will go on tour – taking selected films to more than 40 venues across Australia from February until October.
Tickets start at $22 – you can check out the full program and score tickets over here.
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