Flickerfest
The Cream Of Short Films!
#Celebrating its 35th year
Celebrating its 35th year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy Award and BAFTA qualifying short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from over 3,700 entries; ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world.
Flickerfest screens for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in January, with selected highlights of the most entertaining and innovative short films from Australia & around the world touring the country on a 40+ venue national tour from Feb - Oct 2026.
Flickerfest returns with this annual one-off chance to see the Best of Australian Shorts & Best of International Shorts programmes officially selected for Flickerfest National Tour, before these films continue their journey around the world.
Best of International Shorts 5:30pm
Best of Australian Shorts 8:00pm
Stay seated after the screening for a Q&A session.
Saturday 16 May - 5:30pm & 8:00pm
Film
Please be aware that the Armitage Centre is a seating bank, you may need to climb stairs.
If you're after wheelchair seating or Companion Card (limited number available) book via our Ticket Office or over the phone on 1300 655 299.
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#Australian Shorts Program
Trading Cards
A man journeys back in time to find his younger self, under the guise of trading cards, but the exchange turns into a haunting exploration of identity, mental health, and the fading light of childhood innocence.
Director: Radheya Jang
Writer: Radheya Jang
Producer: Radheya Jang, Jay Jay Jegathesan
Runtime: 15min
Year: 2025
Packed Away
Em and her father need to pack away her mothers belongings after her passing. A fairly simple act, but a difficult one. And her father really seems to be coping well. Or is he?…
Director: Michala Banas, Finegan Sampson
Writer: Michala Banas
Producer: Max Kearsley, Tess Adams
Runtime: 16min
Year: 2025
Baby Shower
Heidi’s baby shower descends into chaos when her estranged father crashes the party.
Director: Matt Day
Writer: Matt Day
Producer: Heather Mitchell
Runtime: 13min
Year: 2025
The Suit
A couple engaged in a bizarre legal proceeding confront the source of their problem.
Director: Jesse Vogelaar
Writer: Scott Limbrick
Producer: Lawrence Phelan
Runtime: 12min
Year: 2025
The Scan
Based on a true story, we follow Jenny, a middle-aged woman in remission going for an MRI. However, before the scan Jenny discovers that she can’t take off her erotic piercing. This leads to her finding an unlikely confidant in the MRI’s Technician as they both try and find a solution to this tricky situation.
Director: Jake Shannon
Writer: Jake Shannon
Producer: Cecilia Low
Runtime: 10min
Year: 2025
Without White Clovers
A young man fears for his older brother’s life after he randomly texts him that he loves him.
Director: Cooper Clark
Writer: Cooper Clark
Producer: Cooper Clark
Runtime: 8min
Year: 2025
Return Of The Champ
A documentary-hybrid about Will Power—a world champion and Indy 500 winner—and his comedian brother Damien, who must finally face the rivalry that has shaped their lives in order to reconnect before it breaks them apart.
Director: Damien John Power
Writer: Damien John Power
Producer: Damien John Power
Runtime: 20min
Year: 2025
Tuesday Tuesday
A young support worker spends one final shift with her longtime client living with younger-onset dementia and must face the complicated feelings that come with letting go.
Director: Lianne Mackessy
Writer: Lianne Mackessy, Emily Sheehan
Producer: Catherine Van der Rijt
Runtime: 15min
Year: 2025
Writers In Love
A comedy about two writers whose romantic entanglement takes a sharp turn when they realize they have conflicting ideas about the ethics of writing. As their boundaries clash, the line between storytelling and manipulation begins to blur..
Director: Sarah Joan Wischusen Giles
Writer: Grace Isabella Malouf
Producer: Jacqueline Ann Kerwick
Runtime: 11min
Year: 2025
#INTERNATIONAL SHORTS PROGRAM
Radix
Two creatures meet on a tree. Their encounter goes deep down to the roots and beyond.
Director: Anne Breymann
Writer: Anne Breymann
Producer: Anne Breymann
Runtime: 4min
Year: 2025
Country: Germany
A Friend Of Dorothy
A lonely widow’s quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.
Director: Lee Knight
Writer: Lee Knight
Producer: James Dean, Max Harlow, Scottie Forte
Runtime: 21min
Year: 2025
Country: UK
Katti
In a vibrant, multi-generational Indian household, 8-year-old Bittoo finds herself sidelined after the birth of her baby brother. A tender, unsettling portrait of girlhood, sibling bonds, and the first sting of systemic gender bias. It explores how children absorb silence, how they internalize worth, and how, despite everything, they still reach for love.
Director: Kanishka Aggarwal
Writer: Akshita Namjoshi, Kanishka Aggarwal
Producer: Wenfeng Li, Kanishka Aggarwal
Runtime: 14min
Year: 2025
Country: India, US
Dancing Sober
Bullied by wife and daughter and mistreated at work, Herman escapes with boozed up dancing alone in the middle of the night…until a drunken dance floor takeover at an office party turns him into a viral sensation and sparks a long overdue rebellion.
Director: Kristian A. Söderström
Writer: Kristian A. Söderström
Producer: Josefine Green
Runtime: 15min
Year: 2025
Country: Sweden
They
As townsfolk rage in their fog of negativity, our hero and his dog aim to encourage a return to better days! The opposite effect leads to an unexpected calamity which galvanizes the masses.
Director: Renée Zellweger
Writer: Renée Zellweger, Paul Smith
Producer: Tora Young
Runtime: 8min
Year: 2025
Country: UK
A Sisyphean Task
Follows Lucy, a 23 year old newly qualified teacher, through her first year of teaching. A bright yet unflinching glimpse into the British school system, all set within the walls of Lucy’s classroom.
Director: Gus Flind-Henry, George Malcher
Writer: Gus Flind-Henry, George Malcher
Producer: George Telfer
Runtime: 17min
Year: 2025
Country: UK
My Plastic Mother
Eki, living by the landfill, searches for a memento to honor his late mother. Battling the relentless rain, landslides, and looming threats from scavengers and machinery, he fears her memory could be lost beneath the waste forever.
Director: Amar Haikal
Writer: Amar Haikal
Producer: Michael Rainheart
Runtime: 19min
Year: 2025
Country: Indonesia
The Singers
A genre-bending film adaptation of a 19th-century short story written by Ivan Turgenev, in which a lowly pub full of downtrodden men connect unexpectedly through an impromptu sing-off. With a cast comprised of first-time actors from the unlikeliest corners of TikTok and YouTube, the film is a celebration of diamonds in the rough and a testament to the power of vulnerability through art.
Director: Sam Davis
Producer: Jack Piatt, David Breschel, Charlie Cohen, Simon Rayka Zehtabchi,
Runtime: 18min
Year: 2025
Country: USA
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