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academy® Qualifying CELEBRATING 30 YEARS and BAFTA- recognised GREAT SHORT FILM NEVER DIES 30th international film festival 2021 22 – 31 JANuary • BONDI BEACH flickerfest.com.au academy® Qualifying and BAFTA- recognised PROGRAM AND SESSION TIMES DAY 10.00AM 1.30PM 4.00PM 6.30PM 9.00PM FRI 22 Festival Opening Highlights & Party 8.00PM for 8.30PM start SAT 23 Best of International 1 Best of Australian 1 Best of Australian 2 Best of Australian 3 SUN 24 Best of International 2 Best of Documentary 1 Best of Documentary 2 Best of Australian 4 MON 25 Best of International 3 Best of Australian 5 TUE 26 Best of Indigenous Best of Australian 6 WED 27 Best of International 4 Best of Australian 7 THU 28 Best of International 5 Love Bites 1 FRI 29 FlickerLab (10am - 5pm) Love Bites 2 Short Laughs Comedy 1 FlickerUp School Shorts FlickerKids (ages 6-12) Rainbow Shorts Short Laughs Comedy 2 SAT 30 Competition Final SUN 31 Closing Night Awards, Winning Highlights & After Party 7.00PM for 7.30PM FESTIVAL INFORMATION SPECIAL EVENTS WELCOME TO THE 30TH FLiCKERFEST! OPENING NIGHT FRIDAY 22 JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS SCREENING 8.00pm for 8.30pm start We are thrilled to have reached a AFTER PARTY 10.30pm- late including music, food and entertainment landmark of 3 decades sharing the best of the world’s and Australia’ short films CLOSING NIGHT SUNDAY 31 JANUARY with you. This year I hope our Covid safe AWARDS AND SCREENING 7:00pm for 7:30pm start Flickerfest event can bring us closer AFTER PARTY 10.30pm – late together, celebrating cinema on the big Celebrate the end of the festival at the Closing Night and Awards Ceremony. A selection of the screen at a time when we have never festival’s award-winning films will be screened, followed by music and drinks at the Flickerfest been so physically far apart. See you for Garden Bar. 200 +of the most innovative, provocative and wildly entertaining short films the FLiCKERLAB FRIDAY 29 JANUARY 10.00AM TO 5.00PM A one-day journey from shorts to features. world has to offer at Australia’s leading Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA TICKETS ON SALE AT FLiCKERFEST.COM.AU recognised short film festival in January. Flickerfest is an all weather event. BRONWYN KIDD Flickerfest Director For more information on our Covid Safe Plan please visit Flickerfest.com au 1 THANK YOU SPECIAL EVENT OPENING NIGHT MAJOR GOVERNMENT PARTNER MAJOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAJOR PARTNERS FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY 2021 PARTNER 8.00PM FOR 8.30PM All the glitter of the stars of the screen, under a starry sky… Join us for a selection of Flickerfest’s juiciest highlights – an introduction to the incredible cinema to come in our 2021 season. After the films we party in our bespoke Festival Garden and Bar on fabulous Bondi Beach, and raise our glasses to 30 years of the best short films from across the globe! OPENING NIGHT SCREENING TICKET SCREENING & WELCOME INCLUDES A DRINK ON ARRIVAL AND SCREENING 8.00PM FOR 8.30PM START OPENING NIGHT SCREENING AND PARTY INCLUDES A CATERED PARTY AFTER PARTY SUPPORTING PARTNERS BEVERAGE PARTNERS AND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE FLICKERFEST GARDEN BAR 10.30PM – LATE OPENING NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS FRIDAY 22ND JAN 8:00 PM DURATION: 89 MINS ROBOROVSKI THE MOOGAI Australia | 15mins | 2020 Australia | 15mins | 2020 DIR: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dev Patel WRI/DIR: Jon Bell WRI: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dev Patel, John Collee PROD: Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, PROD: Jomon Tomas, Tilda Cobham-Harvey, Taylor Goddard, Mitchell Stanley Dev Patel An Aboriginal psychological horror, THE Roborovski follows an eponymous thimble sized MOOGAI is the story of a family terrorised hamster who spends his days in Marvin’s Pet by a child-stealing spirit. AWARD PARTNERS OFFICIAL TECHNICAL PARTNERS Shop, hoping to find a family. However, when NSW PREMIERE he is constantly overlooked by the people and animals around him, his seething resentment FRANKIE JEAN & THE MORNING STAR and intense jealousy soon takes hold and the New Zealand | 17mins | 2020 murderous side of little Roborovski is released. DIR/WRI: Hannah Marshall NSW PREMIERE PROD: Tara Riddell, Gareth Williams In the early hours of the morning, a plucky, DAVID rugby obsessed 8 year old girl stumbles United States | 12mins | 2020 across a teenager about to end his life. DIR: Zachary Woods AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE WRI: Brandon Gardner, Zachary Woods PROD: Zachary Woods, Kevin Chinoy, Francesca THE AFFECTED MEDIA PARTNERS FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS AND Silvestri, Andrew Porter Norway | 13mins | 2020 TRAILER SPONSORS A severely depressed man reaches out for an DIR: Rikke Gregersen emergency therapy session. He’s not the only WRI: Trond Arntzen, Rikke Gregersen Trackdown one who needs help. Starring Will Ferrell. PROD: Stine Blichfeldt Spectrum Films AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Passengers and crew on a commercial flight The Solid State question their ethics when an attempt to stop Brewcasa Creative FURLOUGH a deportation occurs on their flight minutes Panavision Australia | 17mins | 2020 before take-off. Nicolle Churi Creative WRI/DIR: Phoebe Tonkin AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Chicken & Chips Casting Dendy Cinemas PROD: Jessica Carrera Palace Cinemas FURLOUGH follows a day-in-the-life of two sisters, 16 and 17, who embark on an adventure tiptoeing the line between freedom FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Furlough, The Moogai, and responsibility. What appears to be a Roborovski OFFICIAL TOUR PARTNERS PREFERRED ACCOMMODATION PARTNERS dangerous game of living on the edge is really about making the most of the fleeting, precious moments we have here on this earth. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE 2 2 GREAT SHORT FILM NEVER DIES CELEBRATING 30 YEARS 3 BEST OF INTERNATIONAL Five sessions of the best International short films in competition. Be uplifted, inspired and moved by the next generation of the world’s most talented filmmakers - Academy ® Qualifying and BAFTA recognised. BEST OF INTERNATIONAL 1 O BLACK HOLE! BEST OF INTERNATIONAL 2 LOVENA SATURDAY 23RD JAN 1.30 PM United Kingdom | 16mins | 2020 SUNDAY 24TH JAN 1.30 PM French Guiana | 28mins | 2020 DURATION: 105 MINS DIR: Renee Zhan DURATION: 101 MINS DIR/WRI: Oliver Sagne WRI: Vanessa Rose, Renee Zhan PROD: Marc Barrat PROD: Jesse Romain Lovena becomes French Guiana’s chess FOREST FLOOR A woman who can’t stand the passing of time CRISS CROSS champion. An opportunity and a burden for an United Kingdom | 5mins | 2019 turns herself into a black hole. A thousand Germany | 7mins | 2020 illegal Haitian immigrant teenager. WRI/DIR/PROD: Robbie Synge unchanging years pass until one day, the DIR/WRI: Caroline Hamann, Fritz Penzlin AUSTRALIAN PREMIRE Shot in Abernethy Forest in The Cairngorms, Singularity wakes inside her. PROD: Caroline Hamann “Forest Floor” considers different bodies and AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE A film about love and borders, which is stronger? FRANKIE JEAN & THE MORNING STAR physical access challenges in a rural location. An unfortunate chain of events motivates a New Zealand | 17mins | 2020 Close friends Julie and Robbie sit quietly FLECK couple in love to try and defy the obstacles DIR/WRI: Hannah Marshall together on the ground, a simple idea requiring USA | 15mins | 2019 between them. Can they be overcome? Or might PROD: Tara Riddell, Gareth Williams a novel approach. DIR/WRI: Jing Ai Ng digging underneath be a better solution? And just In the early hours of the morning, a plucky, AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE PROD: Miguel Lozano, John J Lozada when you think it’s getting easier, bureaucracy rugby obsessed 8 year old girl stumbles across An Asian-American teenager at a traditional and the past get in the way! a teenager about to end his life. DAVID prep school is desperate to fit in with the AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE United States | 12mins | 2020 school’s elite. She is forced to choose between DIR: Zachary Woods her morality or fitting in. HEAVEN REACHES DOWN TO EARTH WRI: Brandon Gardner, Zachary Woods AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE South Africa | 10mins | 2020 PROD: Zachary Woods, Kevin Chinoy, Francesca DIR/WRI: Tebogo Malebogo Silvestri, Andrew Porter GIRL WITH A THERMAL GUN PROD: Petrus Van Staden A severely depressed man reaches out for an China | 12mins | 2020 After Tau comes to a realisation about their emergency therapy session. He’s not the only WRI/DIR: Rongfei Guo sexuality, it sets in motion a cascade of one who needs help. PROD: Du Yating thoughts and emotions in Tumelo - nothing will AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE During the pandemic, a grocery delivery man ever be the same between them. is busier than ever. He receives orders, fills AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE NO MORE WINGS shopping carts, and delivers packages. As he United Kingdom | 10mins | 2019 grows tired, a feeling of loneliness washes over I WAS STILL THERE WHEN YOU LEFT ME DIR/WRI: Abraham Adeyemi him and he begins to feel defeated—until he Belgium | 23mins | 2019 PROD: Abiola Rufai suddenly finds a thermal gun pressed to his DIR: Marie McCourt Two lifelong friends meet up at their favourite forehead. WRI: Marie McCourt, Abdoulkarim Hamadi fried chicken shop in South London. The meeting WORLD PREMIERE PROD: Mediadiffusion comes at a crucial point in their lives as they While her tower block is burning, a 7-year-old move onto a new path, maybe without wings. VIRAGO girl is consumed by guilt, thinking she started AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Estonia | 15mins | 2019 the fire. DIR/WRI: Kerli Kirch Schneider AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE I AM AFRAID TO FORGET YOUR FACE PROD: Diana Mikita Egypt, France, Belgium, Qatar | 15mins | 2020 In Virago village where no man has lived long IN THE DUSK WRI/DIR: Sameh Alaa enough to see his fortieth birthday, Tõnu is China | 18mins | 2020 PROD: Muhammad Taymour, Mark Lotfy about to turn forty. DIR: Zhuolan After being separated for 82 days, Adam travels AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE WRI: Shuang Liang down a rough road to be reunited with the one PROD: Joyce Yueyi Xing, Xue Yan Hu he loves, whatever it takes.