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Flickerfest 2010 19th Australian International Short Film Festival 8th-17th January 2010 Bondi Beach Sydney Australia, Touring nationally January - March Festival Patrons – Baz Luhrmann, Gillian Armstrong, Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman, John Palermo, Deborra-lee Furness; Seed Productions Festival Director - Bronwyn Kidd FLICKERFEST TOURING NSW After a highly successful ten-day Sydney festival of award-winning shorts, Flickerfest is touring New South Wales as part of the National Tour. As Australia’s premier and only Academy® accredited International Short Film Festival, Flickerfest received over 1600 entries in 2010 with only 97 films chosen for the final competition. The films on the tour are the pick of the crop– all united by their excellence within the short film genre and representing the freshest trends in global cinema – home delivered! The tour has already taken in Byron Bay, Avoca and Narrabri, and now continues around NSW for the next month! Mid North Coast Kempsey & Sawtell screenings: Kempsey: Bandbox Cinema, Opening Wed 17 Feb – Thurs 18 Feb Sawtell: First Avenue Cinema, Opening Fri 19 Feb – Sat 20 Feb Celebrating 10 years of bringing the best short film from around the world to the mid- north coast, Flickerfest opens at the Bandbox Cinema in Kempsey on Wed 17th and Thurs 18th, and the First Avenue Cinema in Sawtell the next night on Friday 19th and Sat 20th February with opening night parties at both venues, next week’s screenings in the Macleay Valley showcase the incredible Flickerfest International 1 and 2 Programmes on beautiful 35mm film. International 1 Programme highlights include: The Clearing (Made in NSW, Flickerfest Australian Premiere) starring Damian Walshe-Howling of Underbelly fame and fantastic The Six Dollar Fifty Man (NZ), winner of the Coopers Award for Best Short Film at Flickerfest 2010 which just won the prestigious Shorts International Prize at Sundance Film Festival. Flickerfest is Australia’s premier Academy® accredited short film festival, meaning this film is now eligible for nomination for an Oscar. The International 2 Programme continues to delight audiences across Australia with highlights of the programme including the film-in film short piece Citizen vs Kane (France) and Australian winner of the Yoram Gross Award for Best Animation (Flickerfest 2010) The Cat Piano. New England Gunnedah Screening: The Civic Theatre, Opening Sun 21 Feb Featuring a selection of multi-award winning International shorts including no less than six Australian Premieres, the International 3 programme highlights another of Bill Plympton's famed 'Dog' series Horn Dog as well as the hilariously dark executive parking comedy from Spain: Parking. Also screening is saucy Aphrodite’s Farm from NZ, Bruce Lee plastic toy-story The Little Dragon (France) and the award winning short After Tomorrow (UK). Flickerfest 2010 19th Australian International Short Film Festival 8th-17th January 2010 Bondi Beach Sydney Australia, Touring nationally January - March Festival Patrons – Baz Luhrmann, Gillian Armstrong, Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman, John Palermo, Deborra-lee Furness; Seed Productions Festival Director - Bronwyn Kidd Central West Bathurst Screening Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, Opening Fri 5 Mar – Sat 6 Mar Flickerfest is the V8 of the short film world, so what better place for the Flickerfest Tour to drive-in to than Bathurst, where Flickerfest is screening the Best of Australian Shorts Programme and in high demand Oscar Shorts Programmes at Mount Vic Flicks. Hunter Region Dungog Screening James Theatre, Opening Sat 13 Mar Screening Flickerfest International 2 Programme, Best Of Australian Shorts, Oscar Shorts & the fabulous music on film programme – Short Beats. Get up and Dance! Highlights of Short Beats include UK filmmaker Sam Taylor Wood’s (Nowhere Man) short about the Buzzcock’s single Love You More, infamous outspoken Singaporean filmmaker Royston Tan’s stinging musical attack on his country’s censorship board - Cut; and classic Swedish Cannes-number Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers. Blue Mountains Mt Victoria Screening Mount Vic Flicks, Opening Fri 19 Mar – Sat 20 Mar Films with altitude! Catch the short film fever at Mount Vic Flicks, screening the Best of Australian Shorts and Oscar Shorts Programmes. Cowra Region Canowindra Screening Rosnay Vineyards, Opening Sat 27 Mar The Flickerfest touring road-show ends it’s 24-venue national tour at the beautiful home of our wine partner, amongst the vines at the Rosnay Vineyards, screening the Best of Australian Shorts Programme with a huge closing celebration featuring delicious Rosnay Organic wine. Come and get merry as we celebrate the culmination of the fantastic Flickerfest national tour. Flickerfest is proud to acknowledge Screen NSW’s generous support of the regional tour. For programme details see http://www.flickerfest.com.au/Tour_Dates.aspx Contact: Tour Coordinator: E: [email protected] t :0414 779 881 .