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The IF Award for Most Popular Film at Flickerfest Announced!
January 27, 2006
The Prodigal Son, the emotional story of a gay man in his 40s who is reunited with his traditional, Macedonian family after being estranged from his father for 15 years, has won the Flickerfest IF Media Award for Most Popular Film at Flickerfest 2006. [more]

Flickerfest Announces its winners for 2006!
January 19, 2006
The 2006 Award winners for the Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, driven by MINI, were announced at the Closing Night Awards Ceremony on Sunday 15th Januray 2006. [more]

Workshops at Flickerfest 2006
December 5, 2005
Workshops at Flickerfest 2006

Two exciting workshops are slated for this year's Flickerfest International Short Film festival - one featuring the renowned international animator Phil Mulloy, and the other a documentary workshop with controversial documentary maker Wayne Coles-Janess. Flickerfest is delighted to give filmmakers the opportunity to have an insight into the minds of two very untraditional artists.

Documentary
This workshop is with highly-esteemed documentary director Wayne Coles-Janess, who will take you on a journey through his body of work from idea to image to the completed project. His award winning doco In The Shadow of the Palms won the IF Independent Spirit Prize recently and is a remarkable documentary about the Iraq war.

Animation
Multi award-winning UK animator Phil Mulloy, renowned internationally for his provocative, perceptive, grotesque and squirmingly funny take on human nature, gives an animation workshop designed to delight and provoke its participants. Be prepared to travel to the outer reaches of an animator's mind with the Zogs and a multitude of other characters.
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Phil Mulloy Program (highlights)
December 5, 2005
Multi-award-winning UK animator Phil Mulloy is renowned internationally for his provocative brush and ink animations. His work comments on human nature and challenges contemporary values, standing as a model of satiric grotesque unparalleled in British animation. Flickerfest's Phil Mulloy program will span the depth and breadth of his work. Tributes to Mulloy have been seen at this year's Tampere Film Festival in Finland, at Clermont-Ferrand in France and Comedia in North America.

"It's a rare artist who can profoundly analyse the hopes, fears and anxieties of a civilisation in crisis, but Phil Mulloy has achieved this with his brilliantly subversive satire. A prescient and viscerally emotional film, unflinching in its examination of the more sinister motivations of our times." Tampere Festival Jury (on Intolerance: The Trilogy) [more]

15 years, 15 centres - Flickerfest 2006, driven by MINI,
December 5, 2005
Outstanding short films from more than 20 countries - among them Iceland, Singapore, Ireland, and Mexico - have made the cut for the 15th annual Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia's premier international short film event.

Sixty films have been selected from more than 900 entries that poured into Flickerfest's offices from around the globe. They will screen under the stars at Bondi beach from January 6-15, 2006, before heading off on a national tour of 15 centres. [more]

Jameson Award Winning Films at Flickerfest 2006
December 5, 2005
In 2006, Flickerfest will present the prestigious Jameson Award for the second time in Australia. The award carries major significance at European film festivals and is recognised as the one of the world's most important national short film awards. Apart from its prize of $10,000, the award also gives film makers a great profile for their work, through a tour of winners from that year throughout Europe. Each winning film represents their country in an innovative and vibrant manner and shows the richness of short film across Europe and beyond. Flickerfest 2006 will present a program of Jameson Award winners for the first time, enabling Australian audiences and filmmakers to see the excellent international shorts awarded this prize.
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Love Bites!
December 5, 2005
Life, love and the idiosyncrasies of all relationships get examined through a sexy and humorous programme of internationally acclaimed shorts that point the global spotlight on love. Highlights will include a number of very diverse perspectives on love and lust, with an international flavour; think imaginary girlfriends and unrequited love and passion on a grand scale! [more]

International Program (highlights)
December 5, 2005
The 2006 International festival selections promise to be an amazing program of diverse work from all over the globe. Included in this bumper year of short films are the following highlights:


The Big Empty
USA/21 mins/35mm/05
Wri/Dir J. Lisa Chang, Newton Thomas Sigel
Prod Daniel Dubiecki, Jason Blumenfeld
Exec Prod: Stephen Soderbergh and George Clooney
A bittersweet tale of Alice, her vagina and the infinite nature of theTundra, starring Selma Blair, Elias Koteas and with Hugh Laurie.
Grand Jury Prize, USA Film Festival 05
Jury Prize, Athens Ohio Film Festival 05
Audience Award, Malibu Film Festival 05
**Australian Premiere

Azadi
Australia/20min/35mm/05
Writ/Dir Anthony Maras
Prod Scott McDonald & Anthony Maras
Amir and his young son Mansur flee the violent streets of Kabul Afganistan -
only to encounter another type of persecution upon arrival in Australia.
Screened at Sydney Film Festival 05, Palm Springs IFF, Los Angeles ISFF
Valladollid IFF
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Documentary Program (highlights)
December 5, 2005
Every year the profile of documentaries increases as more and more end of these films capture audiences hearts and mind on the big screen. Flickerfest is proud to present the next generation of innovative documentary filmmakers in these two programs of short docos under 30 minutes. [more]

Australian Program (highlights)
December 5, 2005
Flickerfest is delighted to screen the best of the best local filmmaking talent as Australian filmmakers continue to add their unique perspective to the short film scene both here and overseas. All films entered are eligible for the Jameson Short Film Award for Best Australian Short Film. Flickerfest will present this award for the second time in 2006, and for the winner it means a total cash prize of $10,000. Some of the Australian program highlights include:
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Highlights of the African program
December 5, 2005
In 2006, Flickerfest will shine its cultural spotlight on one of the most colourful regions of the world, screening an award-winning array of shorts from Africa. Over the past five years, short film production in Africa has grown rapidly as new technology has spread, creating a wealth of stories that are culturally significant and challenging both in form and content. This year, Flickerfest will feature two programs of African shorts. [more]