Australian Shorts

• Australian 1
• Australian 1 - Repeat
• Australian 2
• Australian 2 - Repeat
• Australian 3
• Australian 3 - Repeat
• Australian 4
• Australian 4 -Repeat

Documentary Workshop

• George Gittoes for Documentary Masterclass

International Programme

• International 1 - Opening Night Screening
• International 1 - Repeat
• International 2
• International 2 - Repeat
• International 3
• International 3 - Repeat
• International 4
• International 4 - Repeat
• International 5
• International 5 - Repeat

Short Documentary

• Documentary 1
• Documentary 2

Special Programs

• Celebrity Shorts
• Celebrity Shorts (Repeat screening)
• Endless Summer (Repeat Screening)
• Endless Summer Shorts
• Hiroshima Animation Special - 1
• Hiroshima Animation Special - 2
• Wonderful World of Dogs
• Wonderful World of Dogs (Repeat Screening)

Flickerfest 2007 Programme Calendar

International Programme - International 3

Five sessions of the best International and Australian short films in competition. This program tours nationally to all major cities and regional centres after the Sydney season.

Total Running Time: 100
Session rating: 15+
Show date: Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Show time: 9:15 pm
Sponsored By:

RABBIT

Synopsis:
When and boy and a girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit, great riches follow, but for how long?

Tiger Award for Short Film Rotterdam 2006, BAFTA nomination Best Animated Short 2006, Best Short Film, Best Film at the Cutting Edge, British Animation Awards 2006, Winner Onda Curtas award for short film, Lisbon Independent Film Festival 2006, Jury Distinction Annecy 2006, Special Merit, Cracow Film Festival 2006, Best Animation Vila do Conde Film Festival 2006, Best Animation, Soho Shorts Festival 2006, McLaren Award for Animation, Edinburgh Film Festival 2006, Best Animation Palm Springs Short Film Festival 2006, Special Jury Prize, Hiroshima Animation Festival 2006

Festivals: Melbourne 06
Director/Producer/Writer: Run Wrake

CHECKPOINT

Synopsis:
An encounter ends in tragedy when a Lebanese-Australian family is harassed by a group of soldiers at a checkpoint in outback Australia.

Winner Jury Prize, Montreal World Film Festival 06

Festivals: Melbourne Intl Film Festival 06, Slamdance Film Festival 07, Santa Barbara International Film Festival 07, Austin Film Festival 06, St. Louis International Film Festival 06, Temecula Valley International Film and Music Festival 06, Seagate Foyle Film Festival 06, Kerala International Short Film Festival 06, Snowyfest International Film Festival 06, Canberra Short Film Festival 06
Producer: Tim Kreibig
Director/Producer/Writer: Ben Phelps

PRINTED RAINBOW

Synopsis:
A big city. A tiny apartment. There, in solitude, an old woman and her cat rummage through their collection of match- boxes. The printed labels open into a myriad of exotic worlds. Together they explore these magical worlds where beauty, imagination and wonder triumph over the insignificance of their existence. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

MIFF Golden Conch for Best Animation Film, India 06, Rail D'Or for Best Short Film - Critic's week, Cannes 06, Golden Spike Best Short Film - Valladolid Intl. Film Fest 06, Asifa Award of Excellence- Asifa 06, Mumbai

Director/Producer: Gitanjali Rao

EN FANFARE

Synopsis:
Harry, a young candid and clumsy policeman, recently promoted as a district patroller is going on his first mission: Godelieve, aged 80, hasn't seen her husband for several hours.. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Grand Prix National, Brussels Intl Short Film Festival 06

Festivals: Drama Intl Short Film Festival Greece 06, Hull Intl Short Film Fest 06, Leeds Intl Short Film Festival 06, Santiago Intl Short Film Festival 06
Producer: Nicolas Bertrand
Director/Writer: Veronique Jadin

VAGABOND SHOES

Synopsis:
On a Friday night in London, Alec, an enigmatic homeless man, sits across the street from a black-tie party at a posh hotel. A chance occurrence gives Alec the opportunity to enter this high society gathering, where the layers of his personality and his past are revealed to an unsuspecting audience. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

BAFTA nomination Best Short Film 05, Audience Award, New York City Shorts 05, Grand Jury Prize, Lille 06, Best Intl Short, Garden State Film Festival USA 06, Audience Award Best Short, Palm Beach USA 06

Producer: Winnie Li
Director/Writer: Jackie Oudney

K-7

Synopsis:
An ordinary job interview becomes a battle for life or death when Vincent Kincaid rates a K-7 on his psychological profile. But what does K-7 mean?

Festivals: Clermont-Ferrand 06
Director: Christopher Leone

LA GUERRA

Synopsis:
World War II. There's a boy in a wardrobe.. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Grand Prix Cinema Jove 05

Festivals: Grimstad 06, Clermont-Ferrand 06
Director: Luiso Berdejo, Jorge C Dorado

ASTRONAUTS

Synopsis:
Two astronauts find it increasingly difficult to get along with each other.

Winner Best Graduation Film, Annecy Animation Festival 06, Winner Best Animated Short, Melbourne International Animation Festival 06, Winner Best Student Film, British Animation Awards 06

Director/Producer/Writer: Matthew Walker