Flickerfest 2007 Programme Calendar
International Programme - International 3 - Repeat
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: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Show time: 4:30 pm
Sponsored By:
RABBIT
Running Time: 8.5
Year: 2005
Format: 35mm
Country: UK
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
Director/Producer/Writer: Run Wrake
CHECKPOINT
Running Time: 11
Year: 2006
Format: 35mm
Country: Australia
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
Producer: Tim Kreibig
Director/Producer/Writer: Ben Phelps
PRINTED RAINBOW
Running Time: 15
Year: 2006
Format: 35mm
Country: India
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
EN FANFARE
Running Time: 16
Year: 2005
Format: 35MM
Country: Belgium
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
Producer: Nicolas Bertrand
Director/Writer: Veronique Jadin
VAGABOND SHOES
Running Time: 18
Year: 2005
Format: 35MM
Country: UK
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
Director/Writer: Jackie Oudney
K-7
Running Time: 18
Year: 2005
Format: 35MM
Country: USA
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?
Director: Christopher Leone
LA GUERRA
Running Time: 9
Year: 2005
Format: 35MM
Country: Spain
LA GUERRA
Synopsis:
World War II. There's a boy in a wardrobe..
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Grand Prix Cinema Jove 05
ASTRONAUTS
Running Time: 8.5
Year: 2005
Format: 35MM
Country: UK
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













