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

Australian Shorts - Australian 1

The Australian Shorts program highlights the best in Australian short filmmaking, screening four times throughout the festival.

Total Running Time: 107
Session rating: 15+
Show date: Saturday, January 06, 2007
Show time: 6:45 pm
Sponsored By:

RICHARD

Synopsis:
Meet Richard , an ordinary man striving to keep his head up in the face of adversity.

Festivals: Sydney Premiere
Worldwide Shorts Festival, Canada
Melb Intl Animation Festival
Revelation Film Festival, Perth
Interfilm Berlin
Bradford Animation Festival
Director/Producer/Writer: Mick Elliott
Animation: Winner Best Intl Short - Cortoons Animated Festival, Rome

WITH KINGS

Synopsis:
A young working class man living in modern day Sydney attempts to win back the love of his disheartened girlfriend through the words of a Shakespearean sonnet.

Festivals: Australian Premiere
Director: Gabrielle Rogers
Producer: Iain Crossing
Writer: Andy Rodoreda

LA MEME NUIT

Synopsis:
One night in a chic city apartment three couples get caught up In a night of quarrels, mischief and infidelity.

Festivals: Sydney Festival Premiere
Producer: Matthew Newton & Maddie Stewart
Writer: Gracie Otto
Director/Writer: Gracie Otto

BEST AND FAIREST

Synopsis:
In a broken down car in the middle of no-where, sits a father who can't remember his son and two brothers who don't want to remember each other.

Festivals: Sydney Premiere
Producer: Ash Harris, VCA Film & Tv School
Director/Writer: Craig Irvin

SMALL BOXES

Synopsis:
Alberto, a young Hispanic Australian works the night shift unloading boxes on an outing with his grandmother he discovers an unexpected opportunity , and a buried hope is reawakened.

Winner Best Australian Short Film MIFF 06

Festivals: Melb Intl Film Festival 06

Producer: Kristina Ceyton
Director/Writer: Rene Hernandez

ADRIFT

Synopsis:
Adrift tells the parallel stories of Albert and Jess, two strangers connected by a tragic event.

Festivals: Dendy Award Sydney Film Festival 06

Producer: David Curzon
Director/Writer: Simon Portus

PHOTOGRAPH

Synopsis:
Lydia is dying. Mandy comes to visit. Finds a photo. Desperate to understand we enter her mother's life on stage.

Festivals: Sydney Film Festival 06
Producer: Veronica Sive
Director/Writer: Sarah Lambert

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

Synopsis:
A dark satire about a young man who goes to his local doctor with a sore throat and winds up wired on anti-depressants, which fuel a misguided and sometimes comical suicidal quest for spiritual freedom.

Australian Premiere

Festivals: LA Intl Short Film Festival 06
Director/Producer/Writer: Lee Rogers

CHARMED ROBBERY

Synopsis:
Tristan couldn't chat up the girl that he loves even with a gun to his head, or could he? Love and larceny.

Sydney premiere

Festivals: Tribeca Film Festival 06
Director: Jackie Schulz
Producer: Jason Harty
Writer: Greg Waters