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

Special Programs - Wonderful World of Dogs

Total Running Time: 99
Show date: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Show time: 9:15 pm

BIRDS

Synopsis:
'These are not dogs' could be the title here, a la Magritte. Man's best friend is freed from gravity, glides through space and time, and experiences rebirth as an abstract being. A project about freedom, naivety and happiness. Dogs in space.

Festivals: Short Film Festival, Grimstad 06
Director/Producer/Writer: Pleix

USELESS DOG

Synopsis:
A chronicle of a particularly unhelpful canine.

Best Short Documentary - Sligo Film Festival, Jury Special Mention - Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 2005, Best Documentary Award - MFA Film Festival Majorca 2005

Director: Ken Wardrop
Producer: Andrew Freedman

MAS QUEL MUNDO (MORE THAN THE WORLD)

Synopsis:
A young hunter whose only friend is his dog falls in love with a girl during a folk party.

Best Short Film, Cinema Jove 05, Jury Mention, Clermont Ferrand 05, Best Short Film Huelva 04, Best Short Film & People's Choice, Villaverde IFF 05.

Director/Writer: Lautaroo Nunez De Arco

GUY'S DOG

Synopsis:
A drunken dog vents his bitterness over his lot in life (and his dim-witted owner). All he wants is to be human. Is that too much to ask? But as the saying goes, one should be careful of what they wish for -- it might just come true.

Director/Writer: Rory Bresnihan

DOG YEARS

Synopsis:
Ben, 39, Leo, mongrel, castrated, needs love, GSOH essential

Audience Award & Outstanding Talent Award, Brief Encounters 04

Festivals: Flickerfest 06
Writer: Richard Penfold
Director/Producer: Richard Penfold & Sam Hearn

PHIL TOUCHES FLO

Synopsis:
Flo is a dog. Flo's owner does not like people to touch Flo. Flo's owner is not a nice man. Phil touches Flo.

Director: David Birdsell

GOSTA & LENNART

Synopsis:
Gosta is a four year old bulldog, weighing about 75 pounds. Lennart is in his 50s and sings at the opera. They live together and love each other. Documentary.

Director/Producer/Writer: Babak Najafi

GUIDE DOG

Synopsis:
The sequel to the Oscar-nominated short 'Guard Dog'. This time our hero dog helps blind people with typical disastrous results.

First place, USA Film Festival 06, First place, ASIFA-East, Best Animated Film, New Jersey Film Festival 06.

Director/Producer/Writer: Bill Plympton

BAD HABITS

Synopsis:
Bill has to make a compromise when forced to choose between his wife and his best mate. His best mate is his dog, Seven.

Festivals: Palm Springs Intl Festival of Short Films 06, NAIDOC Week, Noumea 06, Heart of Gold Festival, Gympie 06.
Director: Jason Ramp
Producer: Justin Davies
Writer: Rozlyn Clayton-Vincent

CREATURE COMFORTS: CATS OR DOGS?

Synopsis:
The two most popular pets go head to head. What do dogs think about crufts? Do cats like cuddles, and who makes the better burglar alarm? Take a ringside seat as the two most popular pets go head to head in a battle that's raged for centuries.

Festivals: Bradford Animation Festival 04
Director: Richard Goleszowski
Producer: Nick Park, Aardman Animation

HOUDINI'S HOUND

Synopsis:
Fredrik wants to impress his cousin Klara by being Harry Houdini, but Klara wants to keep Fredrik on the leash. They compromise by making up a game called "The Houdini-slave". The Houdini-slave has to do dangerous things, and gets buried in the sand on the beach. There is no way he can get up. But when Klara comes back, he is not there.

Kinderfilmfest, Berlin International Film Festival: Special Mention, Hamburg International Short Film Festival - Children's Section: Special Mention, Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad: The Dolby Laboratories Sound Award, Buster Children's Film Festival, Denmark: Best Short Film, Chicago Intl Children Film Festival, Adult Jury Prize, Live Action Short Film (2nd Prize), Aspen International Short Film Festival : Jury's Special Recognition Award.

Director: Sara Johnsen
Producer: Christian Fredrik Martin and Asle Vatn

WOLF DADDY

Synopsis:
A wolf who is a novelist comes to a serene countryside to write a masterpiece. One rainy day, a lady visits him with six-year old girl, Young-hee. The lady says to Young-hee "This wolf is your father". The wolf is shocked and the lady goes away leaving Young-hee behind. This is how the wolf novelist becomes the father of the six-year old girl.

Festivals: Hiroshima Intl Animation Festival 06
Director/Producer: Hyung-yun Chung

DOG YEARS 2 - HEALTH

Synopsis:
It's definitely a dog day afternoon for one mutt who gets a surprise visit from his vet's finger.

Festivals: Brief Encounters 06
Director/Producer: Richard Penfold & Sam Hearn