The Dr Electric video was used as an intro before the short film festival.
As part of our National partnership with ABC Open we will be screening a local ABC Open short at the start of the Flickerfest programme.
Doctor Electric – dir/prod Ruslan Kulski: By day Peter Terren is a practising medical doctor from Bunbury, WA.
“Continue reading” for details of the Flickerfest short films.
Do I look crazy enough?
Me doing a demo in the foyer.
Here is the video clip which was shown before the news on ABC 1 nationally.
Tour Date: Friday 16 May – Friday 16 May
Fri 16th May, 8.00pm – Best Of Australian Shorts – Tour programme – $16/ $11con
Venue: Bunbury Entertainment Centre
Information and bookings: 1300 661 272
Best Of Australian Shorts – Tour programme
This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from
Flickerfest’s 7 Australian competition programmes held in Bondi.
Check on our Tour page for your local venue contacts & info.
Screening at 50 venues nationally!
Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 109 min | Classification: Under 15yrs to be w/adult
We Keep On Dancing
We Keep On Dancing is a short comedy-drama about human connection expressed through the strange meeting and the even stranger dance shared by Danny the mechanic and Alan the lonesome gent with the rundown Beetle in the Rainbow Mechanics workshop.
- Director: Jessica Barclay Lawton
- Writer: Rhys Mitchell
- Producer: Jessica Barclay Lawton & Rhys Mitchell
- Running Time: 8:30 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Australia
Vote Yes
It’s May 27, 1967 – Australia’s referendum on Aboriginal rights. Two women unite as a family come to terms with the prospect of change. Starring Miranda Tapsell (The Sapphires).
- Director: Nick Waterman
- Writer: Nick Waterman
- Producer: Melissa Beauford
- Running Time: 11 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Australia
The Fence
It’s 1992 and Cambodian refugee Virak is living at the Villawood Refugee Hostel with his daughter waiting for his application for asylum to be processed. He is working and saving so that he can bring his wife over to Australia too. He’s just been promoted at work and he’s nearly got enough money but then they start to build a fence..
- Director: Lucy Gaffy
- Writer: Lucy Gaffy
- Producer: Lyn Norfor, Kiki Dillon
- Running Time: 16 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Australia
Tango Underpants
Carolyn, a young Australian backpacker, travels to Buenos Aries where she discovers not only the wonders of the Tango but also the vital importance of the right underwear! Starring Emma Booth.
- Director: Miranda Edmonds & Khrob Edmonds
- Writer: John Collee
- Producer: Tania Chambers, Stephen Van Mil & Miranda Edmonds
- Running Time: 13:40 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Australia
Woody
Ever since he was a child Woody has dreamt of playing piano. The problem is that he only has wooden paddles for his hands. Stuck in a job he doesn’t want, Woody spends his days of being a concert pianist. His dreams are big, but they are about to get out of hand.
- Director: Stuart Bowen
- Writer: Stuart Bowen
- Producer: Jodi Matterson
- Running Time: 10 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Australia
The Amber Amulet
The Masked Avenger can make things happen. Though at 10 he is considered young for a justice fighter he has already proved himself highly effective in the pursuit of peace.
He has discovered powers that are locked inside gems and minerals and uses them to keep Franklin Street safe. But something is wrong in the house at the end of the street. There is a woman in trouble. When The Masked Avenger leaves a ‘happiness questionnaire’ in her letterbox a series of events are set in motion that no one could predict. This is the story of a superhero, a beagle, an amulet made of amber, and the potential that is locked inside all of us.
- Director: Matthew Moore
- Writer: Matthew Moore & Genevieve Hegney
- Producer: Lauren Edwards, Genevieve Hegney & Matthew Moore
- Running Time: 22 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Australia
The Gift
Grace is forced to face her own sexuality and the strain on her marriage when her son Charlie who has Cerebral Palsy asks to lose his virginity for his birthday. We meet the family on the night of Charlie’s birthday as Grace prepares the gift to arrive. Will the gift be all Charlie hoped for? Will this gift unite or separate the parents who stand at odds? Either way the gift is on her way.
- Director: LLoyd Harvey & Spencer Harvey
- Writer: LLoyd Harvey & Spencer Harvey
- Producer: LLoyd Harvey & Spencer Harvey
- Running Time: 15:45 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Australia
The Chuck In
24 Beers, 3 Boys and 1 Flawless Plan. Three sixteen year old boys concoct an elaborate plan to purchase a carton of liquid gold.
- Director: Jon Bell
- Writer: Jon Bell
- Producer: Ryan Griffen
- Running Time: 11 mins
- Country: Australia
- Year: 2012
