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FilmFest Australia · 2011

FilmFest Australia 2011

Flickerfest

Flickerfest, Australia’s premier short film festival, and the only one with Academy® accredited and BAFTA recognition celebrated its 20th birthday in 2011 - this is the latest crop.

Programme

15 films

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A young couple stumble home after a big night out. Their frisky interlude at a suburban tennis club lands them a role in a far more sinister, supernatural game and their opponents have a distinct home court advantage.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2007; Director: Sean Byrne; Writer: Rob Beamish; Stars: Shelly Lauman, Mark Winter)

Bee Sting

A father and son fall for the same woman on the schoolyard.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Heath Davis; Writer: Heath Davis; Stars: Nicole Bonfield, Matilda Brown, Brendan Cowell, Charlie Fraser)

Crossbow

A kid. His Mum and Dad. The sex and drugs. And the boy next door who watched the whole thing unravel.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2007; Director: David Michôd; Writer: David Michôd; Stars: Cy Standen, Lisa Chappell, Joel Edgerton, David Michôd, Mirrah Foulkes, Dan Roche, Luke Doolan, Brenton Fielder, Tim Roberts, Jack Staniford, Zlatko Arambasic)

Dik

A concerned father of a six-year-old boy takes it the wrong way.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2011; Director: Christopher Stollery; Writer: Christopher Stollery; Stars: Patrick Brammall, Alexa Ashton, Keilan Grace)

Elephantiasis

A woman is burdened by elephant gifts of all shapes and sizes... even though she doesn't like the animals.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Sophie Hyde; Writer: Danielle Wood; Stars: Marcus Becker, Katrina Milosevic) , Official site

Just Desserts

Along a dark and desolate highway, old-timers Frances and Judy run a tiny truck stop that makes the best vanilla slice for 100km. After closing up shop one cold and dreary night, their doorstep is darkened by a menacing shadow from their past.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Nigel Karikari; Writer: Gillian Bartlett; Stars: Wendy Hughes, Stephen Leeder, Colette Mann)

The Kiss

Fueled by alcohol and hormones, Aimee and Steph take a swim on a hot summer night.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Nicole Gulasekharam, Briony Kent; Writer: Ashlee Page; Stars: Nicole Gulasekharam, Briony Kent) , Official site

Look My Way

Can a young piano player win over the girl of his dreams?

(Year: 2010; Director: Richard Vette; Writer: Richard Vette; Stars: Kate Base, Ivan Bradara, Amy Bryans, Jack Pearson)

The Lost Thing

A boy discovers a bizarre looking creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach and tries to find out who owns it.

(Country: Australia, UK; Year: 2010; Director: Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan; Writer: Shaun Tan; Stars: Tim Minchin) , Official site

Push Bike

A woman is forced to make a naked cycle ride... with unexpected consequences.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2011; Director: Mairi Cameron; Writer: Tracey Walker; Stars: Terry Antoniak, Grant Buse, Amanda Chamberlain, Jai Devita, Matt Ford, Mirko Grillini, Paige Leacey, Reirden Marks, Taymin Marks, Levi Nukingi Reweti, Karmen Raspovic)

A Reluctant Bride

Husband! Marriage! Babies! Our reluctant bride's worst nightmare is about to come to life.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Shideh Faramand; Writer: Shideh Faramand; Stars: Shideh Faramand, Simin Azimi, Sam Clark)

The Road To Success

Meet Simon, a Master of the Universe having trouble getting through the day - and that he may hold the key to furthering the species.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Dimitri Ellerington; Writer: Dimitri Ellerington; Stars: Don Hany)

Seamstress

An ailing bird watcher becomes obsessed with a seamstress living next door when he observes her luring birds into her home.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Gracie Otto; Writer: Kate Schmitt; Stars: Barry Otto, Julie Forsyth, Mink Sadowsky)

The Telegram Man

During the long years of World War II Australia’s small farming communities paid a terrible price. In the rural towns of New South Wales, one family each week discovered that their son or husband or brother or father would not be coming home. In the throws of such grief one seldom considers the man who delivers the news.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2011; Director: James F. Khehtie; Writer: John Boyne, Victoria McIntyre; Stars: Jack Thompson, Gary Sweet, Sigrid Thornton, Tessa Nethercote-Way, Leof Kingsford-Smith, Jennifer Alliston Lewis, Karen Garnsey)

When The Wind Changes

A comedy that sorts out the sinkers from the swimmers.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Alethea Jones; Writer: Richard Davies, Alethea Jones; Stars: Richard Davies, David Lawson, Tim Phillipps) , Official site