The Cream of Short Films

Celebrating its 35th year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy Award® and BAFTA qualifying short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from over 3,600 entries: ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world.

Flickerfest screens for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in January, with selected highlights of the most entertaining and innovative short films from Australia & around the world touring the country on a 40+ venue national tour from Feb – Oct 2026.

Flickerfest returns with this annual one-off chance to see the Best of Australian Shorts & Best of International Shorts programmes officially selected for Flickerfest National Tour, before these films continue their journey around the world.

“The Short Film is a place to experiment and push boundaries.  Flickerfest allows emerging voices to be seen and heard, and established voices the chance to revitalise…” Cate Blancett Actor/ Producer