Entertainment
24 August, 2024
Flickerfest returns to Far North
AUSTRALIA’S most renowned short film festival – Flickerfest – is coming to Cairns this September to showcase the Best of Australian Shorts and highlights from the Short Laugh Comedy programme.
On Friday, September 6 and Saturday, September 7, the Cairns Botanical Gardens will be hosting Flickerfest and its remarkable catalogue of short films, all fresh from their premieres in competition at Flickerfest Bondi, giving Cairns Flickerfest audiences a window into the hottest contemporary shorts from at home and across the world today.
Short film aficionados will get to enjoy nine short films per night, including two FNQ films in ‘Djalbuyan Nahra’ – meaning little sister in the Dyirbal language – from First Nations filmmaker Jahvis Loveday and ‘Just Beneath the Surface’ set in the Torres Strait and made in collaboration with TSI writer/director and artist Jimmy John Thaiday.
“We tried to curate a very uplifting program this year, so there’s lot of heartfelt, inspiring and creative shorts,” said Flickerfest director Bronwyn Kidd.
“This year we had 3400 entries so we had many to choose from and for Cairns we’ve put together a highlights program, including award winners and favourites over two nights,” she said.
“Friday night will be our ‘Best of Australian Shorts’. There’s some big names in there like Michael Caton, Bruce Spence, Michala Banas, so there’s a lot of big acting names supporting our emerging talent.”
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