Press release from Flickerfest
Celebrating its 20th birthday this year and remaining Australia’s only Academy Accredited and BAFTA recognised short film festival Flickerfest Roars around the country on it’s 30-venue national tour, heading inwards to the red centre in Alice Springs for 3 days of the best of International and Comedy Shorts.
With an opening night party and screening on Thursday 10th March and screenings continuing through til Saturday 12th, Flickerfest will be hosting 3 sessions of short film highlights, pulled from over 1793 entries and distilled into the crème de la crème of local and global short filmmaking.
Across the International 1 Program screening on Thursday March 10th, enjoy the astonishing animation Babel – which challenges viewers with it’s ultra-realistic animation and recently won the award for Digital Technology at Flickerfest 2011; and the winner for Best Short Film at Flickerfest 2011, the French screwball comedy ¿Donde Esta Kim Basinger?
On Friday March 11th, the screenings continue with the Best Of Australian shorts programme which includes several award winning films: The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan which took home the award for Best Australian Film at Flickerfest in 2011 which also WON the Oscar for Best Animated Short – even beating Pixar to the prestigious prize! Also screening is the Flickerfest/IF Audience Award winning comedy When The Wind Changes; AFI Award winner and Flickerfest winner for Best Cinematography The Kiss and The Telegram Man starring Jack Thompson in his first ever short film alongside Sigrid Thornton and Gary Sweet.
Finally, The Best Of Comedy Shorts will finish off the festival on Saturday March 12th, with a hilarious package that includes Fly from Aardman Studios- the people behind Wallace and Grommit; Drop Dead! from The Netherlands which deals with a suicidal sky-diving instructor and Xing, that features some Canadian moose acting very unusually!
The Olive Pink Botanic Gardens will be keeping the Bean Tree Café open late for snacks and refreshments, while live music will be presented before and after the screenings each night. Enjoy the beautiful surrounds and watch films under the stars for this very special screening of Flickerfest in Alice Springs!
Session details:
Best Of International 1 – Thursday March 10th, 6pm til late
Best Of Australian Shorts – Friday March 11th, 6pm til late (catch Oscar winner The Lost Thing here!)
Best Of Comedy Shorts – Saturday March 12th, 6pm til late
Ticket Prices:
$15 per session or $30 for 3 nights
For more information and ticket prices, head to www.flickerfest.com.au <http://www.flickerfest.com.au/> or www.opbg.com.au
May The Shorts Be With You!