Flickerfest

Flickerfest is an international short film festival held annually in January at Bondi Beach, Sydney.

The Clarence Daily Examiner writes that the tour brings a "new arsenal of hilarious entertaining and thought-provoking micro cinema from across the country".

"[21] The Illawarra Mercury writes on the local Kiama short film Buoy being selected to be shown in the Flickerfest Tour.

[22] The Wauchope Gazette reports the tour visiting Port Macquarie, the article primarily focuses upon the animation Lost Property Office and short film Miro, an Aboriginal Western film, describing the short to be "delightfully quirky and creative".

[23] A listing of the awards given for international competition:[24] Australian-focused awards include the following:[24] Some other notable short films honoured in other awards categories include: Screen Australia is Flickerfest's major government partner, while other industry partners are the SAE Institute Australia: Creative Media Education, Create NSW, Sydney City of Film, Canon, European Union's Delegation to Australia and Virgin Entertainment.

The Sydney Morning Herald conducted an interview with festival director Bronwyn Kidd in relation to gender parity.

"[50] Broadsheet, Sydney gave a synopsis of the festivals proceedings, stating "Australia's a great country of storytellers.

A feature can take seven years from start to finish, [for] a short you can grab a camera and in two weeks you make a statement.”[51] The Brag wrote that "Flickerfest is unique in that the judging process doesn’t take the entrant’s budget into consideration – films are instead judged against the strength of the storytelling and the authenticity of the director’s voice.