SMALL BUT MIGHTY

If you love your flicks short and sweet, you’re in luck. Flickerfest returns to Darwin and Katherine with some of the hottest short films getting around.

WORDS TIERNEY WHITE

CELEBRATING 34 YEARS this year, Flickerfest is Australia’s Academy Qualifying and BAFTA Recognised short film festival. The official festival is held in Bondi Beach in Sydney each January, before hitting the road to bring bite-sized screen gems to the masses.

Festival Director Bronwyn Kidd says it’s important regional audiences have access to the festival, and world-class cinema.

"Flickerfest is always thrilled to bring our eclectic and creative programme of shorts back to the NT each year, to engage audiences with the most inspiring short films from at home and around the world."

In Darwin at Deckchair Cinema, and K-Town at Katherine Cinema 3, catch the Best of Australian Shorts, shining a spotlight on the incredible talent kicking around our country with a host of stories honouring our unique identity and culture.

Among this year’s award winners and highlights is Marcia and The Shark, winner of the Panasonic Award for Best Australian Short Film, starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey in a captivating and beautifully crafted story. The Dog delivers a powerful and moving performance, while The Hoist brings plenty of laughs, telling an outrageously true story in the most hilarious way. Audiences are also delighted by The Fix-It-Man And Fix-It-Wooman – the Flickerfest 2025 award-winning animated short created by the talented artists from the Yarrenyty Arltere Town Camp, set against the bright lights of Alice Springs.

In Darwin, audiences can also check out the Indigenous Spotlight Shorts, featuring eight powerful films from some of the brightest voices in Indigenous cinema today.

Celebrate NT talent with Hydraulic, directed by Nicole Hutton Lewis who grew up in the NT, that follows a father and son on a wild goose chase with heart and humour. Another standout is Farm Block A67 by Indigenous directors Simone Detourbet, a writer and director from Darwin, and Jason Haji -Ali.

Get along, enjoy these bite-size flicks, and discover once and for all why size doesn’t matter.

Flickerfest
WHEN SAT 19 JUL | BEST OF AUSTRALIAN SHORTS, 7PM | INDIGENOUS SPOTLIGHT SHORTS, 9PM
AT DECKCHAIR CINEMA
COST $20 | $15 CONC

WHEN THU 24 JUL | BEST OF AUSTRALIAN SHORTS, 7PM
AT KATHERINE CINEMA 3
COST $16 | $13 CONC $12 MEMB

INFO flickerfest.com.au

^{Image: The Fix-It-Man And The Fix-It-Wooman}