Flickerfest brings the Best of International Shorts to Parramatta! ‘Strictly Great Short Films’

Celebrating 34 years in 2025 Flickerfest remains Australia’s leading Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA Recognised short film festival, ensuring that we continue to present A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world with films hand-picked from the festival’s record 3,500 entries!

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 45 venue national tour from Feb – Oct 2025.

Flickerfest, Australia’s largest Short Film Festival is excited to be returning on its National Tour to Riverside Theatres in Parramatta showcasing the Best of Australian Shorts (4pm) and Best of International Shorts (6.30pm) programme highlights, all handpicked favourites from our recent Bondi festival competitions. The short films screening are all entertaining, inspiring, award-winning, and fresh from their premieres in competition at Flickerfest Bondi, giving Parramatta Flickerfest audiences a window into the hottest contemporary shorts from at home and across the world today.

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

List of Best of International Shorts

Beautiful Men

Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE


Game Rules

A youth handball team is about to participate in their first major tournament. As they aim for the top, facing professional players, talent scouts and sponsors, the game is suddenly interrupted by adults questioning who’s really allowed to play.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE


Me And Dad

A boy struggles in his attempts to bond with his oblivious father at a bar. All efforts are ignored. The barman is the boy’s only soft ear. He empties everything in one final push to break dad.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

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Shortly before the end of the summer holidays, a country boy spends his savings on his dream of a city hairstyle – with surprising results. A story about bidding farewell to childhood and the poetic end of a summer.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE


This Is Not A Character, This Is Betrayal

The film tells the story of mother and son. The 58-year-old hairdresser Melanie drives her son Stefan (32), a young author, to the first reading of his autobiographical debut novel DER SALON.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE


Rhubarb Rhubarb

In the legendary Yorkshire Rhubarb Triangle, Jo and her elderly father produce the pink delicacy that made the region world-famous a century ago. Harvesting by candlelight like their ancestors before them, they could not prepare for the danger looming in the dark.

WORLD PREMIERE


The Cockroach

After a body altering accident, a woman must find a way forward in her new reality.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE


Thanks For The Milk

Milan, 21, is a talented Kurdish singer, currently auditioning for a major singing competition. When Milan hears her father has left their family for another woman, she’s expected to plead with him to return home. All Milan wants is to make her own choices in life, and with this audition, for her mother, Emine, not to sabotage her. Distracted, Milan almost messes up the audition, but Emine – for once – comes to her rescue, giving Milan the courage she needs to sing powerfully.

WORLD PREMIERE

Book both Flickerfest films and save!

Book to see both Best of International Shorts & Best of Australian Shorts and save $5!

> Buy the Flickerfest package here (Non-concession)

> Buy the Flickerfest package here (Concession/Under 18/Student)

Please note, that your seats will be chosen for you online. If you wish to choose your seats for the package, please call the Box Office on 02 8839 3399.

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In English

Wheelchair accessible

Companion Card accepted

Assistive Hearing system available (FM)

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