Strictly great short films: Flickerfest lights up Perth with dazzling 2025 program
Flickerfest returns to Perth in 2025, taking over Luna Outdoor Cinema for a three-day festival of short films under the stars from Thursday, February 20 to Saturday, February 22.
This year’s smorgasbord of over 30 incredible short films are handpicked from a record 3,500 entries received for Flickerfest’s Academy Award and BAFTA Qualifying short film festival screened recently in Bondi.
Highlights enjoying their Perth and WA premieres include much-loved festival award winners and favourites handpicked to excite and inspire our local audiences with the best Australian and international short films the world has to offer, screening alongside exciting, fresh local talent.
On Thursday, February 20, raise a glass to 30 years of Flickerfest in Perth at the festival’s opening night drinks, then celebrate Australia’s emerging film industry with a host of stories honouring our unique identity and culture with the Best Of Australian Shorts program.
Highlights include nine exciting WA films fresh from their premieres at Flickerfest Bondi, including Typo by Perth-based Director Alinta Burton; Farm Block A67 by Indigenous directors Simone Detourbet and Jadson Haji Ali; Recipe For Jam by Ryan Silvey; Skin And Boner by Writer Clare Toonen, Director Georgia Nottage and Producer Hannah Ngo; Before The Son by Director Jay Peardon; Light Can’t Escape by Director Tim Sharp; Joan by Writer/Director Emma Jackson; Mr. Wonderful by Writer/Director Cooper Clarke; and two films with WA connections including The Dog starring Perth based actress Kate Walshe (Greys Anatomy); plus Glove by Writer/Director Perth born and raised actress Belinda Bromilow (Doctor/Doctor, The Great).
On Friday, February 21, take a trip around the world with the Best Of International Shorts program. Amongst a host of international highlights enjoying their Australian premieres are the delightful Belgian film Beautiful Men, about three bald brothers whose trip to Turkey for a hair transplant goes awry, winner of Best Animation at Flickerfest 2025, hot off its nomination for the upcoming Oscars, and the delightful and moving Irish short and festival favourite Me And Dad, about a boy who finally finds a way through song to melt his father’s heart.
On Saturday, February 22, clever comedy also brings joy to the big screen with the Short Laughs Comedy program of off-kilter Flickerfest shorts from at home and around the world. Highlights include the delicious black Australian comedy Candy Bar from director Nash Edgerton (Mr In Between), written by and starring award-winning actor Damon Herriman (Justified, Breaking Bad) and the highly humorous Irish film The Head On Him about a biracial boy’s move to small-town Ireland and his attempts to tame his afro to fit in, only to find it growing back bigger than ever.
Flickerfest is screening at Luna Outdoor Cinema from Thursday, February 20 to Saturday, February 22, 2025. For more info and to buy tickets, head to flickerfest.com.au