31st INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Festival: 21st – 30th January 2022, Bondi Beach Lawn Outdoor Cinema and ‘The Famous Spiegeltent’ North Bondi Park, Bondi Beach, NSW, 2026
Tour: February – October 2022, 45 venues Australia-wide
ANNUAL FLiCKERFEST AWARDS ANNOUNCED
After a highly successful 10-day festival at Bondi the 31st annual FLiCKERFEST International and Australian awards were announced this evening at a star-studded ceremony under the stars on Bondi Beach. Attended by celebrated guests from the Australian film industry, the Closing Night ceremony honored the esteemed entrants in this year’s competition and FLiCKERFEST’s Academy® Qualifying Awards, including Flickerfest Award for Best International Short Film, Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animation, Panasonic LUMIX Award for Best Australian Short Film & Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary. The Flickerfest Short Film Awards continue to cement the festival’s global position as a leading International Short film festival on the world stage. Following the ceremony, a selection of award-winning films screened before the Closing Night Party took place.
Flickerfest will now hit the road on a 45-venue national tour to all states and territories across Australia.
And the winners are:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Flickerfest Award for Best International Short Film (Academy® Qualifying) ‘Like The Ones I Used To Know’ (Canada)
Writer/Director: Annie St-Pierre | Producer: Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering
Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animated Short Film (Academy® Qualifying) ‘Save Ralph’ (United States)
Writer/Director/Producer: Spencer Susser | Producer: Lisa Arianna, Jeff Vespa
EU In Australia Award for Best EU Short Film
‘Shower Boys’ (Sweden)
Writer/Director: Christian Zetterberg | Writer: Albin Abrahamsson | Producer: Liselotte Persson
Special Jury Prize
‘A Summer Place’ (Cyprus)
Writer/Director: Alexandra Matheou | Producer: Soyo Giaoui, Savvas Stavrou
SAE Creative Media Institute Award for Best Use of Digital Technology In A Short Film ‘Space Invader’ (New Zealand)
Writer: Matt Kelleher | Director: Issac Bell | Producer: Lissandra Leite
Azure Productions Award for Best Rainbow Short
‘Baba’ (UK)
Writer/Director: Sam Arbor, Adam Ali | Producer: Hannah Stevenson, Susan Simnett
Special Mention: for Rainbow Short
‘Are You Still Watching’ (Australia)
Writer/Director/Producer: Tali Polichtuk | Director/Producer: Alex Cardy, | Director: Kitty Chrystal | Producer: Alexandra George
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary Short Film (Academy® Qualifying) ‘Love, Dad’ (Czech Republic)
Writer/Director: Diana Cam Van Nguyen | Producer: Karolína Davidová, 13ka
Special Mention: for Documentary Short
‘Little Berlin’ (France, UK, Germany)
Writer/Director/Producer: Kate McMullen | Producer: Paul Wauters
AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Panasonic LUMIX Award for Best Australian Short Film (Academy® Qualifying) ‘Giants’
Writer/Director: Eddy Bell | Producer: Nonny Klaile, Steven Rees, Luke Mulquiney
Spectrum Films Award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film
Director: Taylor Ferguson for ‘Tough’
Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation Short Film
‘The Better Angels’
Writer/Director: Michael Cusack | Producer: Richard Chataway
Special Mention: for Australian Animation
‘Lifeblood’
Writer/Director/Producer: Nicholas Tory | Writer: Jonathan Nix, Aunty Dot Martin, Phil Sullivan
John Barry Award for Best Cinematography in an Australian Short Film Cinematographer: Tyson Perkins for ‘Strange Country’
Avid Award for Best Editing in an Australian Short Film
Editor: Cameron Drew for ‘Ishmael’
Avid Award for Best Original Music in an Australian Short Film
Composer: Jackson Mico Milas for ‘Giants’
Rebel8 Award for Outstanding Emerging Female Director In honour of Samantha Rebillet Director: Mariella Solano for ‘Alba’
SAE FLICKERUP COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
SAE Creative Media Institute FlickerUp Award for Best High School Short Film ‘The Rock Pool Waltz’
Writer/Director: Marlon Denning | Producer: Marlon Denning, Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School
Special Mention: for High School Short Film
‘Suzanne’
Writer/Director: Alexander Erasmus Wang
Yoram Gross FlickerUp Award for Best High School Animated Short Film ‘Can’t You See Me’
Writer/Director/Producer: Tony Howjean Chang
Avid FlickerUp Award for Best Editing in a High School Short Film
‘Arriving at Eternity’s Gate’
Writer/Director/Producer: Matthew Awad
PS Organic FlickerUp Award for Best Primary School Short Film
‘Triple Trouble’
Writer/Director: Lucas Crisp, McMahon Hutton, Paige Nicolle, Kiera Smith | Producer: Michael van der Ploeg
FLiCKERFEST’s Festival Director BRONWYN KIDD has said: We are thrilled that the 31st Flickerfest 2022 has been such a success with many filmmakers present to introduce their films, passionate crowds and great enthusiasm expressed for the programmes screened. It’s been great to see short films so warmly embraced by audiences across our ten-day event despite the challenges of COVID and its impact on the arts. I would like to congratulate all of the films selected for Flickerfest in competition this year and all of tonight’s award winners.”
Featured image : Mariella Solano ‘Alba’