Celebrating 35 years, Flickerfest is Australia’s only Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA Recognised Short Film Festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screening the best of shorts from Australia and around the world, hand-picked from over 3,700 entries.

Flickerfest screens for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in January 2026, with selected highlights touring Australia. Flickerfest remains a platform for celebrating the most entertaining and innovative short filmmaking from Australia and around the world.

Flickerfest has gone to great lengths to curate it’s 2026 National Tour to bring you the best of Australian & the world’s short film excellence, hand-picked from FLiCKERFEST’s Australian & International competitions in Bondi.

FLiCKERFEST 2026 ‘The Cream Of Short Films’