34th International Short Film Festival
Australia’s only Academy® Qualifying
& BAFTA recognised short film festival.
Thur 27 Feb – Sat 1 Mar 2025
Mullumbimby Civic Hall
PROGRAMME & TIMES
Thursday 27 Feb: doors 7pm- Opening Drinks | films start 8pm- Best Of International Shorts programme $30/$25 conc (+bf)
Ticket includes a tasty snacks & a complimentary drink from Rosnay Organic Wine, Gage Roads Beer, Matso’s Ginger Beer or Karma Drinks juices/soft drinks.
Friday 28 Feb: 8pm- Best Of Australian Shorts programme, doors 7pm, $18/16 conc (+bf)
Saturday 1 Mar: 2pm- Free ‘Shorts To Features’ Filmmaking Workshop, doors 1.30pm, free, just turn up!
Saturday 1 Mar: 4pm- Byron All Shorts finalist programme & Awards, doors 3pm, $18/16 conc (+bf)
Saturday 1 Mar: 8pm- Short Laughs Comedy programme, doors 7pm, $18/16 conc (+bf)
Season Pass: $65/55 conc (+bf)
Mullumbimby Civic Hall (Cafe/Bar & Air-conditioned)
Run-time: (approx 120min each session)
Classification: (under 15yrs to be w/adult)
(online sales close 2 hours prior to each session)
Tickets also available at the door (for 1hr before session ‘subject to availability’)
Any general or tickets enquires pls call: 0414 779 881
iQ Cafe & Bar
Open daily: 1hr prior to film sessions.
Serving delicious Yaman treats, Bakers & Daughters cakes, Rosnay organic wine, Gage Roads beer, Matso’s ginger beer & Karma Drinks organic juices/soft drinks, coffee, tea, chips & popcorn.
*Cashless transactions for Tickets at door & Cafe preferred!
– Plenty of parking available
Join us for a fabulous weekend of the best short films that the local region, Australia & the world has on offer.
Fundraiser: Flickerfest Mullumbimby & Byron All Shorts 2025 is a fund-raiser for the iQ Inc, Crown Land Managers of the Island Quarry Reserve.
Flickerfest & Byron All Shorts is presented with iQ Inc.
ABOUT FLiCKERFEST
Celebrating its 34th year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA-recognised short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and around the globe; ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world.
Flickerfest screened for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in late January 2024, now selected highlights of the most entertaining and innovative short films from around the world are touring Australia on a 40+ venue national tour from Feb – Oct 2025; with Byron shire being one of the first screenings after Bondi.
Flickerfest is screening for its 28th year in the Northern Rivers region in 2025 and will celebrate its 34th birthday since the festivals 1st ever screening in Balmain, Sydney back in 1991.
The Flickerfest 2025 tour will take place at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall, screening a smorgasbord of the worlds and Australia’s best shorts over one big weekend handpicked from a record 3,500 entries received from over 100 countries for Flickerfest Bondi.
Along with the Byron All Shorts finalists screening, audiences will experience the best of short films from the Byron Region, Australia and around the World over 3 cinematic-packed days.
Celebrate amazing independent film-making in Mullumbimby from Thur 27 Feb – Sat 1 Mar 2025.
FLiCKERFEST 2025 PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
Thursday 27th February
7pm – Opening Night Party
Join us as we celebrate our 28th year in the Northern Rivers to launch our festival of short films in style with a catered opening night party including complimentary tasty snacks & drinks from our partners Rosnay Organic Wines, Gage Roads Beer and Karma Drinks Organic Juices/Drinks.
…followed by…
8pm – Best Of International Shorts
Following the Opening Party, Flickerfest is thrilled to present its Best Of International Shorts programme, a selection of film gems from our Academy® qualifying and BAFTA recognised competition in Bondi. Highlights include the delightful Belgian film Beautiful Men winner of Best International Animation at Flickerfest 2025, hot off its nomination for the upcoming Oscars, the delightful and moving Irish short, festival favourite Me And Dad and stunning German drama This Is Not A Character This Is Betrayal.
Friday 28th February
8pm – Best Of Australian Shorts
Flickerfest is thrilled to celebrate a diverse range of stories from across Australia that celebrate our unique identity and culture with our Best Of Australian Shorts programme, selected from 7 programmes in our Academy® Qualifying competition in Bondi. Highlights include the world premiere of Marcia and The Shark, winner of the Panasonic Award For Best Australian Short Film, starring Tilda Cobham Hervey (I Am Women, Hotel Mumbai) and the heartwarming and delightful The Fix-It-Man And Fix-It-Wooman, set in the bright lights of Alice Springs from a talented group of artists from the Yarrenyty Arltere Town Camp. Winner of the Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation at Flickerfest 2025. Meet Lismore born and raised director Naomi Fryer, joining us on the night whose haunting film The Sax will also feature, fresh from its Flickerfest world premiere.
Saturday 1st March
2pm – Free ‘Shorts To Features’ Filmmaking Workshop (just turn up!)
Join festival Director Bronwyn Kidd in conversation with acclaimed Australian Director Nick Waterman as they discuss Nick’s journey from shorts to features. Go behind the scenes with Nick as we follow his career path from award winning short film director and Flickerfest alumni to his latest career highlight directing the feature film ‘How To Make Gravy’, inspired by Paul Kelly’s famous song and written in collaboration with Nick’s partner, musician Meg Washington.
Saturday 1st March
4pm – Byron All Shorts- Northern Rivers Competition Finalists screening
Also returning is Byron All Shorts, for the 20th year presenting the Best Of Northern Rivers Shorts; encouraging audiences to experience the many amazing films & local stories that are produced in the region each year. Around 11 local short films will screen across this 105-minute programme which will celebrate an incredible range of themes and stories. Byron All Shorts is judged by an esteemed jury of local Northern Rivers industry practitioners. The awards ceremony will be held 15-20mins after the screening (time to allow the Jury to decide the winners) & will conclude by 7pm.
Saturday 1st March
8pm – Short Laughs Comedy
Enjoy an evening of clever comedy from Australia and across the world with the Short Laughs Comedy programme, Don’t miss the delicious black Australian comedy Candy Bar from director Nash Edgerton (Mr In Between), written by and starring award winning actor Damon Herriman (Breaking Bad) and laugh out loud at the highly humorous Dutch Film Nelson the Piglet, about a family whose miniature pig becomes the talk of the town.
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The Flickerfest team – Bronwyn Kidd (Festival Director), Shane Rennie (Production & Tour Manager) – Northern Rivers and Mullumbimby residents are always thrilled, after delivering their 10 day Bondi festival to bring the Flickerfest tour home to their local region and to present the 40 venue national tour across Australia.
Don’t miss this one-off chance to see these amazing shorts before they continue their journey around the world; curated from the Flickerfest competition screenings at Bondi; expect to experience the best in short film-making Australia, the world & the region has on offer.
Check out the Flickerfest 2025 Tour trailer
BYRON ALL SHORTS
Northern Rivers Short Film Competition
presented by 
Sat 1 March: Byron All Shorts Finalists Screening – door 3pm | films 4pm $18/16
Sat 1 March: Byron All Shorts Awards – will be held 30mins after the Byron All Shorts screening & will conclude by 7pm.
Mullumbimby Civic Hall
ABOUT BYRON ALL SHORTS
Also being presented is the Best of Northern Rivers Shorts at the Byron All Shorts finalist’s screening, selected from around 50 entries each year, showcasing a wonderful new collection of creative shorts from our very talented local filmmakers on a range of themes that reflect Northern Rivers life including drama, environment, surfing, music, comedy, love and everything in between.
The Byron All Shorts screens on Saturday 1st March, 4pm, with finalists from the Northern Rivers region being celebrated & awarded for excellence in short film making.
Support our regions local stories & see the best of our local filmmakers, alongside the best in the world.
*The awards presentation is on Saturday 1st Mar, 30mins after the Byron All Shorts screening & will conclude by 7pm.
BYRON ALL SHORTS 2025 AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT
Byron All Shorts, the best of Northern Rivers short film competition, screened on Saturday 2nd Feb, 4pm at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall. 11 amazing local short films screened to applause all round from the capacity audience, with the finalist filmmakers present to introduce their films to the enthusiastic crowd. All of the Byron All Shorts finalists were in consideration for a number of awards that recognised excellence in short filmmaking.
The Byron All Shorts awards were presented after the screening, selected by a jury of acclaimed local film practitioners including Diana Glenn, Charlie Clausen & Nicole Sullivan.
A big congratulations to all entrants selected for the competition & all of the award winners.
And the Byron All Shorts Winners are:
iQ & FLiCKERFEST – JURY AWARD for BEST SHORT FILM
‘Suvira’
Dir/Prod: Sam Clarke (Mullumbimby)
$250 AUD, Avid Media Composer Software (value over $1,300).
SAE University College – JURY AWARD for EMERGING TALENT
‘High Tide, Low Tide’
Wri/Prod: Stephen Muldoon / Dir: Jordan Edmeades (East Ballina)
$250 AUD, 1/2 day In Your Face Productions edit or film shoot, Screenworks 3-day Regional to Global Pass.
iQ & FLiCKERFEST – AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST SHORT FILM
‘Suvira’
Dir/Prod: Sam Clarke (Mullumbimby)
$250 AUD, 1/2 day In Your Face Productions edit or film shoot.
BYRON ALL SHORTS 2025 – Northern Rivers Short Film Finalists Programme
Runtime: 108min
Hands Up | 5min | Wilsons Creek | 2024
Wri: Wilsons Creek Primary Students & OVP facilitators | Dir: Mark Robertson | Prod: One Vision Productions
Wilsons Creek Public students turn up and represent with their OneVision debut song “HANDS UP”, exploring their interconnection with the universe and the need to take care of our world!
Mind The Gaps | 8min | Myocum | 2024
Wri/Dir: Lucia Carman Murray | Prod: Dylan Lalor
My whole life my dad always had a camera in my face, asking me questions about what I was doing or just cinematic shots of me being a kid. Now, over a decade later I have compiled the footage and turned around the camera to ask my dad about life, fatherhood and advice for the future..
Two Potatoes & A Parsnip | 9mins | Ocean Shores | 2024
Wri/Dir: Spike Lieberman | Wri/Prod: Sheldon Lieberman
A trip to the supermarket leads to a humorous and touching adventure between an old man and a teenager.
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The Pond | 7min | Kyogle | 2024
Wri/Dir/Prod: Sara Mitchell
A poetic documentary exploring the themes of aging, memory, legacy, illness & creativity.
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Suvira | 5min | Mullumbimby | 2024
Dir/Prod: Sam Clarke
This film tells the story of artist, Suvira McDonald, and explores what makes his passion for pottery so special. A pivotal moment in Suvira’s life ignites a love for pottery, inspiring him to build a successful career from his new found passion.
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High Tide, Low Tide | 4min | East Ballina | 2024
Wri/Prod: Stephen Muldoon | Dir: Jordan Edmeades
A man adrift in a sea of personal & financial turmoil, seeks solace in the rhythm of the waves. As his internal struggle intensify, he finds him self trapped in a cycle of silence.
Hold Steady | 9min | Ewingsdale | 2024
Wri/Dir: Jasper Cardozo | Prod: Ethan Yang |DoP: Ash Mines
Thomas, a young runner living with his grandfather in a small rural town, is training for an upcomingrace when his world is shattered by his grandfather’s sudden passing. Overcome with grief anddespair, Thomas struggles to find purpose again. But while sifting through his grandfather’s oldbelongings, he stumbles upon an old running jersey. This discovery reignites his determination,pushing him to resume his training, not just for himself, but in honor of his grandfather.
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The Yesmads | 9min | Byron Bay | 2024
Wri/Dir/Prod: Carl West
A reflection on Solitude, Community & Freedom from those who are saying ‘Yes’ to the Nomad lifestyle.
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Vibrations | 6min | New Brighton | 2024
Wri/Dir/Prod: Bodhi Neylan
In this documentary, a group of young surfers deter misconception about the sport of surfing and offer a new perspective of surfing as a spiritual practice and an ultimate way of immersion to nature.
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Old Man And His Dogs | 11min | Gulmarrad | 2024
Wri/Dir/Prod: Kathryn Kermode
Old Man and His Dogs is set against the backdrop of rural life, portraying a man, his working dogs, and the land and lifestyle that have shaped them.
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Fragments Of A Half Life | 33min | Byron Bay | 2024
Wri/Dir/Prod: Johnny Abegg
An abstract journey that delves into the profound loss Johnny experiences after the death of his father, as he dives deep into grief. Surrendering to the emotional complexity rather than drowning in death, Abegg finds the more he allows his father’s passing to flow through him, the closer he comes to living a more meaningful life. Alongside his mother’s recount of the life his father never shared, Johnny explores the intricate relationship between father and son. Letting grief have its way with him, Johnny resurfaces, to find solace in the impermanence of life, with an understanding of where to find his father’s presence.
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BYRON ALL SHORTS 2025 Awards
The Byron All Shorts screening is on Sat 1st March, 4pm, shortly followed by the Byron All Shorts Awards presentation which will be held 30mins after the Byron All Shorts screening & will conclude by 7pm.
These amazing local films screen to a packed house each year, with finalists from the Northern Rivers region hotly contesting for prizes, that recognise excellence in short film making from the Northern Rivers region.
THE JURY: Byron All Shorts will be judged at the screening by an esteemed jury of film practitioners.
(The awards presentation is held 30mins after the Byron All Shorts screening & will conclude by 7pm).
Diana Glenn is one of Australia’s most notable television actresses, with leading roles in Carla Cametti PD, Satisfaction, and The Secret Life of Us. Her extensive TV credits include The Slap, Jack Irish, Secrets and Lies, Bad Behaviour, and In Our Blood. On film, she has starred in Black Water, Oyster Farmer, Somersault, Lone Wolf, and the upcoming Us. In 2012, Diana won the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Slap. In recent years, she has expanded into producing, working as an Associate Producer on Spreadsheet (Paramount Plus) and producing numerous commercials. A recent Masters graduate in Screen Business from AFTRS, she has now launched Jacaranda Productions with director Sarah Goodes, focusing on creative development and new screen projects.
Charlie Clausen is a versatile actor and writer, best known for roles in McLeod’s Daughters, Blue Heelers, Home and Away and the Wolf Creek television series, as well as hosting travel show Getaway. Charlie has a long list of writing and producing credits that includes commercials, music videos and documentaries. He wrote and produced the award-winning short film The Wake, which was nominated for the Jury Prize at Tribeca Film Festival, then followed it up with The Bride, which won Best Script at the St Kilda Film Festival. Charlie has written two feature films, Blackwood, which was developed in conjunction with Screen Australia and The Junction, which is currently in development with assistance from Screen Australia and Screen NSW.
Nicole Sullivan has worked across many roles in the creative sector across a wide range of platforms. Currently working with Tilt Media & Entertainment, she recently associate produced a kids tv series, Fizzy & Suds for the ABC. In 2019 she was awarded the Regional Producer Elevator Program supported by Screenworks, Create NSW and Screen Producers Australia. A passionate storyteller, Nicole has written, produced and directed. Her micro documentary, Jazmin has been screened globally, receiving A Commended Best Documentary Award at the Women of Fifty Film Festival 2022 (UK). Screened at the Melbourne Queer Festival 2022, nominated for best documentary at the St Kilda Film Festival, 2023 and was officially selected for Queer Screen’s 30th Mardi Gras Film Festival, 2023 and the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers showcase, Cannes 2023.
FLiCKERFEST MULLUMBIMBY & BYRON ALL SHORTS – PARTNERS
Thank you to our partners, your support enhances our regions creative industries & is greatly appreciated.
Flickerfest & Byron All Shorts is presented with iQ, and is a fund-raiser for the iQ Arts & Eco Reserve.
MAJOR PARTNERS & PRIZE PARTNERS
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iQ & Flickerfest – Festival Creators and Cash Prize Partners (Jury Award for Best Short Film)
SAE University College – Creative Media Partner & Cash Prize Partner (Jury Award for Emerging Talent)
INDUSTRY PRIZE PARTNERS
MEDIA SUPPORTERS
BEVERAGE SUPPORTERS
Inc.
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Sat 18 February: Byron All Shorts Finalists Screening – door 3pm | films 4pm $18/16
Lisa O’Meara is CEO for Screenworks and has lived and worked in the Northern Rivers, supporting regional screen practitioners for more than 16 years. Prior to this, Lisa designed national and international strategies to take a broad range of screen productions and games to buyers, audiences and consumers. She launched the SBS TV series Under the Skin (Tony Ayres, Belinda Chayko) and the Network Nine children’s series Spellbinder (Ron Saunders) to national audiences and international markets. She designed national distribution strategies for games including Diabolo (Blizzard) Riven (Broderbund) as well as launching the Disney, Barbie and Hasbro CD rom brands in Australia. Her roles have included Marketing Executive at Screen Australia, Marketing Manager at Tech Pacific, Programs and Operations Manager at Screenworks and National Manager for Careers and Enterprise at SAE Creative Media Insitute. Lisa is a committed advocate for regional screen practitioners.
Bronwyn Kidd is the director of Flickerfest since 1998, Bronwyn has curated hundreds of short film programmes for both the festival, its national touring programme and many other international film festivals including The London Australian Film Festival at The Barbican. Since 2002 she has been one of the management committee members and key organisers of the International Short Film Conference [ISFC], the international body that advises on short films festivals and protocol throughout the world. Bronwyn has participated on the jury of many respected short film competitions internationally including the World Wide Short Film Festival Toronto Canada, Grimstad Norway and the International Short Film Festival of Drama Greece. In 2002 Bronwyn founded the Flickerfest Short Film Bureau to distribute Australian short films internationally. The Flickerfest Short film Bureau now represents over 200 of Australia’s best shorts and has successfully made many sales to all known territories and broadcasters and platforms buying shorts worldwide. Bronwyn has successfully Executive Produced 3 series of Flickerfest On Extra a short film programme dedicated to Australian short film including all online content across websites and other cross platform portals.
