Flickerfest 2026, which runs at the Bondi Pavilion from 23 January to 1 February, will showcase around 185 outstanding shorts, across 23 dedicated festival programs, selected from a more than 3,700 entries.
This year’s festival includes 39 world premieres, 41 Australian premieres and 19 NSW premieres, giving local audiences a first look at the most outstanding short films on offer today. These shorts are fiercely vying for a number of prestigious prizes, including the Flickerfest Award for Best International Short Film, the Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animation, the Panasonic Lumix Award for Best Australian Short Film and the Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary – all of which are Academy® Qualifying. Alongside the films in competition, audiences will also be delighted with programs including FlickerUp – a celebration of youth filmmaking from filmmaker 18 and under across Australia, Rainbow Shorts – amazing LGBTQI films, a First Nations Showcase celebrating First Nations talent and stories, FlickerKids – special showcases of kids and family friendly films, LoveBites – films about the trials and tribulations of relationships and Short Laughs – presenting the world’s most hilarious comedy films.
Tickets for this year’s festival are on sale now. Click here for full details of this year’s festival.
