Flickerfest has kicked off its 25th year with a world premier screening of short drama, Nan And a Whole Lot Of Trouble.
Nan And a Whole Lot of Trouble was produced by Lois Randall, written by Sue McPherson and directed by Dena Curtis.
It stars Noeleen Shearer, Pamela Young and Amba-Rose Atkinson.
Told with warmth and humour, the film tackles cultural taboos around death and grief, highlighting the complexities and tensions that arise around culture, traditional and identity in a modern multicultural community – even within one family.
The official Flickerfest trailer was also unveiled to the packed room at Bondi Icebergs.
Written and directed by talented Flickerfest alumni Kacie Anning, the trailer sees a glamorous Marilyn Monroe (played by the gorgeous Abby Earl) descend upon Bondi Beach.
The play on ‘Marilyn comes to Bondi’ culminates, of course, in Marilyn singing ‘happy birthday to Flickerfest’.
Abby Earl leads a star-studded cast with additional appearances from Callan McAuliffe (The Great Gatsby, Flipped, I Am Number Four), Bruce ‘Hoppo’ Hopkins (Bondi Rescue) and Roy Billing (Underbelly – A Tale Of Two Cities).
Festival director, Bronwyn Kidd and the selection committee have received record numbers of film submissions (more than 2400 again this year) and will tailor the 2016 programme to showcase the very best 100 films to audiences across Australia from January until May.
Launching in Sydney on January 8, the festival will run in Sydney for 10 days before touring the rest of the country.
The festival will screen to more than 50 venues across Australia between January and May.