Press release from Flickerfest
After opening last Friday night with capacity crowds and with many sellout sessions over past days FLICKERFEST presented by ING DIRECT is set for a bumper weekend with many amazing short films still on offer under the stars at Bondi until January 15th .
Highlights this coming weekend include:
FlickerKids – A delightfully entertaining program of short films for shorties, designed to appeal to the big kid in everyone. (Ages 6-12) including the Aardman, Tate Modern collaboration ‘Itch Of the Golden Nit’
Thursday 12 January @ 2.30pm
Short Bites of Horror- For Friday the 13th, a ghoulish mix of hilariously twisted, debauched and gut-bustingly demonic short films including the hilarious Australia short ‘Tale Of Obsession’
Friday 13 January @ 9.00pm
World of Wacky Animation – An off-beat and irreverent selection of the most witty and mind bending animations from some of the worlds most awarded cult creators including Phil Mulloy, Don Herztfeld and Bill Plympton
Saturday 14 January @ 4.30pm
GreenFLicks Environmental Shorts- the best short films on environmental themes from around the world in competition including the inspiring Australian films ‘Common Ground’ and ‘Mongolian Couch’.
Sunday 15 January @ 12.30pm and 2.30pm
Get in quick, buy your tickets NOW at www.flickerfest.com.au <http://www.flickerfest.com.au> and run down to the Bondi Pavilion for some great bite sized chunks of cinema.
Flickerfest presented by ING DIRECT wraps up in Sydney this Sunday with its highly prestigious award ceremony and a glamorous opening night party and then hits the road on an unprecedented 37 venue national tour covering capital cities and regional stops hungry for short films throughout Australia.
For full details of this weekend’s programs, to purchase tickets or to get further information about the national FLICKERFEST tour, please visit www.flickerfest.com.au