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Flickerfest: short film glory to greet 2015

Four days of rain, six days of sun, ten days of snappy shorts to the sound of waves - Flickerfest is surely a cultural icon.

19 Jan 2015 12:00

David Tiley

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‘Yes, I am doing a happy dance and I’m quite hungover,’ said Eddy Bell. ‘It was such a great festival. Flickerfest is awesome and it is great to get an award.’

Bell, with producer Khobe Rowe, won the Virgin Award for Best Australian Short Film at Flickerfest 2015. Having just finished her seventeenth Flickerfest, director Bronwyn Kidd remains enchanted by the audiences coming into the dark on such an iconic summer beach. ‘In a city like Sydney, where there is so much on, and an oversaturation of culture, it is great to see people connecting to unique and niche events’, she said, ‘because that is what we are, really.’

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.