FLiCKERFEST Best of International Shorts Cygnet 2026
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FLiCKERFEST 2026 - 35th International Short Film Festival On TourCygnet Town Hall| Saturday 22nd & 29th August, 7pm
Celebrating 35 years in 2026, Flickerfest remains Australia’s leading Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA Recognised short film festival, ensuring that we continue to present A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world with films hand-picked from the festival’s record 3,700+ entries!
Flickerfest, Australia’s largest Short Film Festival, is excited to be returning on its National Tour to Cygnet Town Hall in Cygnet showcasing the Best of International Shorts and Best of Australian Shorts programme highlights from our recent Bondi festival competitions. The short films screening are all entertaining, inspiring, award-winning and fresh from their premieres in competition at Flickerfest Bondi, giving Cygnet Flickerfest audiences a window into the hottest contemporary shorts from at home and across the world today.
Saturday 29th August 7:00pm,, take a trip around the world with the Best Of International Shorts programme. Among a host of international highlights enjoying their Australian premieres is the Oscar-winning The Singers, a powerful and intimate film featuring an eclectic cast of non-actors in a moving tribute to friendship, joining them is the delightful Oscar-nominated A Friend of Dorothy, starring UK acting royalty Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Fry, in a heartwarming journey where friendship is found in the most unexpected places. Highlights also include Indonesian film My Plastic Mother, winner of the Flickerfest 2026 Best International Short Film, Radix, winner of Best International Animation, a visually striking and imaginative animated short and actress Renee Zellweger's directorial debut They, a fun film about coming together in trying times.
Join us for two unforgettable screenings showcasing the best shorts Australia and the world has to offer at the Cygnet Town Hall.
WHERE: Cygnet Town Hall
PRICE:$17/ $12 +bf each session
WHEN: Saturday 22nd and 29th August at 7:00pm
TICKETS & INFO: https://flickerfest.com.au/tour/cygnet/
Date
Saturday 29 August 2026 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (UTC+10)Location
Cygnet Town Hall Supper Room
Mary St, Cygnet Tasmania 7112
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FLiCKERFEST Best of International Shorts Cygnet 2026
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