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Flickerfest returns with this one-off chance to see the Best of Australian Shorts, a programme officially selected for Flickerfest National Tour in Cairns, before these films continue their journey around the world. This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from Flickerfest’s Australian Academy® Qualifying competition programmes in Bondi 2025. Celebrating its 34th year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy® Award and BAFTA qualifying short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from 3,400 entries; ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world. BYO Chairs, pillows, blankets and picnic on the grass. Please no glass. The gates will open at 5:30 PM. Classification: (M) Children under 15yrs must be accompanied by an adult.

Flickerfest returns with this annual one-off chance to see the Short Laughs Comedy programme officially selected for Flickerfest National Tour in Cairns, before these films continue their journey around the world. Chortle your way through a clever off-kilter selection of funny shorts from across the world. This programme is a specially curated selection of highlights from Flickerfest’s Comedy programmes in Bondi 2025. Celebrating its 34th year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy® Award and BAFTA qualifying short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from 3,400 entries; ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world. BYO Chairs, pillows, blankets and picnic on the grass. Please no glass. We recommend arriving early to the Botanic Gardens to set-up. The gates will open at 5:30 PM.

WINNER (x2) - 2024 NASTRI D'ARGENTO AWARDS - Best Comedy, Best Actress in a Comedy The eagerly anticipated new dramedy from writer/director Riccardo Milani (A Cat On A Highway), A WORLD APART follows a primary school teacher who struggles to adapt to small-town life after he relocates to a remote mountain village. Addressing the dynamics and challenges faced by small communities - and the vital importance of educational institutions for their survival - with sensitivity and lightness, this heartwarming story won over Italian audiences, becoming the #1 local box office smash of 2024. "A precious jewel. An exciting journey to discover the natural wonders of Abruzzo and the human challenges that animate small mountain communities that captures the heart and soul of the viewer." Sonia PagliaIL MESSAGGERO In Italian w English subtitles (M) 114 mins.

WINNER: Best Feature and Breakthrough Cymru BAFTA Cymru Awards - OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival Chuck Chuck Baby is a film of love, loss and music set amongst the falling feathers of a chicken factory. Set in present day industrial North Wales and deftly balancing the moods of kitchen sink drama and buoyant romantic comedy, Chuck Chuck Baby is a winning first feature effort from writer-director Janis Pugh. There’s nothing quite like the bittersweet, cathartic rush of belting out a ballad... First-time feature director Janis Pugh harnesses this to heart-swelling effect in a gorgeous celebration of female camaraderie, second chances and poultry processing. Wendy Ide - Observer (UK) There is a terrific warmth and emotional generosity to this romantic comedy-drama Peter Bradshaw - Guardian If The Umbrellas of Cherbourg had a baby with a Ken Loach film, it would look something like Chuck Chuck Baby. Avi Offer -NYC Movie Guru In English (M) 114 mins.

Director Ivan Calbéra, fresh from his success with The Tasting (AF FFF23), returns with a film that the kind of comedic verve that can only come from years of observing the absurdities of marriage. At the heart of the caper is retired French general François, played with charm by André Dussollier (Everything Went Fine). After a half-century of wedded bliss, in his opinion anyway, François stumbles upon a set of love letters while rummaging through the attic. These letters, yellowed with time, reveal an affair his wife Annie (Sabine Azéma) had four decades ago. It’s a discovery that shakes the very foundation of François’s once-certain world. In lesser hands, a story like this could be overdone. But Riviera Revenge ( original title N'avoue Jamais ) knows exactly what it wants to be: a comedy with heart, anchored by two veterans of French cinema who know how to tease out every subtle nuance of love, regret, and personal pride. In French English subtitles (M) 94 mins.