Dear Asian filmmakers, the Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (Australia) is accepting short films until October 9, 2023.

About the festival:
Flickerfest has grown to become Australia’s leading competitive International Short Film Festival celebrating masterful, creative and impactful storytelling and the most original voices from filmmakers across the globe. Flickerfest will screen in January 2024 under the stars over 10 days in the peak of the Australian summer at the iconic Bondi Beach with select highlights of the festival touring to 50+ venues Australia wide.

Flickerfest is an Academy Awards® Qualifying and BAFTA Qualifying festival. Since 2003 Flickerfest has been a recognised festival by the Academy® of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. With four awards qualifying for consideration across our International, Australian and Documentary Competition categories.

Eligibility:
– Short Films be no more than 35 minutes in length.
– Short Films must have been produced within 2 years of the entry closing date.
– The festival accepts fiction and documentaries.
– All films must be in English or have English subtitles.
– For International Films they should be at least Australian premiere.
– Following the festival, a small selection of highlights screened in the International and Australian competitions plus some in out-of-competition programmes will be toured around Australia. If your film is unable to tour it WILL remain eligible for competition. All touring films will be paid screening royalties.
– For screening short films should be in H264 or ProRes format.
– Submission Fees and Deadlines:

– Notification Date: December 11, 2023

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://filmfreeway.com/flickerfest (This is also the submission link)

We remind readers that the 33rd Flickerfest International Film Festival will take place from January 19 – 28, 2024 in Sydney, Australia.

Looking for more call for entries? Don’t waste your time and money here is a curated list of open calls: “Call For Entries”.