
After a highly successful 10-day festival at Bondi, the 34th annual FLiCKERFEST International and Australian awards were announced this evening at a star-studded ceremony at Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach.
Attended by celebrated guests from the Australian film industry, filmmakers and jury, the Closing Night ceremony honoured the esteemed entrants in this yearâs competition and FLiCKERFESTâs AcademyÂź Qualifying Awards, including the Flickerfest Award for Best International Short Film, Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animation, Panasonic LUMIX Award for Best Australian Short Film & Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary.
The Flickerfest Short Film Awards continue to cement the festival’s global position as a leading International Short film festival on the world stage. Following the ceremony, a selection of award-winning films screened before the Closing Night Party took place.
Flickerfest now hits the road on a 40+ venue national tour to all states &territories across Australia.
And the winners are:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Flickerfest Award for Best International Short Film (AcademyŸ Qualifying)
âChanging Roomsâ  (France)
Writer/Director: Violette Gitton | Producer: Jules Reinartz
Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animated Short Film (AcademyŸ Qualifying)
âBeautiful Menâ (Belgium)
Writer/Director: Nicolas Keppens | Producer: Emmanuel Alain Raynal
Highly Commended International Animation
âMaybe Elephantsâ (Norway, Canada)
Director/Writer: Torill Kove
Producer: Lise Fernley, Maral Mohammadian, Tonje Skar Reiersen
EU In Australia Award for Best EU Short Film
âThe Boy With White Skinâ  (France, Senegal)
Writer/Director: Simon Panay | Producers: Rafael Andrea Soatto, Laëtitia Denis, Kévin Rousseau, Souleymane Kébé, Maud Leclair-Névé
Flickerfest Special Jury Award
âEbb And Flowâ (Lebanon)
Director/Writer: Nay Tabbara | Producer: Isabelle Mecattaf
Special Mention of the Jury for International Short Film
âA Summer’s End Poemâ (China)
Director/Writer/Producer: Lam Can-zhao
Writer: Yupeng He, Shutong Xu
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary Short Film (AcademyŸ Qualifying)
âRecomposing Earthâ (UK)
Director: Christian Cargill | Producers: Christian Cargill, John Bannister
Flickerfest Special Jury Award for Documentary Short
âNelson The Pigletâ (Netherlands)
Director: Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden | Producers: Nienke Rispens, Maarten Kuit, Jeroen van den Idsert
RAINBOW LGBTQI COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Azure Productions Award for Best Rainbow Short
âHoly Curseâ (United States)
Writer/Director/Producer: Snigdha Kapoor | Producer: Neeraj Churi
EU In Australia Award for Best EU Rainbow Short Film
âChicoâ (France)
Writer/Director: Theo Abadie | Writer: Louise Courvoisier | Producer: Pauline Attal
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY FOR RAINBOW SHORT FILM
âDragfoxâ
Director: Lisa Ott |  Producer: Owen Thomas
AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Panasonic LUMIX Award for Best Australian Short Film (AcademyŸ Qualifying)
âMarcia And The Sharkâ
Writer/Director: Sam Ferris Bryant | Writer/Producer: Hugo OâConnor
Spectrum Films Award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film
Director: Riley Blakeway for âA Thousand Odd Daysâ
Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animated Short Film
âThe Fix-It-Man And The Fix-It-Woomanâ
Director: Cornelius Ebatarinja, Nelson Armstrong | Writer: Rhonda Sharpe, Courtney Collins Producer: Sophie Wallace
AFTRS Award for Best Screenplay in an Australian Short Film
Writer: Claudia Osborne for âRashâ
John Barry Award for Best Cinematography in an Australian Short Film
Cinematographer: Jason De Ford, Victor Ng for âA Good Boyâ
Avid Award for Best Editing in an Australian Short Film
Editor: Samuel Inglis for âNot Yetâ
Avid Award for Best Original Music in an Australian Short Film
Composer: Josh Barber for âAsian Male, 60âs, Leadâ
Rebel8 Award for Outstanding Emerging Female Director In honour of Samantha Rebillet
Director: Sophie Serisier for âOiâ
Highly Commended Outstanding Emerging Female Director 
Director: Claudia Osborne for âRashâ
Specsavers Award for Best Australian Comedy Short Film
âOverâ
Director/Writer: Duncan Ragg, Anna Phillips | Producer: Isabella Debbage
FLiCKERUP YOUTH COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
AFTRS FlickerUp Award for Best Youth Short Film
âBubblegum and Bunyipsâ
Director: Kellyville High School | Producer: Fabio Caprarelli
Yoram Gross FlickerUp Award for Best Youth Animated Short Film
âThe Apartmentâ
Director: Year 7 Doveton College Students | Producer Gene Geoffrey
Avid FlickerUp Award for Best Editing in A Youth Short Film
âMind The Gapsâ
Wr/iDir: Lucia Carman Murray
Karma FlickerUp Jury Award for Youth Short Film
âMore Than Milkâ
Writer/Dir/Prod: Abigail Rain Knight
FLiCKERFESTâs Festival Director BRONWYN KIDD says: âWe are thrilled that the 34th Flickerfest 2025 has been such a success, with many filmmakers present to introduce their films, passionate crowds and great enthusiasm expressed for the programmes screened. Itâs been great to see short films so warmly embraced by audiences across our ten-day event. I would like to congratulate all of the films selected for Flickerfest in competition this year, our jury for their dedication and all of tonightâs award winners.â