Join Flickerfest this summer for a magical journey through the best short films from at home and guaranteed to inspire and delight. With over 200 shorts screening across 18 competitive programmes and 6 showcase sessions, Flickerfest 2026 features a glittering line-up of cinema stars in an astounding programme, selected from almost 3,600 entries.

The Flickerfest programmes of inspiring short films will move, inspire and entertain this year’s audiences with the very best short films Australia and the world has to offer.

The shorts in competition at Flickerfest are vying fiercely for a number of prestigious prizes including the Flickerfest Award for Best International Short Film, the Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animation, Best Australian Short Film and the Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary – all of which are Academy® Qualifying.