March 24, 2022

A film director and three producers will introduce their award-winning short film, featuring Gunnedah Saleyards, at Gunnedah’s Flickerfest’s opening night on Thursday.

The short film, Giants, also shot in Narrabri, shines a spotlight on the recent drought and won Best Australian Short Film and Best Original Music at the recent Bondi festival competition.

The director, Eddy Bell, and producers Steven Rees, Nonny Klaile and Luke Mulquiney, filmed over an 18-month period in the area, capturing the devastating effect of the drought in the area and said they were glad they could “bring it back to the North West”.

“We’re excited to be coming back to Gunnedah to share the film with the community, for people we made it for,” Luke Mulquiney said.

Director Eddy Bell said it was the first public screening he would attend for Giants.

“This is the premiere for me … so I am pretty excited to share this film with a Gunnedah audience as my first Flickerfest film,” he said.

Mr Bell will also visit Carroll Public School to speak about the film.

Other highlights of Flickerfest will include the quirky black space comedy The Home Team starring Paul McDermott and acclaimed actress Tara Morice, the fun neighbourly drama Stonefish, the moving and intimate sibling drama You Me Before And After, starring Yael Stone, and the award-winning Space Invader.

Flickerfest is Australia’s only Academy Qualifying and BAFTA Qualifying Short Film Festival and is a kaleidoscopic carnival of short films from around Australia and the world.

The Best of Australian Shorts will be screened on March 24 at 6:30pm and the Best of International Short Films will be showcased on March 31 at 6.30pm.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased via https://flickerfest.com.au/tour/gunnedah-nsw/

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