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Byron All Shorts, a perennially popular part of the annual Flickerfest short film festival, returns in a few short months.

So now is the time to pull out the camera or dust off that film you’ve been itching to screen.

All Shorts celebrates the filmmaking talent of the northern rivers region and encourages audiences to experience the many amazing films and local stories that are produced here each year.

Filmmakers form across the region are invited to submit their short films of up to 30 minutes in length, from all genres.

Prizes and cash to the value of around $3,000 will be up for grabs in awards including the Flickerfest-iQ Best Short Film Award, the SAE Qantm Emerging Talent Award, the SCCU Peoples Choice Award and more.

If you live here, have produced a film here or have made a film about the northern rivers you can enter Byron All Shorts.

Finalists will screen on the January 28 at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall alongside some of the best short films from Australia and around the world as part Flickerfest 2017, which runs from January 27 to 29th.

Entry deadline: Monday December 12

Entry forms and info: iQ.org.au  or phone 0414 779 881.

 

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