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The filmmakers from 2020s All Shorts. Photo supplied.

It wouldn’t be summer if you didn’t sit in a cool, dark theatre and watch the Byron All Shorts program. Local filmmakers are invited to enter their short films to be screened in February as part of Flickerfest 2022 at Mullumbimby Civic Hall.

Byron All Shorts, presented by IQ Inc, celebrates the filmmaking talent of the Northern Rivers region and encourages audiences to experience the many amazing short films that are produced here each year.

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

The best of local short films will screen in the Byron All Shorts programme with finalists from the Northern Rivers region hotly contesting for prizes that recognise excellence in short filmmaking.

Prizes and cash

Prizes and cash to the value of $3,000 will be presented for the iQ-Flickerfest Best Short Film Award, the SAE Institute Emerging Talent Award & the Best Short Film Audience Award; recognising the incredibly talented filmmakers in our region.

Byron All Shorts is a dedicated Northern Rivers short film competition, judged by a team of Northern Rivers film industry professionals and provides a platform to celebrate, encourage and support local filmmakers to produce and share their short films.

If you live in the Northern Rivers, or have produced a film in the Northern Rivers, or have made a film about the Northern Rivers you can enter Byron All Shorts.

Byron All Shorts screens in conjunction with the Mullum Flickerfest’s 3-day annual film festival at Mullumbimby Civic Hall from Thursday February 17 to Saturday, February 19, 2022.

Deadline for entries is Friday December 24, 2021
Entry Forms and more info can be found at: iQ.org.au.


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