hartflicker is an energetic Australian-based video and film production company founded and run by Phoebe Hart.

hartflicker is the crafter of provocative, socially aware documentaries and moving, experimental and visually intriguing drama productions for the small and big screen. With courageous intent, hartflicker distributes these media products to local, national and international markets.

What’s New

25/8/08: Traje is being screened at the European Culture Festival, which is part of the European Social Forum 2008 in September in Malmö, Sweden.   The film is being shown as part of the Other Worlds are Breathing program at 4:00pm on Friday 19 September, 2008 at the Cinema Möllan (Leonard / ex-flower shop), Claesgatan 8.

18/8/08: Roller Derby Dolls has an air date on ABC1, 8:00PM Tuesday 9 September, 2008.

15/8/08: Nudge's Tale has been selected as a finalist in this year's Liquid Lens digital media competition. The awards ceremony will take place from 1:45pm on Sunday 31 August 2008 in kuril dhagun at the State Library of Queensland. All finalist’s entries will be screened as a Showcase on touch-screens at the SLQ and Suncorp Piazza, South Bank. The screenings will continue during the week of Riverfestival 2008 at SLQ 10am - 5pm from Sunday 31 August to Saturday 6 September 2008.

5/8/08: Roller Derby Dolls has been nominated for an EnhanceTV ATOM Award in the category of Best Short Documentary. The winner is announced on Friday 24 October, 2008 at a gala event in Melbourne. Keep ya fingers crossed!

4/7/08: The TX dates for Downunder Grads repeats on SBS are out:

Episode 1 In the Mix - 3:30 PM Friday 4/7/08
Episode 2 The Big Squeeze - 3:30 PM Friday 11/7/08
Episode 3 Testing Times - 3:30 PM Friday 25/7/08
Episode 4 Two Worlds Collide - 3:30PM Friday 1/8/08

10/6/08: hartflicker presented a retrospective of work at VOL06 of Pecha Kucha Night, Wednesday 25th June at the Turbine Hall, Brisbane Powerhouse.

15/5/08: Like my work? hartflicker is going on a fundraising drive to edit and complete my next project Orchids - an important, personal, awareness-raising documentary film about people with intersex conditions. Support Orchids by making a tax deductible donation via the Australian Cultural Fund's AbaF website. Click on 'Giving and Donating', then 'Donate to the Arts' and then 'View Arts Projects You can Donate To'.

1/5/08: Roller Derby Dolls enjoyed its official launch at the Dendy Portside tonight.

The Big Launch: Mimsy Mayhem (left), Evil Doll and Phoebe Hart. Photographer James Davidson. Image © hartflicker.

17/4/08: Roller Derby Dolls is finished and should be given an on-air date by ABC any day now. The final result is a fantastic blend of colour, action, music, highs and lows, and gang of kick arse girls knocking each other over on the rink in old school quad skates.

4/3/08: There's been a flurry of positive and provocative articles, reviews, mentions and stories about Downunder Grads in print, on the radio and online, including the Courier Mail, Sydney Morning Herald, and The Age.

18/2/08: Film Australia has launched a showcase website for Downunder Grads. It features publicity stills, synopses, and Quicktime trailer of the intro. On the SBS website, there's a Q&A with the series directors (Randall Wood and I).

1/2/08: The TX dates for Downunder Grads on SBS are out and coincide nicely with the start of the uni year in 2008:

Episode 1 In the Mix - 8:00 PM Wednesday 5/3/2008
Episode 2 The Big Squeeze - 8:00 PM Wednesday 12/3/2008
Episode 3 Testing Times - 8:00 PM Wednesday 19/3/2008
Episode 4 Two Worlds Collide - 8:00 PM Wednesday 26/3/2008

Downunder Grads’ Gurteaj Atwal Singh & Emily Laird (left), Lucy Weber, and Alejandra Arbe. Photographer Jasin Boland. Images © Film Australia

23/1/08: Check out Phoebe Hart's book review of the title Intersex by Catherine Harper and Women's Experimental Cinema edited by Robin Blaetz for M/C Reviews.

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