Results Archive / 2025
The 2025 Festival
70 films · 118 awards · 21 countries
Winners
Best Documentary Short Subject · James Stapledon
A BITTERSWEET ENDING
Best Director · John Gray
A GUEST IN MY COUNTRY
Best Student Short Film · Lachlan Scott
Best Visual Effects · Owen Douglas
A MESSAGE TO THE AUTHOR
Best Music Video · Alexander Denysenko
BEFORE THE DAWN
Best Supporting Performance · Michael Silberblatt
DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND
Best Art Direction
DISCO DOLLS AND CHIKO ROLLS
Best Film Editing · Axel Tacey
ELASTOPLASTIC
Best Cinematography · Daniel Watt
Best Feature Film · J. Markus & B. Robert Anderson
IF YOU SHOULD LEAVE BEFORE ME
Best Australian Short Film · Shannon Glover
IN A PLACE LIKE THIS
Best Australian Performance · Seraphine Harley
MAN EATER
Best International Short Film · Henrik Larsson, Jakob Arevärn
PIERRE WEST
Best Short Screenplay · Amanda Louise Lay
READING OF THE WILL
Best Queensland Short Film · Kate Armon, Shannon Rigbye, Craig Smith
THE CELEBRANT
Best Youth Performance · Amirhossein Bayat, Yasni Soorani
THE LITTER
Best Lead Performance · Jana Balkan
THE REACH
Best Feature Screenplay
THE RED ZONE
Best Sound & Music
THE SESSIONS
Best Documentary Feature · Terry William Webster, Stuart McKay
WASHED AWAY
Nominees
2020 VISION
Best Australian Short Film
80 FACES OF FREEDOM
Best Documentary Short Subject
A FATEFUL WEEKEND
Best Art Direction
A ROYAL IN PARADISE: A ROYAL IN PARADISE II
Best Feature FilmBest Sound & Music
AL WADIAA
Best Youth Performance
ALL ABOUT VALERIE
Best Australian Short Film
ANGEL
Best Short Screenplay
ASTRONOMERS (WEB SERIES "ABOUT PEOPLE AND WAR")
Best Art DirectionBest Director
BINGO MAN
Best Feature Screenplay
CHICKEN BROTH SOUP
Best DirectorBest International Short Film
CLOCKWORK
Best Queensland Short Film
CONQUERING SKIN CANCER
Best Documentary Feature
CROC COUNTRY
Best Documentary Short Subject
EUGENE O'NEILL'S - THE FIRST MAN
Best Art Direction
FAMISHED MAMMON
Best Music VideoBest Visual Effects
FOREVER FIRST LOVE
Best CinematographyBest Feature Film
HOT WATER - INVESTIGATING AUSTRALIA'S MARINE ECOSYSTEM
Best Documentary Feature
HOWARD TANGYE
Best Documentary Short Subject
HUMAN RESOURCES
Best Short Film
I THINK I NEED THERAPY - KEVIN SILVESTER
Best Film EditingBest Music Video
KICK IN THE TEETH
Best Queensland Short Film
KING OF THE MOUNTAINS
Best Documentary Feature
LE MANS
Best Short Documentary
LEGEND (RESURRECTED)
Best Music Video
LOVE TO GO
Best Short Screenplay
MEETING BY MISTAKE
Best Cinematography
NINE WAYS TO KILL BARRY
Best Short Screenplay
OUTER REACHES
Best Visual Effects
OVER AND OUT
Best Short Screenplay
OXYGEN STATION
Best Art DirectionBest Cinematography
PICKAXE
Best Feature Screenplay
PRECURSOR
Best Feature Screenplay
SANCTIFIED
Best Music Video
SEARCH FOR HAWAIKI
Best Lead Performance
SEEK (四十九)
Best Feature Film
SHE WORE BLUE
Best Australian Performance
SIX STRINGS UP
Best Documentary Short Subject
SPRING IN SIBERIA
Best Feature Screenplay
SWEENEY TODD - SLICE AND DICE
Best Visual Effects
TENDERFOOT
Best Australian PerformanceBest Student Short Film
THE CONTRACT
Best Short Screenplay
THE HOIST
Best Queensland Short Film
THE MEDIATOR
Best Australian PerformanceBest Student Short Film
THE INVISIBLE FLOATING ISLAND OF KIA KAI
Best Feature Screenplay
THIS TOO SHALL PASS
Best Australian Short Film
TIME
Best Music Video
TINN
Best Student Short Film
UKUWELA: THE CROSSING
Best Documentary Feature
VANISHING
Best Documentary Feature
VIRTUOSO
Best Feature Film
WARLORD
Best Supporting Performance
WHEN THE PETALS FALL
Best Student Short FilmBest Youth Performance