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Best of Australian – The category showcases the films short listed for the Academy accredited award "Best Australian Short Film". In 2018, there were seven separate screenings of the competition, ranging between seven and nine individual films every screening.
The 70th annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 June 2023. [1] [2] Warwick Thornton's drama film The New Boy opened the festival and James Mangold's action adventure film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was the closing film. [3] [4] Asmae El Moudir's documentary film The Mother of All Lies won the Sydney Film Prize. [5]
Tropfest in Sydney, February 2011. Tropfest is the world's largest short film festival.It has also become known as the world's first global film festival. Founded by actor/director John Polson, Tropfest began in 1993 as a screening for 200 people at the 'Tropicana Caffe' in Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia, but has since become the largest platform for short films in the world.
The Australian Short Film Competition is traditionally held on the last day of the AFF, and is one of the Festival's competitive elements. In 2011, notable short films screened during the competition included The Telegram Man and the 2011 Academy Award Winning Best Animated Short, The Lost Thing.
Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award: Karina Holden; Documentary Australia Award for Australian Documentary: I'm Wanita by Matthew Walker; Sustainable Future Award: Burning by Eva Orner; Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films. Dendy Live Action Short Award: Peeps by Sophie Somerville; Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director: Taylor Ferguson for tough
The festival, produced and presented by the city of Port Phillip, [2] screens Australian short films in all genres including drama, comedy, documentary, animation and digital media. The short film competition awards over $50,000 in cash and craft awards, including a $10,000 prize for Best Short Film.
The Festival accepts entries in any genre, with the only restrictions being it must be Australian, under 15 minutes in length, and made in the previous 18 months. [4] Prizes are currently awarded in four categories: Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Actor and Best Music. [4] Whilst the competition is predominantly an amateur’s festival ...
The 71st annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 5 to 16 June 2024. [1] The festival opened with Paul Clarke's documentary film Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line, [2] and closed with Coralie Fargeat's horror film The Substance. [3] Overall the festival screened 197 films, including 28 world premieres and 133 Australian premieres. [4]