2025 Awards

AUSTRALIAN AWARDS

Panasonic Lumix Award
Best Australian Short Film (Academy® Qualifying)
Prize: LUMIX S5IIX Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera kit – valued at $3,999 RR
‘Marcia And The Shark’
Writer/Director: Sam Ferris Bryant | Writer/Producer: Hugo O’Connor
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Spectrum Films Award
Best Direction in an Australian Short Film
Prize: 1 x post-production support valued at $5,000
Director: Riley Blakeway for ‘A Thousand Odd Days’
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Yoram Gross Award
Best Australian Animated Short Film
Prize: $1,000 AUD
‘The Fix-It-Man And The Fix-It-Wooman’
Director: Cornelius Ebatarinja, Nelson Armstrong | Writer: Rhonda Sharpe, Courtney Collins | Producer: Sophie Wallace
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AFTRS Award
Best Screenplay in an Australian Short Film
Prize: $1,000 AUD
Writer: Claudia Osborne for ‘Rash’
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John Barry Award
Best Cinematography in an Australian Short Film
Prize: Tripod or Shape Product valued at $1000 AUD
Cinematographer: Jason De Ford, Victor Ng for ‘A Good Boy’
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Avid Award
Best Editing in an Australian Short Film
Prize: 2-year subscription Avid Media Composer software valued at over $1,300 AUD
Editor: Samuel Inglis for ‘Not Yet’
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Avid Award
Best Original Music in an Australian Short Film
Prize: 1-year subscription of Avid Pro Tools Ultimate software, plus 1-year subscription of Avid Sibelius software valued at over $1,200 AUD
Composer: Josh Barber for ‘Asian Male, 60’s, Lead’
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Rebel8 Award for Outstanding Emerging Female Director in an Australian Short Film 
In honour of Samantha Rebillet
Prize: $1000 AUD
Director: Sophie Serisier for ‘Oi’

Highly Commended Outstanding Emerging Female Director
Director: Claudia Osborne for ‘Rash’

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Specsavers Award
Best Australian Comedy Short Film
Prize: $500 AUD
‘Over’
Director/Writer: Duncan Ragg, Anna Phillips | Producer: Isabella Debbage

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INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

Flickerfest Award
Best International Short Film (Academy® Qualifying)
Prize: $2,500 AUD
‘Changing Rooms’ (France)
Writer/Director: Violette Gitton | Producer: Jules Reinartz
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Yoram Gross Award
Best International Animated Short Film (Academy® Qualifying)
Prize: $1,000 AUD
‘Beautiful Men’ (Belgium)
Writer/Directors: Nicolas Keppens | Producer: Emmanuel Alain Raynal

Highly Commended International Animation
‘Maybe Elephants’ (Norway, Canada)
Director/Writer: Torill Kove
Producer: Lise Fernley, Maral Mohammadian, Tonje Skar Reiersen
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Flickerfest Special Jury Award for International Short Film
‘Ebb And Flow’ (Lebanon)
Director/Writer: Nay Tabbara | Producer: Isabelle Mecattaf

Special Mention of the Jury for International Short Film
‘A Summer’s End Poem’ (China)
Director/Writer/Producer: Lam Can-zhao
Writer: Yupeng He, Shutong Xu
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EU In Australia Award
Best EU Short Film
Prize: $1,000 AU
‘The Boy With White Skin’ (France, Senegal)
Writer/Director: Simon Panay | Producers: Rafael Andrea Soatto, Laëtitia Denis, Kévin Rousseau, Souleymane Kébé, Maud Leclair-Névé

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DOCUMENTARY AWARDS

Flickerfest Award
Best Documentary Short Film (Academy® Qualifying)
Prize: $500 AUD
‘Recomposing Earth’ (UK)
Director: Christian Cargill | Producers: Christian Cargill, John Bannister
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RAINBOW LGBTQi AWARDS

Azure Productions Award
Best Rainbow Short
Prize: $500 AUD
‘Holy Curse’ (United States)
Writer/Director/Producer: Snigdha Kapoor | Producer: Neeraj Churi
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EU In Australia Award
Best EU Rainbow Short Film
Prize: $500 AUD
‘Chico’ (France)
Writer/Director: Theo Abadie | Writer: Louise Courvoisier | Producer: Pauline Attal

Special Mention of the Jury for Rainbow Short Film
‘Dragfox’
Director: Lisa Ott | Producer: Owen Thomas

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FLiCKERUP AWARDS

AFTRS FlickerUp Award
Best Youth Short Film
Prize: $500 AUD
‘Bubblegum and Bunyips’
Director: Kellyville High School | Producer: Fabio Caprarelli
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Yoram Gross FlickerUp Award
Best Youth Animated Short Film
Prize: $250 AUD
‘The Apartment’
Director: Year 7 Doveton College Students | Producer Gene Geoffrey
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Avid FlickerUp Award
Best Editing in a Youth Short Film
Prize: 2-year subscription Avid Media Composer software valued at over $1,300 AUD
‘Mind The Gaps’
Wr/iDir: Lucia Carman Murray
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Karma Drinks FlickerUp Award
Special Mention for Youth Short Film
Prize: $250 AUD
‘More Than Milk’
Writer/Dir/Prod: Abigail Rain Knight