BEST ANIMATED SHORT
CATERPILLAR SOUP
DIRECTED BY JESSIE STILWELL | CANADA
NOMINATIONS
Blip | Directed by Hannah Sun | USA
Deep Fears | Directed by Ryan Chu | USA | 
Drumtalk | Directed by Magic Steven | AUSTRALIA |
It Is What It Is | Directed by Hod Adler | ISRAEL |
On / Off | Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal | ARGENTINA |
On Shift | Directed by April Clayton | AUSTRALIA
The human and human | Directed by Zahra Shafiei Dehaghani | IRAN
TERRA | Directed by Summer Lloyd-Johnson | AUSTRALIA
The Wild Variety | Directed by Jayden Van Win | AUSTRALIA
BEST COMEDY SHORT
TRUST FRANK
DIRECTED BY PENNY MOORE | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Animal Work | Directed by Zak Marrinan | AUSTRALIA
Bridge | Directed by Vahid Hassan Zadeh | IRAN
JACKS | Directed by Joel Stephen Fleming | AUSTRALIA
Pete's Valve | Directed by Katy-May Hudson | USA |
Rogue Seven: A Star Wars Fan Film | Directed by James Martinez | USA |
Social Fitness | Directed by Anna Pakman | USA |
Thorak the Powerful | Directed by Sian Laycock | AUSTRALIA |
The School Bus | Directed by Ramazan Kılıç | TURKEY
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
DEAFYING GRAVITY
DIRECTED BY SAM MARTIN | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
50 Year Storm Short Film | Directed by Carlo Lowdon | AUSTRALIA |
Accounts of a Nuclear Whistleblower | Directed by Naveed Farro | AUSTRALIA
Amorphous Creativity | Directed by Lachlan Sullivan-Carey | AUSTRALIA |
Covid and Who I am Now | Directed by Diana Dai | CANADA
Influencer | Directed by James Fink-Jensen | NEW ZEALAND |
Malcolm Harslett | Directed by Ben Raschella | AUSTRALIA
Stripped Raw | Directed by Tim Gurrie | AUSTRALIA |
This Project is Retired | Directed by Nathaniel Avila | USA |
Worldbuilding | Directed by Shauna C. Murphy | USA |
BEST DRAMA SHORT
INCIDENT AT SCHOOL
DIRECTED BY JACOB THOMAS PILGAARD | DENMARK
NOMINATIONS
14 | Directed by Farzad Rahigh | IRAN
400 Days Later | Directed by Stephen Bell | CANADA |
ALEXIS | Directed by Renata Mellão | USA |
Beautiful Bear | Directed by Stuart Quinn | UK |
Do.Solo.Pin | Directed by Javad Atefeh | IRAN
Littlefish | Directed by Benjamin Laut | AUSTRALIA |
Ripples | Directed by Julian Pitrone | AUSTRALIA
When I Go | Directed by Olivia O'Brien | AUSTRALIA
WHO | Directed by Robbin Li | AUSTRALIA |
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
ABSURD MAN
DIRECTED BY BURAK KUM | TURKEY
NOMINATIONS
Altered Dreams | Directed by Michael Honsa | AUSTRALIA
Five Minutes The End | Directed by Ramtin Kouchaki | IRAN
Katalinka 16 | Directed by András Attila Farkas | HUNGARY |
Passion | Directed by Parisa Zandbaf | IRAN
Self Defense | Directed by Joni Whitworth and Sam Tam Ham | USA |
Switch | Directed by Reswin Bahas | AUSTRALIA |
The Grand Scheme | Directed by Matt Mirams | AUSTRALIA |
The Land of Hardworking Souls | Directed Mohammad Hasani | IRAN |
The Overwhelmed | Directed by Zach Diotte | AUSTRALIA
BEST HORROR SHORT
THRESHOLD
DIRECTED BY MIKE THOMPSON | USA
NOMINATIONS
Fixity | Directed by Jack Sillitoe | AUSTRALIA |
Golem | Directed by Ryan Cauchi | AUSTRALIA
In Loving Memory | Directed by Callum Thomas | AUSTRALIA
My Eyes Have Seen You | Directed by Daffa Sudaryono | AUSTRALIA
Negatives | Directed by Jimmy Gannon | AUSTRALIA |
Quarantine 2020 | Directed by Alex Magaña | USA |
The Hand That Feeds You | Directed by John Perivolaris | USA
The Sacred Tree | Directed by Adrian Hendrawijaya | INDONESIA |
BEST SCIFI SHORT
COGNITION
DIRECTED BY RAVI AJIT CHOPRA | UK
NOMINATIONS
404 File Not Found | Directed by Paolo Brozzi | ITALY
Kairos, Qualitative Time | Directed by Carlos Scasso | SPAIN
Pass | Directed by Elika Abdollahi | IRAN |
The Damned Thing is of Such a Color! | Directed by Tatalovic, B. R. | USA
The Gate | Directed by Kino Jin | USA |
The Girl on the Moon | Directed by Georgina Jenkins | AUSTRALIA |
BEST STUDENT SHORT
BRAKE
DIRECTED BY AJA M WEARY AND AMANDA RICHARDSON | USA
NOMINATIONS
Ball and Chain | Directed by Sebastian Howard | AUSTRALIA |
Favorite Daughter | Directed by Susi Haaning | DENMARK |
Humanimals | Directed by Benjamin Mansur | AUSTRALIA |
joyful. | Directed by Cooper Lindsay and Caleb Rodda | AUSTRALIA
Lost in Time | Directed by Megan Ellis | AUSTRALIA |
Presque Vu | Directed by Hannah Cabalse | AUSTRALIA
Sister from the South | Directed by Samantha Birdseye | AUSTRALIA |
The Green Revolution | Directed by Jerry Westaway | NEW ZEALAND
The Pawshank Redemption | Directed Quinn Murphy | AUSTRALIA
BEST WEB SERIES
REMEMBER MY NAME
DIRECTED BY SONNY VREBAC | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Assassin's League | Directed by Cory Gerard and Shawna McGill | CANADA
Balthazar & Snirt | Directed by Jim Patrick McCullough and Anthony Ladesich | USA |
Color Me: The Documentary Series | Directed by Tavo Ruiz | GERMANY |
Conto De Natal | Directed by Thaiane Soares | BRAZIL |
Freedom Farm Sanctuary | Directed by Taliya Finkel | ISRAEL |
Leia | Directed by Cassam Chenaï Khourban | FRANCE |
Little Diva Rising | Directed by Les Zig | AUSTRALIA |
This Is Hell | Directed by Hunter Allen | UK
BEST TRAILER
THE LAST WOLVES
DIRECTED BY IKER BILBAO | SPAIN
NOMINATIONS
Balthazar & Snirt | Directed by Jim McCullough and Anthony Ladesich | USA |
Black Mail | Directed by Obi Emenloye | CANADA
Cognition | Directed by Ravi Ajit Chopra | UK |
Little Giant | Directed by Sean Foy | USA |
Pax | Directed by Damir Bekerov | RUSSIA |
Shear | By Riyadh Haque | UK |
The Hun | Directed by Andor Zahonyi | HUNGARY |
The Lockdown | Directed by Sarah Stephenson | AUSTRALIA |
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
A CENTURY OF DREAMS
DIRECTED BY VEN JEMERSIC | SLOVENIA
NOMINATION
We are Visible | Directed by Karina Sturm | USA |
BEST FICTION FEATURE
WE ALL LIE MY DARLING
DIRECTED BY PIERRE-NICOLAS PANASCI | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATION
Fall Back Down | Directed by Sara Beth (SB) Edwards | CANADA |
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
LOST AND FOUND
WRITTEN BY FIONA GEORGIOU HUNT | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Bachata | Written by Arsi Nami | USA |
Belle De Nuit | Written by David Barbeschi, Story by Maurice Kadamani | AUSTRALIA |
End of Days | Written by Danny Alex | USA
Goodbye Esfahan | Written by Natasha Forouzannia | USA
I Will Wait For You | Written by Kevin Silva | USA |
Kamal | Written by Saeed Zamanian | IRAN
Wait a Moment | Written by Edris Naseri | IRAN
Your Move | Written by Darr Reitknecht | USA
Youth & Age Flower | Written by András Attila Farkas | HUNGARY |
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
THE LOVE PALACE
WRITTEN BY JUSTIN ST.PIERRE | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Bombshell | Written by Ludwig Leidig, Brett Williams, and Yuri Joakimidis | AUSTRALIA
Cactus | Written by Melchior Armas | AUSTRALIA
Cello and Blue Wine | Written by Sasha Korolko | USA
Gozzy Boys | Written by Katheryn Svaldi | USA
For the Method | Written by Les Zig | AUSTRALIA
Industry | Written by Jayce Baron | USA |
Legends | Written by Danny Alex | USA
Revelations | Written by Jamie-Lee Curley | AUSTRALIA
WILD CARD (FILM)
CONNECTION
DIRECTED BY WEI-LIN CHEN | TAIWAN
NOMINATIONS
Family Tree | Directed by Emmet O'Brien | UK
Josie | Directed by Human Error | NEW ZEALAND |
OLEG | Directed by Nadia Tass | USA |
Return | Directed by Hongying Chen | CHINA |
Six Months to Salvation | Directed by Lorenzo Benitez | AUSTRALIA |
Starving Artist | Directed by Marshall Weishuai Yuan | AUSTRALIA |
The Sako Tapes | Directed by Machiel van den Heuvel | NETHERLANDS |
The Seeker | Directed by Rassoul Edji | UK
WILD CARD (SCREENPLAY)
CHEESE DEATH LULLABY
WRITTEN BY ANDY LEONARD | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
A Handkerchief's Tale | Written by Jessica Lau | NETHERLANDS |
A Long Road Ahead | Written by Bernhard Riedhammer | GERMANY
A Simple Yes or No | Written by Darr Reitknecht | USA
Dolores | Written by Michael Seabolt and Greg Schroeder | USA
Knights | Written by Alex Montagnani | UK |
RockSlide | Written by Ranelle Golden and Shawn Golden | USA
Shopar | Written by Sajad Soleymani | IRAN
Sweeter Than Pie | Written by Kasey Vesperman | AUSTRALIA
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
DAVE BEAMISH
THORAK THE POWERFUL | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Ezgi Ay | The School Bus | IRAN
Mitchell Brotz | Animal Work | AUSTRALIA
John Flaus | Trust Frank | AUSTRALIA
Brenda Palmer | Trust Frank | AUSTRALIA
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
MARSHALL WEISHUAI YUAN
STARVING ARTIST | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Cecilie Elisabeth Bogø Bach | Incident at School | DENMARK
Briana Marin | Alexis | USA
Atefe Pakbaznia | Do.Solo.Pin | IRAN
Niaz Sanjari | 14 | IRAN
BEST ACTOR IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
JONI WHITWORTH
SELF DEFENSE | USA
NOMINATIONS
Adam Marks | Switch | AUSTRALIA
Mahsa Pourniazi | Five Minutes The End | IRAN
Ceyhun Sevilmiş | Absurd Man | TURKEY
Kym Valentine | The Grand Scheme | AUSTRALIA
BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR
JIMMY GANNON
NEGATIVES | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Abi Van Andel | Threshold | USA
Alexandra Forsyth | In Loving Memory | AUSTRALIA
Andy Walker | The Hand That Feeds You | UK
Imam Zulkipli | The Sacred Tree | INDONESIA
BEST ACTOR IN A SCIFI
ROSSELLA PUGLIESE
404 FILE NOT FOUND | ITALY
NOMINATIONS
Edgar Córcoles | Kairos, Qualitative Time | SPAIN
James Ham | Rogue Seven: A Star Wars Fan Film | USA
Mina Hamedani | Pass | IRAN
Luca Restagno | 404 file not found | ITALY
BEST ACTOR IN A STUDENT SHORT
YOUSTINA YOUSSEF
SISTER FROM THE SOUTH | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Pheobe Barnett | When I Go | AUSTRALIA
Emily David | joyful. | AUSTRALIA
Nicoletta Dimas | Ball and Chain | AUSTRALIA
Sophie McCrae | Lost In Time | AUSTRALIA
BEST ACTOR IN A WEB SERIES
JUSTINE KACIR
REMEMBER MY NAME | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Giul Abreu | Conto De Natal | BRAZIL
Claire Courture | LEIA | FRANCE
Sarah Livingstone | This Is Hell | UK
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
WE ALL LIE MY DARLING
AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Cognition | UK
Fall Back Down | CANADA
JACKS | AUSTRALIA
WHO | AUSTRALIA
BEST DIRECTOR
FARZAD RAHIGH
14 | IRAN
NOMINATIONS
Sara Beth (SB) Edwards | Fall Back Down | CANADA
Penny Moore | Trust Frank | AUSTRALIA
Joel Stephen Fleming | JACKS | AUSTRALIA
Aja M Weary and Amanda Richardson | BRAKE | USA
BEST SCREENWRITER
PENNY MOORE
TRUST FRANK | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Javad Atefeh | Do.Solo.Pin | IRAN
Gavin McClenaghan and Ravi Ajit Chopra | Cognition | UK
Sara Beth (SB) Edwards | Fall Back Down | CANADA
Susi Haaning | Favorite Daughter | DENMARK
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
CONNOR ARMITAGE
JACKS | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Iker Bilbao | The Last Wolves | SPAIN
Nicolai Brix | Incident at School | DENMARK
Thomas Johns | Threshold | USA
Jasmin Pilatos | Starving Artist | AUSTRALIA
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
NEIL BARNETT
THE GRAND SCHEME | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Joshua Collins | Trust Frank | AUSTRALIA
Susi Haaning | Favorite Daughter | DENMARK
Nadine Shaefer | Fall Back Down | CANADA
Nick Stathopoulos | Golem | AUSTRALIA
BEST EDITING
NAVEED FARRO
ACCOUNTS OF A NUCLEAR WHISTLEBLOWER | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Iker Bilbao | The Last Wolves | SPAIN
Sam Tam Ham | Self Defense | USA
Nicole Thorn | We All Lie My Darling | AUSTRALIA
Malwina Wodzicka and Shaun Smith | Trust Frank | AUSTRALIA
BEST SOUND DESIGN
STEVEN KHOURY
DEAFYING GRAVITY | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Rune Klausen and Torsten Frøstrup | Incident at School | DENMARK
Mehrshad Malakouti | Do.Solo.Pin | IRAN
Noah Moores | BRAKE | USA
Amir Shahverdi | 14 | IRAN
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
MURAT YAVUZ
ABSURD MAN | TURKEY
NOMINATIONS
Zac Borkowski | Terra | AUSTRALIA
Juan Dahmen | Kairos, Qualitative Time | SPAIN
Renata Mellão | Alexis | USA
Joe Stockton | Threshold | USA
EMERGING FILMMAKER
BENJAMIN MANSUR
HUMANIMALS | AUSTRALIA
NOMINATIONS
Michael Honsa | Altered Dreams | AUSTRALIA
Olivia O'Brien | When I Go | AUSTRALIA
Hannah Sun | Blip | USA
Aja M Weary and Amanda Richardson | BRAKE | USA
