Located at one of Australia’s coolest venues within one of Australia’s coolest art precincts is Brisbane’s very own Australia Independent Film Festival.

Known passionately as “the filmmaker’s festival,” AIFF is on track to become Australia’s premiere live screening short film and screenplay festival.

AIFF23 will next take place in Brisbane at Metro Arts West Village Brisbane from October 27.

Founded in 2017 AIFF has grown from strength to strength and is now a prominent event on the international festival circuit. In 2022 AIFF was ranked in the top 30 best reviewed film festivals on FilmFreeway out of over 10,000 registered festivals.

REVIEWS

FIVE STARS “We wish this great festival all the success”, Ali Mohammed Saeed director OF 2019 Oscar nominated MOSUL 980 – Iraq.

FIVE STARS “Thank you for a well-organized festival”, Dekel Berenson, director of 2020 academy nominated short film ANNA – Israel.

FIVE STARS “I really can’t overstate how great an experience we had with the organizers and programmers at AIFF. They really foster a truly positive and supportive community for filmmakers to take part in with their fantastic festival”, Nathan Fagan & Luke Daly directors of 2021 Oscar longlist qualifying short film FLICKER – Ireland.

FIVE STARS “Put this festival in your top 10 list to submit. You’ll be glad you did.” Jhett Tolentino, Grammy & Tony Award Winning Broadway Producer – America.

AIFF accepts screenplay submissions up to 40 pages and film submissions up to 40 minutes in duration, in the form of both fiction and non-fiction shorts. Categories include Animation, Documentary, Experimental, and Live Action.

Enter today for just U$17.50 @ www.filmfreeway.com/ausindefest but hurry as prices rise January 29.

The festival has several award categories with cash and industry-relevant prizes generously donated by our festival partners Panavision, Audio Technica, IPitch, The Black List, Write Brothers, Black Magic Design, and Dragon Image Australia.

The Australia Independent Film Festival is proudly sponsored by The Brisbane City Council.

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