Roll of honour
Best Director
7 winners · 7 years · 2019–2025
Every best director AFIN has awarded, newest first.
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2026
Nominees · winner announced 19 September 20266 nominees
- Something Pointless Best Director Asa Bailey
- Marbles Best Director Simona Varga, Owen Smith
- Guardian of the Field Best Director Seyed Mohamadreza Kheradmandan
- Sound of the Somme Best Director Michaël Vermaercke
- How To Talk Australians Best Director Tony Rogers
- Scary lullaby Best Director Daria Lebedeva
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2025
5 nominees alongside
- A MESSAGE TO THE AUTHOR Best Director Andrey Goulter
- ASTRONOMERS (WEB SERIES "ABOUT PEOPLE AND WAR") Best Director Dmitry Pasichnyuk
- CHICKEN BROTH SOUP Best Director Deniz Büyükkırlı
- IF YOU SHOULD LEAVE BEFORE ME Best Director J. Markus Anderson, B. Robert Anderson
- PIERRE WEST Best Director Henrik Larsson, Jakob Arevärn
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2024
4 nominees alongside
- HEEL Best Director Thomas Fairchild
- PROMISED Best Director Christian Elliott
- SALT LAKE PROJECT Best Director Lei Lu
- SATOMI Best Director Rayner Wang
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2023
4 nominees alongside
- BANSHEES RIDGE Best Director Tristan Barr
- RED GAIA Best Director Udesh Chetty
- SHADOW PUPPETS Best Director Preview Still
- When Doves Fly Best Director Mike Roberts
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2022
1 nominee alongside
- L'Inhumain Best Director Jason Brennan
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2021
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2020
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2019
1 nominee alongside
- The Malicious Best Director Noel Vinson
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AFIN 2026
The festival opens in 4 days
Screening 1 at Dendy Cinemas Portside, Brisbane