AFIN International Film Festival

AFIN 2022 Winners

106 films · 24 awards · 33 nominations · 21 countries · 174 placings

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Winners

From the Judges
A science fiction story about cyborgs and the tangled ways people love the things they make, this short builds its world almost entirely without dialogue. Its production design and editing carry the telling, and the pacing and sound draw you into another place from the opening moments. The panel found the performances mesmerising and the film's take on our relationship with artificial minds a genuinely novel one.
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Poster for Across The Ocean, AFIN 2022

Best Music Video · Michael W. Choi

Across The Ocean

· South Korea

Poster for A Figment Of One's Imagination, AFIN 2022

Best Australian Film · Valentino Filimon

A Figment Of One's Imagination

· Australia

Poster for Anima Possession, AFIN 2022

Best Costume Design · WAI MO CHAN

Best Film Editing · WAI MO CHAN

Best Student Film · KWOK CHEONG LAU, HEIWARD MAK

Best Supporting Actress · Fish Liew

Best Director · Wai Mo Chan

Anima Possession

· Hong Kong

Poster for Beat, AFIN 2022

Best Original Score · Jye Currie

Beat

· Australia

Poster for Black Moon, directed by Trent Mitchell, AFIN 2022

Best Cinematography

Best Documentary Short · Robert Sherwood, Trent Mitchell

Black Moon

Trent Mitchell · Australia

Poster for East Of Java, AFIN 2022

Best Feature Screenplay · CV Herst

East Of Java

· USA

Poster for Eyes Upon Waking, AFIN 2022

Best Actress · Jennifer Scott

Eyes Upon Waking

· USA

Poster for Golden Frames In The Closet, AFIN 2022

Best Diversity In Film · Jose Prabowo

Golden Frames In The Closet

· Indonesia

Poster for Green Is The New Black, AFIN 2022

Best Sound · Jake Taylor, Caleb Graham

Best Documentary Feature · Jake Taylor

Green Is The New Black

· Australia

Poster for June, AFIN 2022

Best Visual Effects · Dwayne Cameron

June

· New Zealand

Poster for Mother of Apostles, AFIN 2022

Best Production Design · Zaza Buadze

Best Picture · Zaza Buadze

Mother of Apostles

· Ukraine

Best Short Screenplay · RICK LIMENTANI

Mrs. Nicholls

· UK

Poster for My Soul To Take, AFIN 2022

Best Supporting Actor · Colm Feore

Best Emerging Female Director · Laura Vandervoort

Best Live Action Short Film · Jessica Petelle, Laura Vandervoort, Kevin Eade, Justin G. Dyck, Peter Mabrucco, Moriah Atlas

My Soul To Take

· Canada

Poster for The Little Drummer Boy, AFIN 2022

Best Actor · Xander Berkeley

The Little Drummer Boy

· USA

Poster for The Sprayer, AFIN 2022

Best Animated Film · Mohammad Reza Karimi Saremi, Negah Khezre Fardiar, Mohammad Ghaffari

The Sprayer

· Iran

Performance Winners

These awards honour a performer rather than a film. Each name links to their AFIN page; the film beneath is the work the performance is in.

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Nominees

Bustard Head

Documentary Short 10m Australia Directed by Lucy Lakshman Best Student Film

BYGONES

Student Short Film 30m New Zealand Directed by Ben Williams Best Cinematography Best Student Film

Check Out Diner

Screenplay 33pp Australia Best Short Screenplay

Dust and Fog

Screenplay 102pp USA Best Feature Screenplay

ENDVS | Tears Drown Your Grave

Micro Short 5m Australia Directed by Paul James John Beattie Best Music Video

Inside a funeral hall

Feature Film 1h 3m South Korea Directed by Ho-hyun Lee Best Picture

INVISIBLE THREADS- From Wireless to War

Documentary Feature 1h 56m USA Directed by Joseph Sikorski Best Visual Effects

L'Inhumain

Feature Film 1h 25m Canada Directed by Jason Brennan Best Picture Best Director Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best Visual Effects Best Sound Best Original Score Best Film Editing

Plastic

Micro Short 4m Australia Directed by Samuel Lucas Allen Best Music Video

Possum

Screenplay 15pp Australia Best Short Screenplay

Raheel

Short Film 30m Iran Directed by Ayat asadi rahbar Best Student Film

Riot in the Meadow

Documentary Short 9m UK Directed by Thomas Harman Best Sound Best Student Film

Sacrifice

Short Film 18m Australia Directed by Anna Maguire Best Diversity In Film Best Australian Film

Shaneeka and Hoss

Screenplay 26pp Best Short Screenplay

Skeletons

Micro Short 4m Colombia Directed by Sebastián Vargas Flor Best Music Video

Street No. 4

Micro Short 8m Australia Directed by Lark Lee Best Australian Film

The Faerie Rings

Screenplay 116pp USA Best Feature Screenplay

The Farrell Girl

Screenplay 99pp Australia Best Feature Screenplay

The Phae

Screenplay 1pp Australia Best Short Screenplay

The Scattered People

Australia Best Diversity In Film Best Original Score

The Thursday whaler

Screenplay 113pp USA Best Feature Screenplay

Young and the Reckless

Documentary Short 29m New Zealand Directed by Johnny Agnew Best Diversity In Film

Finalists

32 works recognised as finalists in 2022.

A Little Sweeter

Screenplay 100pp Canada Finalist

A Package of Dreams

Screenplay 32pp USA Finalist

Bad Love Tigers

Screenplay 94pp USA Finalist

Beacon

Student Short Film 15m Australia Directed by Anna Twomey Best Student Film

Blurred Lines

Short Film 12m UK Directed by Corry Raymond Best Costume Design

Canvas

Feature Film 1h 49m Australia Directed by Criss Gidas Finalist

Charcoal Skies

Feature Film 1h 41m USA Directed by BILL COOPER Finalist

Displaced

Documentary Feature 1h 41m South Africa Directed by Victor van Aswegen Best Sound

Esme, My Love

Feature Film 1h 45m USA Directed by Cory Choy Best Production Design

Expired

Micro Short 9m USA Directed by Juli-Ann De Barros Finalist

Far Away Man

Micro Short 4m Australia Directed by Wil Allen Best Costume Design

Far Away Portrait of a Woman

Short Film 20m Iran Directed by Hosein Khami Finalist

Fire Rabbit

Student Short Film 15m Australia Directed by Jack Wilson-Lee Finalist

For the Clean up

Micro Short 10m Iran Directed by Mohammad Moravej Best Director

FreeWorld - "D-Up (Here's To Diversity)"

Micro Short 5m USA Directed by Richard Cushing Finalist

Gut Instinct

Micro Short 9m Australia Directed by Stuart Edgeworth Finalist

Happy

Documentary Short 39m Russia Directed by Ivan Rodin Finalist

In Isolation

Feature Film 1h 27m UK Directed by Alexey Meets Best Visual Effects

INTERROGATION ROOM

Screenplay 8pp Australia Finalist

JABAKAR - FALLEN DEMON.

Screenplay 85pp Australia Finalist

Lost and Hungry in the Amazon: a Yanomami Story

Documentary Feature 50m USA Directed by Cliff Orloff, Rafael Hernandez Finalist

Melbourne on Dylan

Documentary Short 40m Australia Directed by Chris Franklin Finalist

ORION SAGA

Micro Short 7m Directed by Keon Hedayati Finalist

Pain Warriors

Documentary Feature 1h 20m Canada Directed by Tina Petrova, Eugene Weis Finalist

RICHARD'S SHADOW

Screenplay 12pp Australia Finalist

Sea of Lights

Short Film 16m USA Directed by Weston Taylor Finalist

Snake

Micro Short 4m Canada Directed by Chedly Bouzouaia Finalist

Solstice

Documentary Feature 57m Australia Directed by Helen Newman Best Sound Best Original Score

The Giant with a House 2

Short Film 11m Hong Kong Directed by Sin-hong Chan Finalist

The Wrong Man

Short Film 15m Australia Directed by James Lingwood Finalist

Traveller

Short Film 11m Australia Directed by Michael McLennan Finalist

We Are Our Totem: A Native American Tale

Documentary Short 10m Australia Directed by Mivon Prince-Leyva Best Student Film

Honorable Mentions

22 works recognised as honorable mentions in 2022.

Anonymous

Feature Film 1h 37m UK Directed by Alasdair Mackay Best Picture

Argent Glass (feat. Char)

Best Music Video

ARGENT GLASS ft. CHAR

Micro Short 4m Japan Directed by Katsuyuki Nakanishi Honorable Mention

Capitalista

Micro Short 3m Australia Directed by Nathan Short Honorable Mention

Colours of Love (Rangi Saari)

Micro Short 4m India Directed by Indrajit Nattoji Best Music Video

Dancer's Calling

Documentary Feature 46m France Directed by Clément Godet Best Film Editing

Future kill

Screenplay 137pp Australia Best Feature Screenplay

Internal Security

Germany Best Feature Screenplay

Junk Shop

Short Film 25m Australia Directed by Lawrence McCudden Best Visual Effects

KICKING THE SKY

Micro Short 7m UK Directed by Lara Genovese Honorable Mention

Making Sense of Scents

Documentary Short 26m Australia Directed by Juliana Purnell Honorable Mention

Ota Benga - script

Screenplay 5pp DR Congo Honorable Mention

Paperplate Face

Screenplay 40pp USA Best Short Screenplay

PIPE

Screenplay 6pp Australia Best Short Screenplay

She is so Perfect

Micro Short 8m China Directed by olivier hero dressen Honorable Mention

SHE MADE ME

Short Film 13m Canada Directed by Berlin Lu Honorable Mention

The Buddha on Concrete

Documentary Feature 53m USA Directed by Phil Englander Honorable Mention

The Emergence

Screenplay 103pp Australia Best Feature Screenplay

The Leap

Short Film 10m USA Directed by Zoe Loftowski Honorable Mention

The List

Feature Film 1h 34m Paraguay Directed by Michael Hardy Honorable Mention

To My Girls

Short Film 15m Australia Directed by Matthew Kaukiainen Honorable Mention

Worldwide Suicide

Micro Short 4m Australia Directed by Jake Taylor Honorable Mention

2022 Nominees & Finalists

Every placing exactly as announced in 2022, including finalists and honorable mentions.

Best Animated Film 5 placings

Nominees

  • Spoon by Arthur Chays - France
  • The Sprayer by Farnoosh Abedi - Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • On/Off (Red Clover Studios) by Nicolas P. Villarreal - Argentina
  • Painting By Numbers by Radheya Jegatheva - Australia
  • The Cloaked Realm "Tunnel 23" by Marisa Cohen, Peter Issac Alexander, United States
Best Director 8 placings

Nominees

Honorable Mentions

Best Emerging Female Director 8 placings

Nominees

  • Laura Vandervoort for My Soul To Take - Canada
  • Putri Sarah Amelia for Golden Frames In The Closet (Bekantan Pictures) - Indonesia
  • Anna Maguire for Sacrifice - Australia
  • Lark Lee for Street No. 4 - Australia
  • Diane Lansing for Trust - United States

Honorable Mentions

  • Lara Genovese for Kicking The Sky - United Kingdom
  • Zoe Loftowski for The Leap - United States
  • Marisa Cohen for The Cloaked Realm "Tunnel 23" - United States
Best Film Editing 8 placings

Nominees

Honorable Mentions

Best Live Action Short Film 5 placings

Nominees

  • My Soul To Take, Directed by Laura Vandervoort - Canada
  • Golden Frames in The Closet (Bekantan Pictures), Directed by Putri Sarah Amelia - Indonesia
  • The Little Drummer Boy, Directed by John Gray - United States
  • June, Directed by Dwayne Cameron - New Zealand
  • Pinch Me (Wavelength Films), Directed by Michael A Mclennan - Australia
Best Music Video 8 placings

Nominees

  • Plastic, by Samuel Lucas Allen - Australia
  • ENDVS | Tears Drown Your Grave, by Paul James John Beattie - Australia
  • Skeletons, by Sebastián Vargas Flor - Colombia
  • Across the Ocean, by Michael W. Choi, Korea, Republic of
  • She Knows It (Maggie Lindemann), by Vixxion, United States

Honorable Mentions

  • Argent Glass (feat. Char), by Katsuyuki Nakanishi - Japan
  • Colours of Love (Rangi Saari), by Indrajit Nattoji - India
  • Worldwide Suicide (In Heart's Wake), by Jake Taylor - Australia
Best Picture 8 placings

Nominees

Honorable Mentions

Best Student Film 8 placings

Nominees

  • Anima Possession by WAI MO CHAN - Hong Kong
  • Riot in the Meadow, Directed by Thomas Harman - United Kingdom
  • Raheel, Directed by Ayat Asadi Rahbar - Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Bygones, Directed by Ben Williams - New Zealand
  • Bustard Head, Directed by Lucy Lakshman - Australia

Honorable Mentions

  • Fire Rabbit - Short Film, Directed by Jack Wilson-Lee - Australia
  • We Are Our Totem: A Native American Tale, Directed by Mivon Prince-Leyva - Australia
  • Beacon, Directed by Anna Twomey - Australia
Best Short Documentary 6 placings

Nominees

  • Riot in the Meadow by Thomas Harman - United Kingdom
  • 'Black Moon' Trent Mitchell by Robert Sherwood - Australia
  • Young and the Reckless by Johnny Agnew - New Zealand
  • Embarrassed by Sir Steve McQueen - United Kingdom
  • Bustard Head by Lucy Lakshman, Australia

Honorable Mentions

  • Making Sense of Scents by Juliana Purnell - Australia
Best Actor 8 placings

Nominees

  • Joe Estevez in Eyes Upon Waking, from the United States
  • Jong-hak Son in Inside a funeral hall, from the republic of Korea
  • Xander Berkely in The Little Drummer Boy, from the United States
  • Juan Francisco Villa in Eyes Upon Waking, from the United States
  • Declan Montgomery in Pinch Me, from Australia (Wavelength Films)

Honorable Mentions

  • Berlin Lu in She Made Me, from Canada
  • Majid Seyfi in Raheel, from Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Jesse Everett in Sacrifice, from Australia
Best Actress 8 placings

Nominees

  • Jennifer Scott in Eyes Upon Waking, from the United States
  • Hedwig Tam in Anima Possession, from Hong Kong
  • Linda Jeon in Inside A Funeral Hall, from the republic of Korea
  • Alexandra Jensen in Beat, from Australia
  • Jenny Raven from My Soul To Take, from Canada

Honorable Mentions

  • Jeanne Roux-Cote in L'Inhumain - Canada
  • Wani Siregar in Golden Frames in The Closet Bekantan Pictures - Indonesia
  • Darya Azimi in Raheel - Iran, Islamic Republic of
Best Supporting Actor 5 placings

Nominees

  • Colm Feore in My Soul To Take, from Canada (Wavelength Films)
  • Henry Taylor in pinch me, from Australia
  • KAKI SHAM in Anima Possession, from Hong Kong
  • Mickaël Durard in Imaginary's Eyes, from France (Les yeux de l'imaginaire)
  • Phil Idrissi in Uncut, from the United States
Best Supporting Actress 5 placings

Nominees

  • Fish Liew in Anima Possession, from Hong Kong
  • Alexis Lane in Beat, from Australia
  • Janet Ulrich Brooks in Eyes Upon Waking, from the United States
  • Maddison Lamb in Pinch me, from Australia
  • Veronique Beaudet in L'Inhumain, from Canada
Best Feature Screenplay 8 placings

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Honorable Mentions

Best Short Screenplay 8 placings

Nominees

Honorable Mentions

Best Cinematography 13 placings

Nominees

Finalists

Honorable Mentions

Best Costume Design 8 placings

Nominees

Honorable Mentions

Best Original Score 8 placings

Nominees

Honorable Mentions

Best Production Design 8 placings

Nominees

Honorable Mentions

Best Sound 8 placings

Nominees

Honorable Mentions

Best Visual Effects 7 placings

Nominees

Honorable Mentions

Best Australian Film 8 placings

Nominees

  • Pinch Me (Wavelength Films), Directed by Michael A Mclennan
  • Sacrifice, Directed by Anna Maguire
  • A Figment Of One's Imagination, Directed by Valentino Filimon
  • Street No. 4, Directed by Lark Lee
  • Beat, Directed by Jye Currie

Honorable Mentions

  • The Wrong Man by James Lingwood
  • To My Girls by Matthew Kaukiainen
  • Beacon by Anna Twomey
Best Diversity In Film 8 placings

Nominees

Honorable Mentions

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