AFIN 2024 AWARD RESULTS
84 films · 24 awards · 99 nominations · 23 countries · 195 placings
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This one lingers, a heartfelt story of a man seeking solace from loss and finding real truths about his past instead. Stunning locations and gorgeous camerawork carry it, with a beautiful score holding the tone throughout and the lead and supporting performances grounding every turn. It moves between genres with ease, threading clever written links from the past through its time-travelling sequences.on HEEL →
Best Feature Screenplay · Jeffrey Milne
A BUSHRANGER'S CURSE
Jeffrey Milne · 
Australia · 99 pages
Best Animated Film · Hannah Ngo
BIRD DRONE
Radheya Jang Jegatheva · Australia, UK · 8m 55s
Best Student Film · Ruth Gill, Tyler Redmond
DIVE
Tyler Stanley Redmond · 
New Zealand · 15m
Best Film Editing · Neil Marshall, Adam Trotman
DUCHESS
Neil Marshall · 
UK · 1h 54m
Best Music Video · Robert Lak, Ziyu Luo
GARDEN
Ziyu Luo · 
USA · 3m 57s
Best Sound Design · Thomas Fairchild
Best Australian Lead Performance · Ian Bolt
Best Australian Film · Thomas Fairchild
HEEL
Thomas Fairchild · Australia · 39m 59s
Best Short Screenplay · Naomi Robinson
IDYLLIC ENTROPY
Naomi Robinson · Australia · 40 pages
Best Australian Supporting Performance · Tammin Sursok
KANE
Blair Moore · Australia · 1h 20m
Best Documentary Short Subject · Lynn Santer, James Ganiere
Best Original Score · Mauritz Lotz, Mzansi Youth Choir
LAND OF THE FREE: OUT OF THE SHADOWS
James Ganiere · Australia · 39m 26s
Best Cinematography · Denson Baker
MOUNTAIN BOY
Zainab Sheheen · 
UAE · 1h 33m
Best Emerging Female Director · Grace Wriggles
PODCASTERS
Grace Wriggles · Australia · 11m 47s
Best Lead Performance · Kimsor Heng
Best Produced Screenplay · Christian Elliott, Ines Sothea
PROMISED
Christian Elliott · USA · 23m
Best Production Design · Ziwen Wang
SALT LAKE PROJECT
Lei Lu · 
China · 1h 37m 52s
Best Costume Design · Siobhan McMullen
Best Director · Lexee Paige Gordoun
Best Supporting Performance · Olga Olshansky
SASHA'S GAME
Lexee Paige Gordoun · Australia · 29m 10s
Best Live Action Short Film · Roy Finch, Susie Landau Finch, Georgina Pope
SATOMI
Rayner Wang · 
Hong Kong, Japan, USA · 11m 40s
Best Documentary Feature · Evan Williams
THE CRANES CALL
Laura Warner · UK · 1h 30m
Best Visual Effects · Nipan Studio
THE GREAT ABYSS
Jason R. De Ford · Australia · 16m 49s
Best Feature Film · Jayden Creighton
THE MATRIARCH
Jayden Creighton · Australia · 1h 21m 34s
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2024 Award Categories Eligibility. At AFIN, we do not charge for projects per category, they are considered for all categories applicable to their project, with a single entry fee.
Performances
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 Australian Lead Performance
Best Australian Supporting Performance
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Nominee
Brent Dunner
PORTIONS FOR FOXES
AustraliaShort Film15m Also at AFIN A Godless Country 2021, star & cast
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Nominee
Tracie Filmer
as Barbara
HEEL
AustraliaShort Film40m Also at AFIN THE CELEBRANT 2025, cast Last Graveyard Shift 2020, writer & producer & cast
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Grace Wriggles
PODCASTERS
AustraliaShort Film12m Also at AFIN Red River Cowboy 2026, director & writer & producer & cast
Best Lead Performance
Best Supporting Performance
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Grace Wriggles
PODCASTERS
AustraliaShort Film12m Also at AFIN Red River Cowboy 2026, director & writer & producer & cast
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Nominees
175
UK Best Produced Screenplay Best Supporting Performance 
ABAH AND HIS BAND
Brazil Best Animated Film 
AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE
USA Best Documentary Short Subject 
AS EASY AS CLOSING YOUR EYES
USA Best Visual Effects 
BETRAYAL OF THE 36TH LIGHT HORSE: PART 1 RWANDAN MISSION
Australia Best Feature Screenplay 
BLOOD ANGEL
Australia Best Feature Screenplay 
BURN OUT
USA Best Lead Performance Best Live Action Short Film Best Original Score Best Produced Screenplay 
CHRYSALIS
Australia Best Short Screenplay 
DECOMMISSIONED
Australia Best Animated Film 
END OF TRIP - SAHARA
Spain Best Cinematography 
EVEN LESS
Israel Best Music Video 
FOUNDATION
Australia Best Documentary Short Subject Best Student Film 
FOUND POETRY
China Best Emerging Female Director Best Supporting Performance 
HI DAD
India Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Feature Film Best Film Editing 
IMPACT
Australia Best Documentary Feature Best Original Score 
IN HALF
Spain Best Animated Film 
LAYERS OF LIES
Finland Best Film Editing Best Production Design Best Visual Effects 
LIFE AFTER FIGHTING
Australia Best Visual Effects 
LIFE OF KEA
Australia Best Australian Lead Performance Best Australian Supporting Performance 
LOVE DRESSED DOWN
Australia Best Music Video 
MAR
Canada Best Short Screenplay 
MONDAY MOURNING
USA Best Lead Performance Best Student Film 
MONSTER IN THE TOILET
Australia Best Short Screenplay 
MUCK UP DAY
Australia Best Feature Screenplay 
PARTY QUEENS
Sweden Best Documentary Feature Best Sound Design 
PORTIONS FOR FOXES
Australia Best Australian Supporting Performance Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best Student Film 
RESET
Canada Best Documentary Feature 
SEMPER LIBER: ALWAYS FREE
South Korea Best Emerging Female Director Best Lead Performance Best Student Film 
TEMPORAL ODYSSEY
Australia Best Feature Screenplay 
THE CARRIER
Germany Best Feature Film 
THE EQUINE CONNECTION
Australia Best Documentary Short Subject 
THE GIRL WHO FADED AWAY
USA Best Music Video 
THE SKY IS MINE
Italy Best Documentary Feature 
THE STONE VILLAGE
Norway Best Animated Film 
TODAY WHILE RESTING
USA Best Short Screenplay 
TOTAL BUZZKILL - THE MATRIARCH
Australia Best Music Video 
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU
USA Best Documentary Short Subject Finalists
29 works recognised as finalists in 2024.
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Sweden Finalist A Bee and a Silkworm
South Korea Directed by Sunghwan kim Best Director Ali Vs. Ali
Iran Directed by Alireza Rofougaran Best Documentary Feature A Trip Elsewhere
USA Directed by J.R. Sawyers Best Visual Effects Beautiful Storm
Australia Directed by Yanni Dellaportas Best Music Video Caroline
Australia Directed by Chanelle Hayden Best Emerging Female Director Cinema, Too
Australia Directed by Duncan Peake Finalist Double Trouble
USA Directed by Muhan Yao Best Animated Film 
Flying into infinity
Best Short ScreenplayGoodbye, Spy
Australia Best Short Screenplay Lament
Australia Directed by Kayley Atkinson Best Emerging Female Director Nowhere
Iran Directed by Erfan Parsapour Best Live Action Short Film Providence
Australia Best Feature Screenplay REMNANT
Australia Directed by Mike Horan Finalist Rostrum
Australia Directed by Daniel Kuberek Finalist Roswell Delirium
USA Directed by Richard Bakewell Best Supporting Performance Smoko
Australia Directed by Steven Cooper, Adam Gunn Best Animated Film Soul Flyers - A wingsuit trip in Reunion Island
France Directed by Thibault Gachet Finalist Sounds in Bamboo Forest
China Directed by 辰威 钟 Best Documentary Short Subject Spy Capital: Vienna
Austria Directed by Boris Volodarsky Finalist Supervillain
Australia Best Feature Screenplay The Cage
Iran Directed by Hamideh Motavali Zadeh Best Animated Film The Dolphin Dilemma
USA Directed by Olivia Andrus-Drennan Best Documentary Short Subject Their Own Life
Netherlands Directed by Tim Dekkers Best Documentary Feature THE QUEENSLANDER
Australia Best Feature Screenplay The Three Wise Men
Australia Directed by Kirk Mihelakos Best Film Editing Best Sound Design The Voice Of Dogs
Iran Directed by Mohammad Reza Nazi Best Student Film Total Buzzkill - Devil At My Door
Australia Directed by Jayden Creighton Best Music Video Un nòt kankan
Canada Directed by Douglas Capron Best Music Video 2024 Placings
Every placing exactly as announced in 2024, including finalists .
Best Animated Film 8 placings
Nominees
Best Director 8 placings
Nominees
Best Emerging Female Director 8 placings
Nominees
Best Feature Film 8 placings
Nominees
Finalists
- Seonhye Park for A Bee and a Silkworm from Korea, Republic of
- Shaun Barry, Blair Moore, Holly Brisley for Kane, from Australia
- Antonio Rodríguez Cabal Cabal, María Rodríguez Palao for End of Trip - Sahara, from Spain
Best Film Editing 8 placings
Nominees
- Dai Zhong for Salt Lake Project, from Chind
- Thomas Fairchild for Heel, from Australia
- Praveen Antony for Hi Dad, from India
- Chancler Haynes, Roozbeh Kalbasi for Layers of Lies from Finland
- Neil Marshall, Adam Trotman for Duchess, from the United Kingdom
Best Live Action Short Film 8 placings
Nominees
- Sreylin Mae for Promised, from the United States
- Thomas Fairchild for Heel, from Australia
- Roy Finch, Susie Landau Finch, Georgina Pope, for Satomi, from Japan
- Ruth Gill, Tyler Redmond for Dive, from New Zealand
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Fry, Wendy Wang, Everett Osborne for Burn Out, from the United States
Best Music Video 8 placings
Nominees
Best Student Film 8 placings
Nominees
Best Documentary Feature 8 placings
Nominees
Finalists
- Alireza Rofougaran for Ali Vs. Ali, from Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Tim Dekkers for Their Own Life, from the Netherlands
- Dennis Dewall for Spy Capital: Vienna from Austria
Best Documentary Short Subject 8 placings
Nominees
- Lynn Santer, James Ganiere for Land of the Free: Out of the Shadows, from Australia
- Ryan Connors, Clayton Susick for What Happened To You, from the United States
- Jack Hinz for Foundation, from Australia
- James Stapledon for The Equine Connection, from Australia
- Annella Linton for An Extraordinary Place, from the United States
Finalists
- Guillaume Peyrot, Thibault Gachetg for Soul Flyers, from France
- Olivia Andrus-Drennan for The Dolphin Dilemma, from the United States
- 辰威 钟 for Sounds in Bamboo Forest, from China
Best Australian Lead Performance 8 placings
Nominees
- Ian Bolt for Heel
- Juliette Greenfield for The Matriarch
- Ras-Samuel for The Great Abyss
- Jeremy Lindsay Taylor for Kane
- Brittany Grey for Podcasters
- Lyanna Kea for Life of Kea
Finalists
- Shane Emmett for Rostrum
- Charlotte Stent for Cinema, Too
Best Australian Supporting Performance 9 placings
Nominees
- Olga Olshansky for Sasha's Game
- Tracie Filmer for Heel
- Tammin Sursok for Kane
- Sasha Leong for Life of Kea
- Brent Dunner for Portions for Foxes
- Grace Wriggles for Podcasters
Finalists
- Alyssa Wong for Caroline
- Remi Webster for Remnant
- Annabelle Stephenson for Life After Fighting
Best Lead Performance 9 placings
Nominees
- Kimsor Heng for Promised, from the United States
- Ian Bolt for Heel Astrarium, from Australia
- Moon-Jeong Jung for Semper Liber: Always Free, from Korea, Republic of
- Lily Roebeck for Dive-Short film, from New Zealand
- Dominic Bogart for Monday Mourning, from the United States
- Everett Osborne for Burn Out, from the United States
Best Supporting Performance 9 placings
Nominees
Best Feature Screenplay 8 placings
Nominees
- Jeffrey Milne for A Bushranger's Curse, from Australia
- James Smith for Muck Up Day, from Australia
- Pravdeep Sidhu for Temporal Odyssey, from Australia
- Chelsea Coakley for Blood Angel, from Australia
- Phillip Tucker for Betrayal Of The 36th Light Horse Part 1: Rwandan Mission
Best Produced Screenplay 8 placings
Nominees
Best Short Screenplay 8 placings
Nominees
Best Cinematography 8 placings
Nominees
Best Costume Design 8 placings
Nominees
Best Original Score 8 placings
Nominees
Finalists
- Wendy Sa'ed for Heel, from Australia
- The Carrier, from Germany
- Michael Drew for The Matriarch, from Australia
Best Production Design 8 placings
Nominees
Finalists
Best Sound Design 8 placings
Nominees
Best Visual Effects 8 placings
Nominees
Best Australian Film 8 placings
Nominees
- Thomas Fairchild for Heel
- Hannah Ngo for Bird Drone
- Jason R. De Ford for The Great Abyss
- Grace Wriggles, Brittany Grey for Podcasters
- Lexee Paige Gordoun, Angela Zhou, for Sasha's Game
Finalists
- Ani Parry for Portions for Foxes
- Duncan Peake for Cinema, Too
- Lyanna Kea, Taysha Melissa McFarland, Tristan Braines for Life of Kea
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